Monday, September 28, 2015

Crockpot Ham

The Crockpot ham that is world famous (in my world)
Bone in Butt Ham (important - spiral cut is too dry and shank is too greasy)
1 Bottle of Apple Cider (apple juice works)
Whole cloves

Put the ham in the crockpot bone down
FILL the crock pot with apple cider
toss in a handful of cloves

Cook on low all day
It is AMAZING!

Cooked Carrots

Peel and chop carrots into 1" pieces
Place them in a glass pan, in a single layer
cover with chicken broth
add rosemary and thyme to taste
Bake at 400 for 1 - 1.5 hours

Crockpot Potatoes

These are only 3 WW points per serving... not bad!

Peel and slice about 1lb potatoes
put in the crockpot with 2 chopped pieces of garlic
1/4 cup water
2 tbsp. butter
lots of Johnny's seasoning salt

Put on low for 4 hours

delish!

Friday, September 18, 2015

Kale Sausage Bean soup

This is an amazing soup:
In a crock pot chop up turkey sausage (I use Jenni-o hot)
Put in the bottom of the crock pot
Add 1 chopped medium onion
2-3 chopped carrots
8 cups water
2 tbsp. chicken bouillon
1 drained can of navy beans
4-6 cups chopped kale
salt and pepper

Let cook on low for about 4 hours and stir. Then cook on low for a few more hours. so good, so good for you!

Tuesday, August 11, 2015

Cucumber Salad

So refreshing - especially with fresh garden cucumbers and tomatoes!

2-3 chopped cucumbers
2 chopped tomatoes
1/4 fine diced red onion
1-2 oz feta
Feta Dill Lighthouse dressing (you can usually find it under the OPA yogurt dressing)

Cowboy Caviar

This is one of the MOST requested things I bring to a BBQ....

Cowboy Caviar
1 can great northern beans - drained
1 can garbonzo beans - drained
1 can corn - drained
4-5 chopped tomatoes
1/2 Walla walla sweet onion
1-2 jalepeno - chopped
juice of one lime
salt
2-3 chopped avocado
1/2 bunch cilantro chopped

Mix in a large bowl and chill for a few hours before serving.

Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Stew!

Matt and I have had many conversations about stew. We discuss if it needs more liquid, less potato, baby carrots vs regular potato, etc. These are the things that consume our table.

I think we are there... this is a mix of randomness and taste:
2 lbs. Stew meat
2 cups water
Worcestershire
Clove Garlic
Bay Leaf
1 Onion
Salt
1 Tsp Sugar
Pepper
Carrots (the big ones)
Potato
1 can diced Tomato
1 Beef Bouillon Cube
Basil
Italian Seasoning

Brown meat and onion. Add Water, worcestershire, Garlic, Bay Leaf, Salt, Sugar, Pepper, Bouillon, Italian seasoning. Simmer for 2 hours. Add can of tomato, Potato, Carrot, Basil. Cook on medium heat  for 1 hour.

Taa Daa!