Tag: slow cooker

Granny’s Red Beans and Rice

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Mr. Awesome loves his Momma’s Red Beans and Rice, This is the recipe, as she wrote it down for us. I know I have a DIY version of the boxed mix but I’ll have to look it up later and edit this post when I find it. This is one of those meals that is even better the next day.

Granny’s Red Beans & rice

As written down by Granny 😊

Ingredients:

  • 1 box of Zatarain’s Red Bean Mix
  • 3 bouillon + 6 cups water
  • 1 pound Jimmy Dean ground sausage, cooked and crumbled
  • 2-3 links Nettles sausages, cooked and sliced into rounds
  • (1 c. rice)**

Directions:

Add to crockpot. Cook on low until done.

 (high for 4-6 hours or low 6-8 hours)

**I use 1 cup (uncooked) rice to fill crock pot up.

I also like to use a little onion and Bell or sweet peppers.

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Easy Pulled Pork

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This recipe is so easy to put together and it is one of my oldest daughter’s favorites.

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Mama’s Old-Fashioned Green Beans

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I know that we eat green beans a lot around here and often I mention them with our meal plans but it just occurred to me that I’ve never posted the recipe that we use most often. You can use this recipe for just about any kind of bean. We love our string beans and pole beans like this as well as lima beans!

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Homeschool days making dinner crunched?

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Homeschool days making dinner crunched?

Having dinner ready to go whenever we’re ready to eat is such a lifesaver on busy weeknights when we head out to activities. Now my *kids* are taking charge of dinner from start to finish. Before we start school, they start the slow cooker. Check out the videos from Kids Cook Real Food that we are using here.

Slow Cooker Baby Back Ribs

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Slow Cooker Baby Back Ribs

Slow Cooker Baby Back Ribs

Ingredients:

  • 3 pounds baby back ribs
  • salt and pepper to taste (we like to use mineral salt or Lawry’s garlic salt)
  • 1/2 c. broth
  • 1 onion, sliced
  • 1 clove garlic, minced
  • 1 (18 ounces) bottle barbeque sauce

Directions:

Sprinkle the ribs with salt and pepper.

Pour water into the slow cooker.

Place the ribs into the slow cooker. Top with onion and garlic.

Cook on High for 4 hours or Low for 8 hours.

Preheat oven to 375.

Once cooked, transfer ribs to a baking sheet. Discard onion and garlic. Coat ribs with barbeque sauce.

Bake 10 to 15 minutes.

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