Slow Cooker Marinara

An Italian friend of mine once told me the secrets to a great marinara sauce are good ingredients and patience. Good ingredients? Yep, I’ve got that one down. It’s the patience part that always has me stumped. I suspect the only time you will see me standing over a stock pot of sauce for hours [...]

Slow Cooker Chili

When I host dinner parties in the summer, it’s all about outdoor dining with foods that can be nibbled on for hours. In the wintertime, I like to serve heartier foods that can be baked in the oven or slow cooked in a crock pot. I really liked the idea of serving big bowls of [...]

Slow Cooker Split Pea Soup

I’ve been on a soup kick lately with the quest to keep things as simple as possible. What can be simpler than throwing ingredients into a slow cooker and letting the food do its thing? I recently had some leftover ham to use up. I thought making a big batch of split pea soup would [...]

Mac & Cheese Revisited

As Lady Summer makes her graceful exit, her rambunctious son Fall has clearly stated he’s here to stay for a bit. It’s this time of the year when I crave comfort food like creamy gratins, hearty soups and baked pastas. My Slow Cooker Mac and Cheese has been, by far, one of the most popular [...]

Slow Cooked Ham and Scalloped Potatoes

Have you ever played catch in your living room with a puppy while watching Food Network?   It’s really hard.  It’s especially difficult when you have an icy beverage in your right hand, a laptop balancing on one knee and a bowl of scalloped potatoes on the other.  It’s amazing how quickly Sophie has grown since [...]

Potato Cheese Soup

I took a hearty bite into the freshly baked Sweet Potato Biscuits, chewed for a second and immediately threw the remaining batch away.  My only saving grace was the Rum and Coke chilling on ice next to me.  They were horrible flavorless hockey pucks with speckled orange bits of sweet potato.  I next turned to [...]

Slow Cooker Mac and Cheese

Somedays I am completely surprised by the reaction certain posts receive.  There are times when I think something is going to be hugely popular because of a great picture or my brilliant writing.  Then it receives minimal reaction.  Or I think something will bomb completely and it gets rave reviews, like my Pesto Pasta for One.  [...]

Slow Cooker Applesauce

Applesauce is a versatile treat that can be used in both sweet and savory dishes.  I’ve seen variations of applesauce used with a great loin of pork and then in the very same breath used to create sensational sweet bundles of love…whatever that might be. Last week, I decided to transform a bounty for delicious [...]