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Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Daily Recipe Round-up for October 5, 2011

If anyone makes one of these recipes, I’d love for you to let me know, give me your thoughts and even take a picture or two. I’d LOVE to start posting updates from other cooks, such as myself. Don’t worry if it isn’t perfect. That’s the point of this blog.

Cooking Light

Chicken and Dumplings

Yield: 8 servings (serving size: 1 1/2 cups chicken mixture and 2 dumplings)

Slow-Cooked Praline Apple Crisp

Recipe modified by You Want Me to Cook? – April 14, 2011

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Recipe originally published by Pillsbury via e-mail on Thursday, September 25, 2008.

I love using my slow cooker, but only when I’m at home. Here is some of my reasoning:

I hate having food cooking while I’m not at home. Having 3 dogs, I am terrified of something burning or an appliance catching fire when I’m not there to get my furry babies out of my house.
One of the best parts of cooking is the smell. I love going upstairs to get something and coming back down to an intoxicating aroma of my dinner cooking.
I’m afraid of losing track of time. I very easily can turn running a simple errand into a several hour excursion. When I cook, I need to be focused and that includes alarms being set.

But like I said, I do enjoy using my slow cooker. It gives me the ability to throw something in for dinner and do housework or work on the blog.

When I found this recipe for a slow cooker dessert, I jumped right on it. My husband loves apples and apple crisp, so it was perfect for us.

This looks really good, but it probably would look “prettier” if I had ice cream or whipped topping on it. It’s interesting because the ingredient listing says “ice cream optional” but the directions say to “serve it with ice cream.” There’s no optional about it. I’m not sure why I didn’t do it, other than to save money and calories/fat/cholesterol.

Daily Recipe Round-up for October 4, 2011

Pillsbury

Mexican Turkey Crescent Bake

Prep Time: 10 Min

Total time: 30 Min

Makes: 6 servings

Daily Recipe Round-up for October 3, 2011

Every Day with Rachael Ray

Grilled Eggplant Subs with Mozzarella and Tomato Jam

4 Servings

Prep 10 min

Chai

Recipe modified by You Want Me to Cook? – March 18, 2011

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Recipe originally published by Taste of Home – Holiday Collection 2008

So I’ve had an interesting week. Way to many ups and downs, but a decent conclusion to the weekend with tickets to the Chicago Bears game in an executive suite. Gorgeous day. Luxury box. Bears win. Now I’m back to business!

I have to admit that I settle into a routine very easily and sometimes need someone to drag me kicking and screaming into change. For example, I was a very traditional coffee drinking kind of gal. Then I got a job with Starbucks. Part of your training is making every single drink… and tasting it. My first day was an eye opening experience of everything I had been missing. It also lasted about 3 days because I drank enough coffee to keep me awake for a week.

One of my new experiences came with a Chai Tea Latte. I was expecting to hate it, but fell in love. So much so that it became a substitute for coffee lattes. The green tea is good for me and the ginger settled my stomach. Of course the bad thing about finding my new love is the cost, so when I stumbled across this recipe, I was anxious to give it a try.

Be honest. Don’t you just want to drink this? I was so glad I picked a clear glass to show this drink off. And yes, it smelled as good as it looked and it was warm and toasty in the mug.