Archive for March, 2006

Baked Slow Cooker / Crock Pot Chicken

March 22, 2006 | Posted as Take It Slow- Crock Pot Recipes, Yummy Can't Say No Chicken Recipes at 11:36 am | Comments »

The cold weather has me going back to the crock pot.  Burrrr!  Let’s warm up together with this really easy & wonderful baked slow cooker / crock pot chicken recipe.
Ingredients:

2 pd whole chicken
4 tablespoons butter, softened
S & P, to taste
1 tablespoon paprika

What’s Next:
Release the aggression of the day & wad 3 pieces of aluminum foil into [...]

I’ve Died & Gone to Heaven Chicken Slow Cooker / Crock Pot Recipe

March 21, 2006 | Posted as Take It Slow- Crock Pot Recipes, Yummy Can't Say No Chicken Recipes at 1:00 pm | (2) Comments »

Are you ready for tasty goodness?  Get out that crock pot, slow cooker or multi-cooker & come along with me!
Ingredients:

5 tablespoons butter
1 oz package dry onion soup mix
3/4 cup white rice
1/2 cup Parmesan
5 boneless chicken breasts
1 1/2 cups milk
2 x 10.75 oz cans cream of mushroom soup
S & P, to taste

What’s Next:
In a medium bowl- mix onion soup [...]

Slow Cookers & Crock Pots- The Scoop

March 21, 2006 | Posted as Go Go Gadgets!, The Facts / History at 11:23 am | (2) Comments »

Let’s talk crock pots & slow cookers.  It does look like Phil may have had it right, seeing his shadow.  The cold weather is back so I thought we’d dig out that crock pot once again.  I don’t hear any complaints!
First, the facts.  The first actual slow cooker was introduced in the early 1970 by [...]

The Ultimate Chili Recipe

March 20, 2006 | Posted as Recipe at 12:00 pm | (1) Comment »

Now that our taste buds are tantalized with the origins of this delicious stuff called chili, let’s get in the kitchen & get cookin’!
Ingredients:

2 pds lean ground beef
46 oz can tomato juice
29 oz can tomato sauce
15 oz can kidney beans, rinsed & drained
15 oz can pinto beans, rinsed & drained
1 1/2 cups chopped onion
1/4 cup [...]

Chili- An Interesting History

March 20, 2006 | Posted as The Facts / History at 9:46 am | Comments »

Left on your own, would you say the history of chili has its beginnings in Mexico?  With all the red peppers and chili powder- I might have thought so myself.  According to Texas writer Charles Ramsdell this is not the case.
“Chili, as we know it in the U.S., cannot be found in Mexico today except [...]