Crock Pot Baked Potatoes- Easy Meal- So Easy!

Love this meal, it is the easiest meal ever! I made this Thursday night.
Look at these potatoes-

Before you freak out and swear you will never eat at my house. After the CAT was done looking at the potatoes, I washed down the counter and washed the potatoes. We are still working on manners and I guess he just had to see the potatoes.

Yes I used the crockpot liner.

Wash and dry the potatoes and toss them in there. No water.
Cook on low all day and they are done when you are ready to eat dinner....

We usually top them with ham, I found this great already cut up ham at crest the other day. Love it. It was good and easy!

Hashbrown Casserole for the Crock Pot

Tuesday was a crazy day. My car broke down, so I got a little upset. Wes was nice enough to take us out to dinner at Don's Alley. Rhi LOVED her cheeseburger! She doesnt like much so this was a huge surprise.

Wednesday since I have no car, I was able to do some cooking. Trying a new recipe- yes everyone hide. These might work better if I would follow the recipe and not add what I wanted to it. I will give you my recipe of what I did, then I will give you the recipe of what they wanted me to do. Big Thank You to Terri for sharing this with me.

Hey mine turned out great! The only downside to it- there was too much for just 2 people and I dont think it will make good left overs.
Wes' reaction was funny. He asked what was for dinner and I responded a new meal...  Goaning...   where is it??  What is it??  Told Rhi, your mother just cant help it.  Then he tasted it and said it was good!!!  

Hashbrown Casserole for the Crock Pot-
1- 28 oz bag of Potatoes O'Brien (cause I wanted onions and peppers)
12 eggs
1 Cup of Milk
1 T ground mustard
Leftover Bacon
Salt and Pepper
1 lb of shredded cheese

Directions-
Spray Crock pot and place potatoes evenly in the crock pot. You know I used my slow cooker bags.

Ok fine I spilled some

Crack eggs in a large bowl, mix well and slowly with a wisk

Add milk and ground mustard, salt and pepper. Stir

Put the bacon on top of the potatoes

Put cheese on top of that

Mix it up

Pour the egg mixture over everything.
Cook on low for 6 to 8 hours.
Then you get-

The original recipe that I started with goes like this, if you want to try it the other way. 
Breakfast casserole in the crock pot! Cooks while you sleep! Sounds perfect for a Sunday morning and great for company!
Ingredients:
1 bag 26 oz. frozen hash browns
12 eggs
1 cup milk
1 tablespoon ground mustard
1 16 oz. roll sausage
Salt and pepper
16 oz. bag shredded cheddar cheese
Directions:
Spray crock pot and evenly spread hash browns at the bottom.
Crack 12 eggs in a large bowl.
Mix well (and slowly) using a whisk.
Add the milk.
Go ahead and sprinkle in the ground mustard. This might sound like a weird ingredient, but I've come to love (and use) this in most of my recipes.
Add plenty of salt.......and lots of fresh pepper. Mix well and set aside.
Cook the sausage on high heat, drain and set aside.
Add sausage on top of hash browns.
Is this enough cheese? Maybe? Probably. Throw the whole big bag in there.
Mix it up well. Or good, depending on where you're from.
Pour the egg mixture over everything in the crock pot. Using a wood spoon, even everything out so it's spread evenly.
Turn the crock pot on low for 6-8 hours. If you sleep more than that and lack the discipline to get up just to turn off the crock pot (like myself), feel free to make this the day before and keep it on warm all night. That works really well in our house. Now go wash your face, watch some E!, and get in bed. Go ahead and close your eyes, and fall asleep

Monday- I am getting better at left overs! Sloppy Joes

Tonight we had sloppy joes and I used the left over hamburger meat!
Put some french fries on a baking sheet and it was an easy meal. Wonderful since I am very tired tonight for some reason.

Tacos and Bennie Wennies and Pizza!

Friday night we had Tyler's favorite meal! Tacos. I made some cheese dip that we ate all of, that doesnt happen to often. I forgot the flour tortillas so there where no burritos.  I didnt think of taking pictures but will next time.

Saturday- It was a friend of mines birthday so I made more cheese dip and 2 crock pots of Bennie Weenies. I make my bennie wennies with little smokies, pork and beans, a little liquid smoke, some bbq sauce, and a little brown sugar. Mix it all up and then put it on low and you are good to go!

Sunday- we where at the track- Top Slots. I was so tired I forgot to pack the sandwich stuff so we ordered pizza. It was ok but the more we eat at home the less we like to eat out.

BBQ Slow Cooker Chicken

Crock pot BBQ chicken...


4-6 pieces boneless skinless chicken breast
1 bottle BBQ sauce
1/4 cup vinegar
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/2-1 tsp garlic powder
you can put the chicken in the crock pot frozen
Cook on low 4-6 hours.

A friend of mine sent this to me. Thank you Cheri! She tried it and her family liked it. I tried it last night and Wes really liked it! He hates the Crock pot so this is a big win! The CAT was very interested in me making it, but he didnt like it after I cooked it. I dont think he likes BBQ sauce. I like it to, very very easy to make and something different!
It has been put in the keeper pile.
All my stuff 

Chicken in the crockpot- I tell you the liners save me!

 I love that blender thing, glad my declutter mission helped me find it!

 It really is yummy

 Looks a little scary in the crockpot!

 I did make Wes try it first but it was GOOD!

Dons Alley and Breakfast

Tuesday, Wes was sweet and took me out to dinner because he knew I didnt feel good.
The Cat and I fought all day...  You could just see it on his face he was in a bad mood. His fun thing for the day was to hide places and try to jump out and kill me.
He is telling Tyler here how mean I am, and how sweet he is.....  NOT

Wes took me to Dons Alley in Del City. I havent eaten there in about 10 years. Wow, I think it is one of my new favorite restaurants! I am very picky about restaurants, so this is a treat. The place smelled good walking in. Cute and clean. The server was great. It is home style cooking a big plus in my book. The price was reasonable for what we ordered. I LOVED my terr. chicken. It is always hit and miss at places- I am happy to find a place that can cook it correctly.

Wednesday was breakfast night. I bought the wrong gravy mix. The minute Rhi and I took a bite out of it, we spit it back out. We dont like sausage gravy! I had to make some from scratch but it all turned out fine. Biscuits and gravy and sausage cooked in bbq sauce. Breakfast is still our happy meal of the week.

Tomorrow I am trying a new slow cooker meal. We will see how I do with it!

Sandwiches, Freezer Meal, Bread and Rhi Brownies!

I got to spend a rare day at home on Sunday so it was sandwiches and canned soup day. The family is noticing a difference in eating at home. On the way to the slot car track, Top Slots, they stopped and got fast food. They both didnt feel good for the rest of the night. Rhi has been helping a lot when I am in the kitchen. I hope we have enough time to make Brownies tomorrow! 

He wants to know whats up with the food??

Monday- I am doing a store bought freezer meal for tonight- Chicken and Vegetable rice bake from Stouffer's. 

Also bread from the bread machine. I love that you put it in like this- 

And it comes out like this-

We did have time to make the brownies! Stir Rhi Stir!

I use my as seen on TV brownie pan. Yes it does work and I LOVE as see on TV!
Of course I know where you can get one!

Great Job Rhi!!!!

Colorado Style Beef Enchiladas! DONT DO IT MY WAY!

Wednesday night was leftover night!

Thursday we had Breakfast for Dinner. Everyone seems to love that meal.

Biscuits from the can- I HATE these! Love to eat them but getting them open causes panic for the CAT and I both.
Bacon- The Cat was waiting every minute
Gravy- from scratch!
Eggs- if you want them, you cook them- is my theory at the moment.

He is pretending to be a sweet cat. He loves his Daddy.


Now to the new meal! 
Going to try...  where did that CAT move my cookbook????
OK found it.  This is from a great cook book.
Don't Panic - Dinner's in the Freezer: Great-Tasting Meals You Can Make Ahead

It is on page 127 if you have the book. I love this book because it gives you all the information on how to make freezer meals. I am making it for 3 meals, so I hope it is good. Keep in mind there are many modifications that are mine in this- so it is not exactly the same as in the book!

Colorado Style Beef Enchiladas
3 3/4 lbs of hamburger
3 onions cut up- I used my food processor that I found!!
1 pack of taco seasoning
3 small cans of mild green chilies, chopped
3 oz jars of green chili salsa
1 cup of water
36 corn tortillas
3 lbs of shredded cheese  

Sauce-
3- 15 oz cans red enchilada sauce
3- 15 oz cans green enchilada sauce
1 Cup Sour Cream
9 T of Milk

I try to make cooking as easy as I can so before left to do all my running around, I threw the hamburger, onions into the crock pot to brown and cook. It really is an easy way to brown hamburger meat. I also use crock pot liners that make my life  so easy. The best place I have found to get them is amazon- you can check them out here if you want.
PanSaver EZ Clean Multi Use Cooking Bags and Slow Cooker Liners

I use a tool to break up the hamburger, you can see it in the picture. It is worth its weight in gold. Everyone should have one. You can check on out here.
The Pampered Chef Mix N Chop #2583

Ok we are going to stop here...  If you want to try these...  get the book and follow the directions in the book.
Mine where edible and good in a different sort of way. I did something wrong and ended up with about 50 times more sauce then I needed and the enchiladas where more like a Dip then a Enchilada!

Hey have the fun of cooking is trying new things, we wont let Wes know there is one out in the freezer to eat! I'll surprise him! 

Saturday was make it yourself day! Rhi and I went with a sandwich.

Corn Beef and Cabbage-One of Demon Cats Favorites

Corn Beef and Cabbage

He is mad because I went shopping today, I cant take him with me.

For this you need
A Head of Cabbage
I use 2 cans of Corn Beef
Sick of butter
Some salt and pepper if you want

Wash the cabbage, cut it up put it in a pot of water and start to boil. Boil it until it is soft BUT dont cook it to long OR you will have sauerkraut. Different dinner!

The fun of making this dish is getting the cans of corn beef OPEN. I always feel like I have been in a war after I get them open. BE CAREFUL the edges are sharp. After I finally get them open, I use a knife to loosen it from the edges, then bang it upside down on the counter and usually they will come out.

Now we have his attention! He loves corn beef but hates it fried!

He has to keep an eye on me to make sure I dont put it in the frying pan after I cut it up.

He is now waiting at his bowl because he has been good while I am fixing the food so he wants HIS corn beef.

It is delivered!

The rest of the Corn Beef goes in the frying pan, cook it as much as you want.

After the Cabbage is boiled, drain it, put butter in the bottom of the pan, it will melt fine, replace the cabbage, put in the corn beef, stir!

Now it is time for US to eat. Yummy!