101. penne with chicken and pesto
Recipe source: Allrecipes.com
Even though this dish goes together really quickly, it still has that restaurant-quality taste.
I used pesto that I made this summer (using basil from our garden) and froze.
penne with chicken and pesto
100. Colleen’s slow cooker jambalaya
Recipe source: Allrecipes.com
I do not know Colleen, but she makes a mean jambalaya.
This was very good, but mine was definitely too spicy – the kind of spicy that makes your nostrils burn when you smell it.
Next time, I’ll choose a milder sausage and cut down on the cayenne pepper.
Colleen's slow cooker jambalaya
99. Kathy’s roast and vegetables
Recipe source: Allrecipes.com
I’m still working on using up carrots from BP’s garden, and both BP and I love love love carrots cooked with a pot roast. We actually could care less about the roast – it’s all about the carrots in our house.
This recipe instructs you to sear the roast before placing it in the slow cooker. I highly recommend this step, as it does improve the quality of the roast, but if you’re short on time (as I was), you can just throw everything in the crock and it will still taste good.
This is a very easy, classic pot roast recipe for those days when you need a good, hearty slow cooker meal.
Kathy's roast and vegetables
98. sausage, cabbage and potato skillet
Recipe source: Diane, my super-sweet coworker
When Diane told me about this recipe a while back, I tucked it away for future reference. And it sounded like a good, easy meal for this weekend, so I pulled it out.
It’s a simple recipe:
Add some water to cover the bottom of a large skillet. Layer one head of cabbage (cut up into pieces), some sliced potatoes (enough to cover the cabbage), salt and pepper, and then slice Polish sausage on top. Cover and simmer for 1.5-2 hours.
This was a very simple, really good meal – and economical, too! We like bread (a lot), so we also had a baguette with our meal.
sausage, cabbage and potato skillet
97. cauliflower soup
Recipe source: The Pioneer Woman
This is perfection on a cold fall evening. And a great way to use carrots that are still hanging out in your garden.
It just screams for a nice crusty baguette to go along with it, but I didn’t think of it until I was already home from work, and I didn’t want to venture back out to the grocery for a $1.29 baguette.
BP and I both had second helpings of this, and we’re looking forward to leftovers tomorrow … and probably the next night, too. (There’s only two of us. We can only eat so much soup.)
cauliflower soup
96. tangy chicken fajitas
Recipe source: See post #48
Well, it finally happened. I duplicated a recipe I already made this year.
I hadn’t been to the grocery store. I had some chicken in the freezer, tortillas and sour cream in the refrigerator and a couple of late-season green peppers BP pulled from the garden sitting on the counter.
I knew I could throw this meal together in a matter of minutes, and it was something we would actually enjoy eating!
95. broiled chicken and steamed broccoli
Okay, so my time spent in the kitchen has been dismal. Life has been busy. Evenings have not been spent at home.
BP and I have resorted to far too many pre-prepared meals than we care to acknowledge.
So, I finally pulled together a home-cooked (though admittedly a little boring) meal that was both (mostly) healthy and tasted good.
I simply broiled the chicken (about 10 minutes each side), which we topped with spicy pineapple rum sauce from The Pampered Chef, and served it alongside pure, classic steamed broccoli.
The pineapple sauce also tastes good poured on top of cream cheese and served with crackers. (And yes, we ate that as a meal one evening recently. It’s something I do not recommend. It’s not good for you.)
broiled chicken and steamed broccoli
94. BBQ ribs and squash
Can I just tell you how much I love my slow cooker? And butternut squash? (Yes, I suppose I can tell you. It’s my blog.)
I seriously love that I can put some food in my little kitchen appliance in the morning, and when I come home from work, it’s done! Love that.
And squash? Fall is just not fall without squash. This squash was picked fresh from BP’s garden.
These ribs were super easy. Put country-style ribs in the slow cooker with a bottle of BBQ sauce and turn it on low for the day. When you get home from work, eat.
For the squash, I cut a triangular hole in the large end (so it doesn’t explode) and bake at 400 for approximately one hour.
BP and I topped it off with some (store-bought) hot apple cider. Mmmmmmmm.
BBQ ribs and butternut squash
93. slow cooker chicken taco soup
Recipe source: Allrecipes.com
Another good meal for a cool fall day.
I thought the flavor of the beer came through too strong, so next time I might use half beer and half chicken broth, or all broth. (I had a bottle of beer in the refrigerator that my dad left there a while back, and I was tired of it taking up space. Neither BP nor I actually drink beer, so I was glad to get rid of it.)
slow cooker chicken taco soup
92. baked potato soup
Recipe source: Allrecipes.com
With cool weather comes soup season!
This was very similar to Bob Evans’ cheddar potato soup.
BP ate it right up, and he doesn’t even mind the leftovers. Nor do I. Nothing like a hot bowl of potatoes and cheese to warm you up.
baked potato soup
