Happy Tuesday everybody! Well if you are like me you are always looking for ways to get the cooking done and out of the way and what better then a complete meal in a crockpot! Whats even better is if you can prep it all the night before set it in the fridge and when you get up place it in the cooker turn it on boom you are done. Dinner out of the way! One thing off your checklist! I never thought I would get tired of cooking..lol.I was always going to be like Betty Crocker or something. These elaborate meals every night. (Yes it was a dream) Now there are 3 words in the English language I absolutely dread. What's For Dinner? So I try to find whatever way I can to make it as easy as possible. My crockpot has become my friend "sigh". I look for a lot of recipes and create a lot of my own. After reading you can make baked potatoes in your crockpot that opened up a whole new world for me! Yes I got very excited! So if I can make baked potatoes, heck lets go for the entire meal! And if I can do white potatoes why not sweet potatoes? Alas that was our dinner one night a complete meal. Pork loin w/mushroom gravy & onions, sweet potatoes with olive oil & rosemary & brussel sprouts with a splash of lemon and seasoning. Let me tell you it was good!! Now I know there are lots people who don't like brussel sprouts so feel free to switch out for corn, carrots, ect. So here goes..Crockpot meal # 2. If you missed #1 it is in our recipes under Complete meal in a Crockpot. BBQ chicken... Till we meet again..Mama Carol Start out spraying your crockpot with Pam or some kind of non-stick spray. You will love that you did this when cleaning afterwards :) Add 6 pieces of pork loin. Add 1 chopped onion. Add a 10.5 or 10.7 oz (sorry I didn't write it down) can of condensed cream of mushroom soup.(Do not add the water as stated) Place a piece of foil over the soup and the pork loin to cover it as you are going to set your potatoes on top. Cut up your sweet potatoes into bite size pieces. (I used 2 large for this recipe) I drizzled on some olive oil (about a tbsp and added about a tsp rosemary and a tsp salt free Mrs. Dash. Wrap tightly in foil. Place on top of pork. I added a bag of frozen brussel sprouts to this. I poured the bag in some foil, added a splash of lemon and some Perfect Pinch seasoning. Wrapped that up and added it to the crockpot. Cooked on low for 6 hours. Enjoy!
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I am so happy to finally be feeling some o those cooler temperatures! A low of 64 on Friday Woo Hoo! I have been going a little crazy with my cookie cutters. First it was pink ribbons, now it is ghosts, acorns and leaves. Hmmm what next? But whereas I bought the hummus dip to go with with the ribbon chips I actually made this pumpkin dip and it is good! Too good actually! I was looking around for more chips! So I hope you can make this for your next get together your guests will be asking you for the recipe for sure! Sorry I forgot to take the pictures as I was going along. But I think you get the just of things. Till we meet again...Mama Carol Package of tortillas Cut shapes out from cookie cutters. I had ghosts, acorns, leaves and pumpkins. Place on cookie sheet. I put a piece of foil down first. Ungreased. Melt 1/ cup butter. Using a brush spread butter over your tortilla creations. Sprinkle with cinnamon. Bake at 350 degrees for 5 minutes. Pumpkin Dip 8 oz container of fat free whipped topping. I used great value brand. 3 oz box instant french vanilla pudding Half a can of solid packed pumpkin (you can add more if you want a rich pumpkin flavor) 1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice ENJOY!!!! Did you know you can find this recipe & more on our Youtube Channel? So this morning I decided to be adventurous and make a pinterest inspired breakfast. I saw this really cool idea to use cookie cutters to shape pancakes as they cook. It worked out pretty well, however I was a bit impatient and just couldn't stand waiting to cook small pancakes 2 at a time so I just cooked the rest of the pancakes as normal and used the cookie cutters to cut them out into the leaf shapes. Early detection is key to catching breast cancer early & giving you the best fighting chance! It may be a bit awkward to ask friends and family if they have felt up their boobies this month, but it could save their life! Offer up a little humor and show your breast friends you care with these adorable Mustache Breast Exam Cards! Hand them out to friends and family or even complete strangers, cause big or small we should save them all!!! -MaMa April Click Below to download your free "Mustache Breast Exam Cards"
Happy Friday! Because it is Freebie Friday I am giving you the download for my Pink Ribbon Crunch recipe. I normally sell this on Etsy but for anybody who would like it because it is Breast Cancer Awareness Month you can get it here for free! But only on this site :) Enjoy your weekend everybody! And always remember to do your monthly breast exam! It can save your life! It did mine ! Till we meet again...Mama Carol
I have been trying a lot of different things with cauliflower these past few weeks as it is a low calorie and kind of filling vegetable. Plus I really like the way it tastes. I have made cauliflower au gratin in the past so I thought well let me try something new and I have had a craving for pizza! Curse you CiCi's pizza commercials! My daughter had made pizza in the past with a cauliflower crust but i didn't want to make it that way. So lets try some turkey pepperoni and mozzarella cheese add some almond milk, throw the peppers and onion right in with it and see what happens. AWESOME is what happened! It actually took away the craving I had going on for real pizza it was that good! So below you will find the recipe. Plus it is in with our recipes so you can print it out. You have got to check it out for yourself! Perfect for lunch or with a salad at dinner or a midnight snack. I hope you enjoy as much as I did.(Even hubby liked it! ) Till we meet again..Mama Carol Cut cauliflower into florets and microwave for approx 5-7 minutes until softened. Cut up 1/2 cup peppers and 1/2 cup onions After cauliflower is done cooking put into your food processor, blender, Bullet or Nutribullet. Add 1/4 cup almond milk, 1 Tbsp I Can't believe It's Not butter Light, 6 slices of turkey pepperoni and 1/4 cup of lowfat mozzarella cheese. When that is just about blended put in your peppers and onions. Hit the pulse a few times as I didn't totally puree those. Pour into an 8 x 8 pan like pictured. Add 1/4 cup of your favorite spaghetti sauce on top, along with the 1/4 cup of cheese that is left and 12 pieces of turkey pepperoni like so...Place in a 375 degree oven for 35 minutes. Voila! Bon Appetit!
Well it is Sunday, your looking through your fridge wondering what to make that is tasty but yet low calorie. Your making some kind of chicken but don't know what to make as a side dish. Hmmm..Some kind of rice dish would be nice, however rice is starchy and your trying to stay away from gluten products. Hold it! You see a head of cauliflower. You remember seeing some kind of rice dish on a cooking show. Ok time to get busy! Ok so I build my own scenarios..lol Anyway this is a cauliflower rice dish I threw together trying to keep the calories as low as possible. It serves 8 and it came out to around 55 calories per serving! So you can take 2 servings if you want..heck eat the whole thing! (just kidding) not a good idea..Anyway happy cooking! Enjoy! Till we meet again..Mama Carol Shred an entire head of cauliflower In a large sauce/frying pan saute 1 cup onion, 3 tsp minced garlic in 1 tbsp olive oil until onions are translucent. About 5 minutes or so. Add 1/2 cup peas (I used frozen) 1 cup shredded fresh carrots and 3 tbsp low sodium soy sauce. Mix and blend veggies for a few minutes. Now add your cauliflower and 1 egg mixed with 3/4 of a cup of egg whites or you could use 4 egg whites. Saute and mix for another 5-8 minutes or so until you no longer see and runny egg whites and voila! A perfect side dish to compliment any meal!
Happy Saturday! If you are like me you love pasta right? I could eat pasta 7 days a week. However I think pasta maybe was a help getting me to where I am today. lol. So I have been looking for lower calorie meals that include pasta but volumizing. (Adding things to bulk it up) A while ago I stumbled across shirataki noodles. I tried the fettuccine ones and didn't care for it at all. However being also a lover of ramen I found shirataki spaghetti noodles which are exactly like ramen noodles. However here is the difference The shirataki noodles are 30 calories for the bag with 0 mg sodium! Now add that to regular chicken broth and you have 260 mg sodium vs 830 from packaged ramen. I used unsalted chicken broth which only gave me 125 mg sodium, so if you are watching your salt intake this could be a recipe for you! By the way shirataki noodles are in the specialty foods section at your local grocer. They are made by Nasoya no fat,eggs,gluten or dairy. So this is the recipe I used. 2 cups of unsalted chicken broth, 1 pkg shirataki noodles, 1 1/2 cups spinach mix. there we go..Of course you can add some of your own seasonings as well. Enjoy!
Till we meet again...Mama Carol If you are like me either you are to busy to take time out to cook something or you don't feel like taking the time to cook something. This is where my refrigerated Oatmeal in a jar recipe will come in handy. Quick and low calorie! And you will be filled up and full of energy! Make it any night of the week and have it the following morning..Or the next..or the next.. Watch for upcoming changes you can make to make a flavor you will love! Till we meet again...Mama Carol If your like me in the morning I am running around my house all crazy getting 2 of my kids up for school. 6am is an hour that no one should have to ever get up, but in my house that is when our day starts. So, I go, get my daughter up first she is the one who takes forever and a day to get ready and she is only 9. then it's time for my son who likes to sleep as late as he can.
So by the time I get them out the door hubby is waiting in the driveway. He just got home from his night at work. Off the kids go they get breakfast at school so I only have to worry about me on the weekdays as my 4 year old would rather have cereal then eggs. (He does like pancakes and french toast sticks but we will discuss those in another freezer meal blog.) I don't care to have to pull out the pans, and make a huge mess, just for one small meal. I love freezer meals, they are so easy to just take out what you need. Prepping for a freezer meal takes an hour or so at most, but gives you the time you need to sit down and relax before the next round of kids get up. This breakfast is just like you would get at a drive through only to me it tastes a lot better, and I think is a bit healthier for you. Momma Dawn's Easy Egg ,cheese,and pork muffins: I cooked them in a batch of 20 For this I needed 20 English muffins 20 slices of cheese (any cheese will do) I only made half of them with pork roll,so I used 10 pcs of Taylor pork roll I toasted all the English muffins then added just a half of a teaspoon of mayo to the muffin.If you don't like mayo just omit it.Then I cooked a batch of eggs, I liked them with the yolks just a little runny (you can make them any way you like) Then added a pc of cheese to the top after they were cooked, just until the cheese melted then took it off the burner.I cooked the pork roll in the microwave while the eggs were cooking that only takes 1 min. Then I assembled the muffin sandwich, wrapped them up in tin foil, and placed them all in a gallon size baggie, and tossed them in the freezer, I have breakfast for the next 20 days. To heat, I can just pop them in my toaster oven about 10 min, or regular oven for 10 min (some ovens may take longer or shorter, depending on elevation) Or you can take them out of the foil wrap them in a paper towel and put them in the microwave for about 2 minutes, However they do tend to get a little rubbery cooking them that way. Anyway I hope you enjoy this recipe..Mama Dawn... |
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