It’s busy every day of the year…but the holiday season puts a special strain on everybody. Getting meals on the table takes on a whole new level of complexity. You’re ready to bite the kids heads off and grind them up into hamburger before every meal. Am I right? Don’t worry, it’s not just you. It’s all of us. Don’t let the guilt eat at you…as long as you haven’t served … [Read more...]
đź“–The Healthy Slow Cooker Cookbook
What’s your go to method for finding recipes? Do you just search in Google? Do you have a recipe box full of tried-and-true recipes? Do you have a shelf of cookbooks where your journey begins? What about a stack of recipes torn from magazines? I’ll admit that I use all those resources. In fact, I’ve got more recipes than I will ever prepare…but I sure love looking through … [Read more...]
đź“–Fix-It and Forget-It Big Cookbook
If you’re looking for a gigantic cookbook with a huge selection of recipes for your slow-cooker, this is the one for you! The Fix-It and Forget-It Big Cookbook by Phyllis Pellman Good is an enormous cookbook with a recipe for pretty much anything you could desire. Well, anything you can make in a slow-cooker, that is. As an added bonus, the recipes tend to be short and have … [Read more...]
đź“–Book Review – Food Made Fast Make Ahead
Since it’s now truly autumn, I’m beginning to get serious about a number of things around Hectic Manor. One of them is reducing the amount of time I take to prepare meals on a daily basis. I’ve been planning to transition towards a single day of prep that will allow me to do less work on every other night of the week. I know the math, I can spend a few hours in the kitchen on … [Read more...]
Holly Clegg’s Trim & Terrific Freezer Friendly Meals
There’s always something new going on in the Hectic Family. In a little over a month our second grandchild will be born, and to say that everybody is excited would be the understatement of the year. Even Hectic Grandson is gearing up, including wearing his “I’m the older cousin" shirt! With the arrival of a new baby though, my daughter and her husband will be facing new … [Read more...]