Sunday Dinner Roast Beef

I think a chuck roast is one of my favorite cuts of beef and luckily, I kept finding them on sale this winter. So, I had a few in my freezer and when it was a touch chilly a couple months ago, despite the mild winter we had, I decided to make this beef from The Southern Slow Cooker Bible. The brown sugar in the sauce was most noticed in the gravy, not as much in the meat, but it was a nice addition. The recipe overall was not overly salty or sweet, but a nice balance. This makes a lot of gravy, so I froze some of it, which will come in handy when I’m looking for a little homemade gravy sometime soon!

Angel Wings

While on maternity leave, I spent some time going through the freezer and found a forgotten bag of chicken wings that I wanted to use up. Looking through the recipes that I had to use for wings, I came across this easy-to-throw-together recipe from the Southern Slow Cooker Bible and knew I wanted to make it. These were a sweet, not quite barbecue-flavored wing. If you aren’t looking for a crisp skin on a wing, these were a great recipe.

Meat Lovers Chili

What a bizarre fall we’ve had thus far. We’ve had 90 degree days in October and mornings where we’ve woken up and it’s been near freezing levels. So, as I was using up some of the last of my garden peppers and jalapenos, I saw this recipe from the Southern Slow Cooker Bible, added a can of black beans to the recipe, and made this with mostly ingredients that I had on-hand. I enjoyed this, although with this much sausage in it, it was a little oilier than I would have preferred. I think I could adjust that in the future.

Spinach Tortellini Soup

I made some soup in the crockpot a few weeks ago that is a frequently-made soup, but that I haven’t blogged about in years, so it seemed like a good chance to write about this again. When I worked at a previous institution, one of my colleagues would bring these ingredients in regularly and I would make garlic bubble bread and someone else would bring dessert and we’d have a little meal all together. This recipe always reminds me of sharing and eating together. I think the recipe was from a Fix It and Forget It Cookbook, but we’ve adapted and made changes to it and I don’t know what to reference as the original source.

Honey Lime Pork

This recipe has been in my queue for a long time and finally, I had a reason to make it. The recipe, from The Southern Slow Cooker Bible, called for sorghum, which is hard to source here. They suggested substituting honey and so I did so. This was part of a meal I took to a few folks who were navigating some challenges. Making shredded pork in the slow cooker in the summer is one of my favorites, especially if I’m not going to be home all day to hang out with the smoker. I was happy to do a little cooking and take it to my friends.

Sunday Dinner Roast Beef

Summer time is for eating delicious food and while this meal is often something that’s a bit more oriented to winter or fall, on occasion a rainy day calls for a beef roast. I had a chuck roast in the freezer and this recipe from The Southern Slow Cooker Bible looked intriguing to me. I was slightly skeptical of the brown sugar in the meat, but it ended up adding a soft sweetness to the background flavor of the meat and I really enjoyed it. The gravy didn’t thicken up that well, but I didn’t try that hard to make it — that felt a little too heavy. We used leftovers for sandwiches and nachos and all kinds of yummy treats.

Crockpot Buffalo Chicken

Buffalo chicken is a favorite protein in our house, so when I saw this easy-looking recipe on Reddit, I knew I wanted to try it. Whether a pizza topping, a sandwich topping, salad addition, or even a grilled cheese addition, buffalo chicken is great to have on hand. And I was happy to cook this one day and then have the leftovers in the freezer to pull out whenever we were ready for a little something extra in one of our meals. Ultimately, I ended up turning some of it into Buffalo Chicken Soup, because that’s a delicious option to have on-hand as well.

White Chocolate Bread Pudding

It’s been fun to be playing with my sourdough breads and so when I had a couple that didn’t quite rise as much as I had hoped, but that was worth eating, I found this recipe from Fix It and Forget It Light. After making some adaptations (no white chocolate in the freezer and regular heavy cream instead of half and half), I baked this easy-to-make bread pudding in the crockpot one afternoon so it was ready for dessert after our meal was done. It was so good!

DIY Slow Cooker Dog Food

We are stil trying to figure out Meg’s dog allergies and there seems to be some possibilities of allergies related to food and her itching can get pretty intense at times. We’ve tried pills and shots and other things, but I’m also working to remove some things from her diet. In her last round of food, I took out chicken — many wheaten terriers have chicken allergies. This time, I’ve added chicken back in to see if the itching increases.

Shredded Beef Taco Soup

I adapted this recipe from the Whole Lotta Yum Low carb Taco Soup recipe. I had leftover Spanish Beef and wanted to make it into a soup. And, I had several leftover cheese odds and ends that I threw into the soup from various holiday gatherings. The already-present salsa and green chiles really helped to make the soup delicious. I also used the liquid from making the beef the day before instead of adding new beef broth. The beef continued to tenderize throughout the cooking process, getting even more delicous.