Showing posts with label crockpot. Show all posts
Showing posts with label crockpot. Show all posts

Saturday, August 26, 2017

Roasted Chicken in the Crockpot

Roasted Chicken in a Crockpot! This has become one of my favorite weeknight meals because it's easy, inexpensive, beautiful, nutritious, and delicious. 

Easy: the crockpot does most of the work, and since it keeps the bird moist, it's almost impossible to overcook it! Plus, the potatoes are cooked with the bird, all in one pot! You don't have to crisp up the chicken in the oven, but this step is the money-maker in my book. Do it. 

Inexpensive: I purchased this organic, free-range chicken at Natural Grocers for $11, and it fed my hubby, 2-year-old, and me for 2 meals, plus left overs for my pizza the next night! That's less than $2 per serving! People are often deterred from healthy eating because they have been led to believe that it has to be expensive. Nope! 

Beautiful: I mean, just look at this gorgeous bird! If your family doesn't like bone-in, just pull/shred the chicken before you serve like I do. 

Nutritious: meet off the bone has SO many nutrients that we are deficient in, including higher collagen and other essential fatty acids, and the skin from a humanely-raised and minimally processed chicken is also packed full of nutrients that help you recover and age amazingly. Buy and eat the whole bird! And save the bones to make broth (which I'll show you how to do in the next video!). 

Delicious: this method of cooking gives you tender, juicy meat with a crispy skin to feast on. Mouth watering yet? I didn't do this, but you could also make gravy from the juices in the crockpot. Boom.

Are you ready for a winner, winner, chicken dinner?! 

Spaghetti Squash in the Crockpot

Spaghetti (Squash) in a CrockPot! I looooove spaghetti, but 1: Regular spaghetti noodles do bad things to the body, 2: Gluten-free noodles do bad things to my taste buds, 3: The prep and clean-up can be SUCH a mess. This one-pot recipe solves all those problems! Spaghetti Squash will blow your mind if you've never tried it before - when cooked right, the consistency really is just like spaghetti!
Now, you can roast spaghetti squash (400 degrees for 30 min or so), which I love, but the ease of #crockpotlife makes this busy mom go hallelujah (in Italian)! 🍝




Thursday, August 10, 2017

Ground beef... in a Crockpot!

Today #AliMade Ground beef... in a crockpot! This kitchen hack just dawned on me a couple weeks ago, and it's a huge time saver, especially if you brown ground beef in bulk (to freeze and use for various recipes) like I do! Once you start utilizing your crockpot for everyday tasks, you'll wonder how much of your like you spent splattered in grease over the skillet! 🍳 

I like to buy a bazillion pounds of grass-fed ground beef when it's on sale from Sprouts, or when I can buy a portion of a cow from my uncle or a farmer, and store the meat in the deep freezer. 

As a working mom, my crockpot is easily my favorite kitchen appliance. 🙌🏻In fact, my dream kitchen has a huge (I'm talking 10-quart) crockpot - that converts to a wok and and skillet and grittle - built into the counter. Does something like this exist??? Comment below if you've tried this or any other time saver with your crockpot! How did it turn out?
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