One of our favorite things to do with friends is to get together and cook. We pick a theme and then cook way too much food while we hang out and snack for the evening – usually sneaking in a few games along the way. But I also happen to like to get together with…
Instant Pot Beef Stew
This is going to be embarrassing but the reason I wanted to find and make a really good beef stew recipe is because I wanted to replicate Dinty Moore beef stew – or maybe my memories of it anyway. I think it was sort of like spaghetti-Os, I had fond childhood memories of it but…
Slow Cooker Green Chili Chicken Enchilada Soup
I might not love late fall and winter for the temperatures or the snow, but I do love how good they make a bowl of soup taste. And there is nothing better then a slow cooker soup that is basically waiting for you when you get home from work. Combine a warm bowl of soup…
Slow Cooker Lasagna Soup
It’s about a week before Christmas and many of us have last minute holiday shopping to do, Christmas parties host or attend, travel to pack for, gussets to clean for or any combination of the above. So take it easy on yourself and plan a slow cooker dinner that’s guaranteed to warm you up on…
Slow Cooker Orange Duck
Happy Birthday Dad! Since you loved this recipe so much, I thought it would be the perfect birthday recipe. I am always looking for new and inventive ways to cook the duck we get each fall. Not only do I try to have a duck meal at least once during duck camp – and of…
Slow Cooker French Onion Soup
Happy 40th Birthday to a very special friend – who I won’t name – since she keeps telling me she is now turning perpetually 39 from here on out. I’ve been saving this recipe to post on her birthday because of how excited she got about it when I texted her pictures the first time…
