Slow Cook a Whole Chicken

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  As we wrap up Crocktoberfest this week, I thought this easy recipe was appropriate. If you haven’t roasted a chicken in your crock pot yet… try it! Not only is it the cheapest and easiest way I’ve found to make chicken, but you get a couple quarts of chicken broth from it too! Ingredients [...]

Bacon Apple CrockPot Chicken

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This is one of my favorite easy chicken recipes… In fact, it never lasts long enough to get a picture… Bacon Apple Crock Pot Chicken Ingredients: 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts (can also be done with a whole chicken or thighs) 2 apples- peeled, cored and grated 1 cup homemade barbecue sauce -or Mitch’s (sugar sweetened)  and [...]

Slow Cooker Ribs

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  Ribs are one of those foods that always intimidated me, and while I liked them, I never  got brave enough to cook them for the first few years I was married. Then, one day, there was a huge sale on ribs at our local store, and having no better idea for dinner, I bought [...]

Spiced Pumpkin Latte

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I love coffee and nothing says Fall like pumpkins! Once upon a time I had a spiced pumpkin latte from Starbucks and it was wonderful but I can’t justify consuming that much sugar these days (much less paying $7 to consume that much sugar!) Instead, I’ve been making this easy recipe that can be made [...]

Bad Health Advice or Brilliant Marketing?

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I had another post scheduled for today, but after I got a magazine in the mail from our local hospital (that I have somehow been subscribed to) and visited a friend who had just had a baby in the hospital, this was on my mind. The article above is from the magazine from our local [...]

No-Grain Chicken Parmesan

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This is my latest healthy Italian dish variation. I never really liked Chicken Parmesan until I had it at a friend’s bridesmaid’s luncheon. It was the most grain free item on the menu, and it was wonderful (I later found out it was breaded in some type of potato starch and not flour!). When I [...]

7 Quick Takes – TGIF Edition!

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-1- I love Fridays and Fall! Fridays are great because they mean stay-at-home date night with my husband after the kids are in bed. Sometimes we watch a movie, but tonight we are going to do a puzzle together… sounds boring, but with a glass of wine, it is a great time for conversation. (I [...]