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There is nothing better than on a busy day throwing everything in the slow cooker and calling dinner done! I found this recipe on Pinterest and although it did not come out exactly as described it was not a fail by any means. The chicken is very tender with flavors everyone will enjoy, even the little ones. I served this over jasmine rice but you could easily make a wrap out of it or just eat it right out of the pot!
INGREDIENTS
2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken breasts
3 cups chicken broth
1 cup pineapple juice
1 cup crushed pineapple
3 cloves garlic, minced
Pinch of salt
1/2 cup apricot jam
1/4 cup soy sauce
2 Tablespoons teriyaki sauce
1/4 cup Hoisin sauce
1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
1 Tablespoon Wondra, a flour
Hot cooked rice for serving
Scallions, sliced for garnish if desired
DIRECTIONS
Place chicken breast, chicken broth, pineapple juice, crushed pineapple, garlic and salt in your slow cooker and set on high. Cook for 4 hours, then remove the chicken to a cutting board and shred the chicken using two forks. Drain the broth from the slow cooker reserving two cups of liquid and some of the pineapple bits. Place the two cups of liquid back in the slow cooker. Add the apricot jam, soy sauce, teriyaki sauce, Hoisin sauce, crushed red pepper flakes and the Wondra flour. Whisk to combine. Return the shredded chicken back to the slow cooker and cook for 1 more hour. Serve over hot cooked rice and garnish with scallions. Serve warm.
Enjoy!
I recently saw a recipe for breakfast nacho’s and knew my family would love it. I did change a number of the original ingredients because my family really likes bold flavors. This recipe is very easy to change to suit the tastes of your family. We also did a Mexican take on this. using chorizo, adding peppers and onions to the scrambled eggs and serving salsa and sour cream! This will easily feed a hungry family of four. Did I also mention I served this for dinner! When Mr. MCYM travels we often make breakfast for dinner and this will be in our rotation often! I know I’ll be making it for Jim very soon!
NOTE- you can cook and crumble the sausage early to make for a fast breakfast or dinner. Store in fridge until ready to use.
INGREDIENTS
8 frozen waffles
1 pound “hot” Jimmy Dean sausage (crumbled and cooked through)
1/4 cup maple syrup (more for serving)
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
1 cup Monterey Jack cheese
6 eggs (scrambled, cooked and seasoned with salt and pepper)
DIRECTIONS
Turn your oven to broil with the oven rack being in the top 1/3 of the oven, leaving the oven door slightly ajar. Toast the waffles, being careful not to toast too much as they will crisp more in the oven. When the waffles are toasted, cut each waffle into four pieces and place on a baking sheet. Top with the cooked crumbled sausage, drizzle with maple syrup and top with the cheddar and Monterey Jack cheese. Broil for 3-4 minutes or until the cheese is melted. Remove from oven and top with the scrambled eggs. Serve with more maple syrup if desired. Serve immediately.
Enjoy!
More party food! Yay! Who doesn’t like meatballs? I am always looking for a new twist or new sauces for meatballs and this one was just right! You can make these meatballs on the larger side for dinner or smaller to feed a crowd as an appetizer! Did you know meatballs are really hard to take good pictures of? Regardless of the picture the taste is really good!
INGREDIENTS
2 pounds lean ground beef
1 cup quick cooking oats or breadcrumbs
2 eggs
1/2 cup milk
1 teaspoon garlic salt
1 teaspoon garlic powder
4 garlic cloves, pressed
1 cup ketchup
2/3 cup honey
3 Tablespoons soy sauce
DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Mix the ground beef, oats, eggs, milk and garlic seasonings together. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or aluminum foil sprayed with non-stick spray. Roll your meatballs and place on baking sheet until all the ground beef has been used. Bake for 30-35 minutes or until cooked through and no longer pink in the middle. While the meatballs are cooking you can make the sauce. Mix together pressed garlic, ketchup, honey and soy in a large saucepan and heat through. When the meatballs are done baking. toss in the sauce and serve warm.
Enjoy!
This recipe comes from www.nurselovesfarmer.com
With Halloween just around the corner, I have a couple great recipes for your family. If you are having a Halloween party both of these recipes would fit perfectly. When our kids were young we always had big parties with family, friends and neighbors before the kids would go trick or treating. One of the things I always made sure of is having a pot or slow cooker filled with something warm. Living in NH the kids had been trick or treating in rain and snow and most always cold! This sloppy joe recipe serves 8, but can easily be doubled and kept warm in a slow cooker! We really liked this for a couple reasons. While is simmered on the stove top my house smelled really, really good. Secondly the flavor is a little bit sweet, nothing over powering, so this is very kid friendly. Trust me the adults will also enjoy this. Robby had two portions before it hit the table!
INGREDIENTS
2 pounds ground beef
1 large onion, chopped
1 1/4 cups ketchup
1/2 cup water
1 Tablespoon brown sugar
1 Tablespoon white vinegar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground mustard
1/2 teaspoon chili powder
1/4 teaspoon allspice
8 sandwich buns, split
DIRECTIONS
In a large pot, cook beef and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink, drain excess fat. Stir in ketchup, water, brown sugar, vinegar, salt, mustard, chili powder and allspice. Bring to a boil and reduce heat to a simmer, keep uncovered. Simmer for 35-40 minutes. Spoon about a half a cup on to each of the buns and serve warm.
Enjoy!
As some of you know, my husband Jim has been a military pilot for almost 30 years. He is currently in the Army National Guard in NH flying Medevac helicopters. When Jim heard they were having a military food service grilling Iron Chef competition, he knew we should go and I’m so glad we did! It was a beautiful cool NH afternoon filled with lots of great smelling food!
This was a little different than the typical iron chef show that we all know and love. This was made up of individuals from all of the service branches and they were split up into mixed teams, ten teams with 6 – 7 people on each team. This means they are working with team members they didn’t know, crazy right? They not only had to cook but also had to make a team sign with a team name, picture and with all of the team member names on the sign. This was the first thirty minutes of the competition.
Once that was done, the real fun began. The teams all had a large table set up in between the work stations where they had lots of ingredients for them to share. They all had their own grilling station and table for them to work. None of the members knew what they would be cooking, but they could get a sneak peak at the ingredient/spice table they had to share! Each team had one hour to cook a meat, vegetable and starch for a entree meal, along with a dessert.
Just prior to the cooking start time they revealed the ingredients to cook and there were lots of great options for these unsung hero’s that feed our troops each day! They had chicken, steak, zucchini, potatoes, watermelon and pineapple to name just a few things!
It did not take long before the smell of some delicious looking food was in the air. Jim and I were able to speak with all of the chefs as they were cooking and see what they were making. I can say that these chefs have some great creative talent! And what was amazing to watch is these groups that don’t know each other, worked so well together. That speaks volumes about our military service men and women as they are all working for the same goal and to do it well no matter what the circumstance or stress level is.
There were a number of military judges. I don’t know how they did it with so many great smells, watching, and I have no doubt, tasting food! The judges had a number of things that went to the scoring of each team. Much more than the TV Iron Chef! I can say, watching this competition, they all won with their creativity, team work and great effort each team put out into this competition!
CONGRATULATIONS TO EACH TEAM AND MEMBERS
FOR A JOB WELL DONE!
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