Crock Pot recipes

Ridiculoulsly Easy Crock Pot Mushroom and Wild Rice Soup

As I’ve mentioned before, I’m still not quite on board with the whole crock pot thing.  I just cannot decide in the morning what I’m going to want for dinner that night.  For instance, I thought this morning that I would definitely want soup for dinner but then I got…

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Crock Pot Tortilla “Breakfast” Casserole

Hey, y’all.  So I feel like I’m still not getting the whole Crock Pot/Slow Cooker thing the way others do.  It seems like an awesome thing to come home and find dinner waiting for you, but I definitely don’t feel like going to the kitchen in the morning.  I’m an…

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Creamy Crock Pot Tortellini Soup

As you may have gathered from the gnocchi soup post, I have quite the love for creamy soups.  And as you might be guessing from the scarcity of posts of late, I’m also a little short on time.  Over the years I’ve tried and tried to find a good slow-cooker…

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Vanilla-Bourbon Pear Butter

If you saw the apple butter pie or plum butter posts, you probably are getting the message: fruit butters are easy to make even if you’re super busy.  I was at the grocery store the other day and saw that pears were on sale.  So clearly I was required by…

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Sweet and Tart Crock Pot Plum Butter

It’s definitely time to get started on my homemade Christmas gifts for the year.  Up first is this plum butter! When I told my mother I was making plum butter she just kept saying “Ew!” over and over again.  I’m not sure why.  Plums are delicious, so plums cooked down…

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Creamy Slow Cooker Gnocchi Soup

It’s definitely fall here in Virginia.  We’ve had two real freezes so it’s time for comfort food!  And for me, comfort food definitely means soup.  I’ve been making a variation of this Chicken and Gnocci Soup for a while now, and it is so damn delicious!  Given how much I’ve…

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