Hunk of Meat Monday: Crock Pot Last-Resort Chicken Legs

Crock Pot Chicken Legs

Anyone with kids knows that any meal that can be eaten with your fingers is a win. This why these crock pot chicken legs where a hit at our house the other night. This is by far one of our favorite recipes so far in the Gooseberry Patch Slow Cooking All Year ‘Round Cookbook. The [...]

Gooseberry Patch Slow Cooking All Year Long Giveaway

Slow Cooking All Year Round

I am not sure how people function without a crock pot. Let’s be honest, I am not sure how people function with just one crock pot. I have several. Cabinets full of small ones and large ones and medium ones and oval ones and round ones and digital timer ones. I have a broken one [...]

Hunk of Meat Monday: Italian Steak Sandwiches

Italian Steak Sandwich

Over the next few weeks I will have a couple of brand new titles from Gooseberry Patchto give away on the blog. Both of which are working mom treasurers. This recipe for Joe’s Italian Steak Sandwiches come from page 117 of the Weeknight Dinners Cookbook. It was a quick sandwich to make, especially since we [...]

Hunk of Meat Monday: Party Finger Food

Ham Sandwich Sliders on Hawaiian Sweet Rolls

Whether you are going out and about tomorrow night or staying home, we will all be making snacks, appetizers, sweet treats and cocktails. So, I thought I would help myself organize. Prioritize what I should make for the festivities of ringing in the new year. Inevitably where ever we go, they request we bring our [...]

Hunk of Meat Monday: Pizza Casserole

Pepperoni and Sausage Pizza Casserole

We love pizza. It is that staple go to, ready in 20 minutes, meal. And when it is eaten out of my kitchen, it many times comes out of the freezer in shrink wrapped plastic. But, now I have an easy casserole that I can make that is as quick as spaghetti to make and [...]

Hunk of Meat Monday: Chicken Milano Casserole

Chicken Milano Casserole

I have nights, that I literally open the fridge and curse as I see chicken juice running everywhere. And it is running everywhere because of the frozen chicken I put in the fridge three days ago is fully thawed now. And obviously the packaging has a hole in it that I was unaware of three [...]

Hunk of Meat Monday: Dr. Pepper Slow Cooked Beef

Dr. Pepper Sweet and Spicy Shredded Beef

I love my Dr. Pepper Pulled Pork I make in the crock pot. Love it. But, many of you asked how to cool it down a notch. I guess not everyone enjoys the heat from adobo’s that I do. And I should probably give my kids’ taste buds a chance at surviving tell adulthood. I [...]

Must Have Cookbooks

Schleef Family Favorites Cookbook

While I am always connected to technology, there is nothing better than a cookbook. And I have plenty of them. But, I have my favorites. The ones I can count on when I don’t want to “try” too hard or just need some comfort food. The cookbooks with generations of family favorites. But, besides my [...]

Hunk of Meat Monday: Pork Ragu

Pork Ragu

Anybody sick of turkey yet? I am sure you have had turkey casseroles and turkey sandwiches and turkey salad. How about some pork? This may be a new favorite dish for me. Not sure if the rest of the family was as excited as I was, but maybe it because I braised this pork in [...]

Honey Crisp Apple Sangria with Food and Wine Pairing

Honey Crisp Apple Sangria

Let’s be honest with each other. The holidays can be a great time to spend with your families. Lots of food. Lots of catching up on what’s going on in everyone’s lives. Lots of football. Lots of wine. Seriously, how do people who don’t drink make it through the holidays with their families without drinking? [...]

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