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Slow Cooker French Onion Pork Chops
Slow Cooker French Onion Pork Chops I love French Onion Soup. It is one of my favorite soups to eat during the fall. The bread soaked in the juices of the soup with melted cheese over the top. This is pork chops done like French Onion Soup. The onions are nice and tender…
Slow Cooker Taco Rice Soup
Slow Cooker Taco Rice Soup is another recipe I decided to make to use up my stash of long grain rice that I uncovered. This is a great pantry recipe. This recipe calls for a newer brand of Black Beans mix called Bushes Black Beans Fiesta Beans. They don’t need to be drained…
Slow Cooker Party Kielbasa
Slow Cooker Party Kielbasa I remember attending a family function in my 20’s and a family member brought a slow cooker full of these meatballs in a sauce. They were very good and I ended up eating a good portion of the meatballs! I asked for the recipe before I left and was…
Slow Cooker Pork Chops and Stuffing
Slow Cooker Pork Chops and Stuffing It took some time for me to get my kids to eat pork chops. It wasn’t like I didn’t cook pork chops on a regular basis, but they preferred not to eat them. But, I did not give up as I like a good moist, fork tender…
Instant Pot Creamy Chicken & Rice
I made Instant Pot Creamy Chicken & Rice after finding a huge stash of long grain rice that I had forgotten about. I hate wasting food. Long grain rice is a great staple that stores well, thus I knew I could squeeze some frugality into this meal. Used a tomato from the…
Blueberry Orange Juice Bread
Blueberry Orange Juice Bread My kids love homemade Blueberry Muffin Bread. I found this recipe going through my grandma’s old recipes and I had a few oranges that the kids just had not eaten yet. I used fresh squeezed orange juice for the 2/3 cup of juice. This was about 2 oranges. No…
Slow Cooker Smothered Pork Chops
Slow Cooker Smothered Pork Chops The way I see it is there are two ways to cook pork chops. One way is grilled. Nothing better than pork chops cooked on the grill during nice weather. My kids love grilled vegetables and grilled pineapple on a stick! But, sometimes there is no time to…
Sweet Orange Juice Cake
Sweet Orange Juice Cake My first time cooking this cake, I found that the cake would not come out of the Bundt pan. This was after I had already poured the glaze over the top. Once I did get the cake out, it was half in and half out. I made this cake…
Slow Cooker Pork Chops with Mushroom and Onion Gravy
Slow Cooker Pork Chops with Mushroom and Onion Gravy I love cooking pork chops in the slow cooker. I like that they always come out moist and fork tender and I can serve them over rice, noodles or even with mashed potatoes. Add in a side of veggies, and mom is happy. Frugal…
Slow Cooker Island Kielbasa
Slow Cooker Island Kielbasa Polish sausage (aka Kielbasa) is one of my daughter’s favorite foods. When they were little, they couldn’t say Polish sausage, so they called them “mommy hotdogs”. To me, cooked they have a slight salty flavor. In this appetizer, they are cooked with the sweetness of the brown sugar and…