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I found the best way to prepare corned beef and sauerkraut is to use your slow cooker. You can cook both the corned beef and sauerkraut at the same time making it so easy. All that’s left is to toast your bread and assemble the sandwich.
My mom made Pineapple Upside-Down Cake many times when I was growing up. It was always one of my favorites. I don’t know if it is because of the taste or the fascination of baking a cake upside down. My favorite part was always the cherries, and still is. If you want to make a dessert to impress your guests, […]
Fixing Chicken & Dumplings in the slow cooker is another easy and delicious meal. Dumplings can be made homemade or you can buy a can of home-style biscuits from the store and cut each biscuit into four pieces. This way is very easy and they turn out like dumplings, not biscuits. There are many different types of dumplings so pick your favorite as they […]
Shrimp, Andouille Sausage and Pasta, can it get any better? This recipe is made completely on top of the stove and is full of Cajun flavoring. Recipe adapted from Laurie Lynard.
How many times do you have left over tortillas and just throw them out? I decided to turn mine into seasoned Tortilla Chips and were they yummy! Not to mention we had them with Chi-Chi’s Medium Salsa, our favorite. They were so good warm, right out of the oven, and the perfect snack. You can add any spices you would […]
I can never turn down Crab Rangoon! I love how this recipe turned out. I bake a big batch of them and freeze them uncooked. They are ready to eat in 30 minutes from the freezer to our plates. When I’m ready to fix dinner, I put them on a cooking tray to thaw for about 15-20 minutes and bake them in the […]
Who doesn’t love BBQ Ribs? It took me many years to come up with a rub recipe we love combined with a BBQ sauce that we love. As good as ribs are smoked or cooked on the grill, there is not an easier, tastier and fall off the bone ribs like these. Not only do the ribs cook low and slow for […]
Fresh green beans are delicious just as they are but add bacon, onion, salt and pepper and they become amazing! I always have bacon cooked and chopped in my freezer thanks to my husband. I just let him know when my stock is getting low and he cooks up another 2#’s for me. That way I can add it to any […]
I made this delicious cookie for my husband. Ok, so maybe I ate just as much as he did. I decided to try a giant chocolate filled cookie in my cast iron skillet. I wanted to make it taste different from the regular chocolate chip cookies that I usually make so I used milk chocolate chips instead of my normal semi-sweet chocolate chips. […]
I had a night off from cooking! My husband made me this fabulous steak dinner. He fixed the steak and potatoes on the grill. It was in the 60’s in Northern Ohio in February, what a beautiful day to cook on the grill! My husband is a wonderful cook. Cooking on the grill is his specialty. Years ago, when my […]