Crock Pot Sloppy Joes

Find a review of the cookbook and the recipe here.

Here are the ingredients:


Add the beef with the onion, bell pepper, celery and garlic to the pan and cook until the meat is done:

Transfer to the slow cooker and add the rest of the ingredients:
Cook for 6-7 hours and serve on hamburger buns. We loved it so much that I forgot to take pictures:)

Turkey Pot Pie

I had pie crust leftover from Thanksgiving as well as a lot of turkey, so this is what I made. I used this Pillsbury recipe as a guide.


Sautee the onions in the pan. I love that smell:

After adding the flour and milk and broth, I added the forzen vegies (I usually have a large bag of these from costco) and my leftover turkey:

Spoon chicken mixture into crust-lined pan:

Top with second crust; seal edge and flute (pretty, huh?). Cut slits in several places in top crust.

Putting the foil on towards the end really helps, but I always have a problem to make it stay put:) It worked this time.

And this is it:

I love this. It was so tasty and moist. I will definitely make it again.

Crock Pot Roast

This recipe doesn't need much, except time. You can find it here.
Sautee the celery, turnip, carrot and onion:
Move the vegetables to the crock pot and brown the roast in the pan:
Other side:
Put the meat on top of the vegetables in the crockpot and add the wine to the pan and reduce:

And after a few more steps you end up with a delicious meal:

Pork Tenderloin - really tender

Start out with one tenderloin and spice it to your likings. I use some salt, pepper, parsley, garlic powder and majoram. Don't forget to spray the casserole dish with some PAM:

I cook it at 350 degress for about 40 minutes or until the internal temperature is about 175 degress. Then I turn off the oven and cover the dish with aluminum foil and leave it in the oven for another 30-40 minuts or whenever I'm ready:

Then, it just falls apart:

Serve it with whatever you like.

Some Tofu please

Something I have never attempted before, but this recipe sounded good.

Here is the miso mixture:

The trick with tofu is to drain it. If it's not drained well, it will not be as crisp. I ended up pan frying it longer than the recipe said. I just wanted to make sure it browned well on both sides.

I was suprised by how well it tasted. The texture was something to get used to, but otherwise it was really good. The sauce was especially good.

Fontina and Mascarpone Baked Pasta

This is another great recipe I found here at Cooking Light.

Here are the ingredients:

The sauce is done and the pasta is in the baking dish:

Sauteeing the garlic for the breadcrumb topping:

Don't forget the bread:

And here it is. This is a nice substitute for mac and cheese on the side but also as a dish by itself.

Happy Thanksgiving

I didnt' have much time to take pictures of all of the dishes, so this one is short.

This is the turkey before. It's pretty simple. We follow the cooking instructions on the box of the oven bag. Rub the tukey with butter, taht is mixed with poultry seasoning and we put a stick of butter in it.

And after all that cooking this is what we got:

The green beans were very good and fun to make. For the potatoes, I usually bake two baking and one sweet potato and mash them up with some butter and cream. We put them in a baking dish and in the oven to keep them warm. The stuffing is store bought. We sautee onions and celerey and melt butter and add all that, plus some warmed up vegetable broth and chopped crasins and bake it all.

And then we eat leftovers for the next month:)

Harvest Pie

This is a very good recipe I found here.

The beginning of something beautiful:

First time I ever cooked anything with butternut squash, so my husband helped clean it up. Cut it open and spoon out the seeds.

Bake the halfs, cut side down on greased cookie sheet:

The filling in the pie crust:

Second time in the oven with the pecan topping and the crust covered:

And there you have it. This picture doesn't do it justice. It was delicious. The only thing I would do different next time is to make my own crust because you can taste the difference. I was just lazy this time.

Tuscan Chickpea Soup

You can find the recipe here:


Sautee the onions and garlic:

Add the water, rosemarry, salt, black pepper, chickpeas and the tomatoes:

And let it simmer for 20 minutes on low heat:

Sorry, I forgot to take a picture until I was almost finished:) Too good.

Orzo and Mushrooms

You can really add any vegetable or cooked meat you want to this. You can also vary the liquid. I use a mix of water, wine and broth or whatever I have handy. Basically you mix the orzo and liquid 1:2, like you would rice. I used 1 cup orzo and 1/2 cup white wine, 1/2 cup broth and 1 cup water. The amount of vegies is to your liking.

I sautee some onions and garlic first and then I add the sliced mushrooms:

The I add the orzo, stirr it some and then I add the liquid:

Bring it to a boil, lower the heat, cover and simmer for about 20 minutes or until all the liquid is absorbed and that's it.

The Best Meat Loaf EVER

That is according to my husband:)
You can find the recipe here.


Put the meat loaf in the loaf pan and make sure to set it on a baking sheet or something while it's in the oven because it will leak.

Et voila!