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Slow Cooker Mondays: French dip sandwiches!

September 12, 2011 by 18 Comments

Who wants to cook on Mondays?  Not me!  It’s hard enough to get everything together on a Monday morning to get out the door for work and by the time I get home, I’m usually worn out.  I love my slow cooker and our family would be eating out all the time probably without it!  I’m going to start sharing a favorite slow cooker recipe with you each Monday.  I hope that you’ll enjoy!  My time is limited in the mornings, so most of these recipes can be quickly thrown together (literally!) in a few minutes!

Today’s recipe is a family favorite – french dip sandwiches.  It doesn’t get much easier than this.  The only “work” involved for you is shredding the meat when you get home.  They are sooo yummy!

Here are the ingredients you’ll need:

beef roast
2 cans beef broth
1 tsp dried rosemary
1 tsp dried thyme
1 tsp garlic powder
4-6 hoagie buns
(we also add some swiss or provolone cheese)

Place roast in a greased slow cooker. Pour broth over the top of the roast. Add spices. Cover and cook on low heat 8-10 hours (or high heat 5-7 hours). Remove roast and save extra juice. With a fork, break the meat apart and serve on hoagies. Use excess juice for dipping sandwiches.

WW points = 7 points per serving (this does not include the cheese or the buns, add 2 points for the cheese and 4 points for the whole wheat bun)

Here’s the finished product.  Sorry we didn’t have any “fancy” plates to make it look pretty.  We were celebrating my niece’s birthday and she thought they were plenty fancy!  We served these with fruit salad and veggies and dip!

If you have a favorite slow cooker recipe to share, please e-mail me or submit it in the comments!

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What’s for Breakfast: Red Velvet Pancakes!

September 11, 2011 by

On Sunday mornings, I typically make pancakes for my kids.  We love to experiment and add different things to our pancakes or try different recipes, but in a discussion on Facebook about what we were having for breakfast, Casie mentioned Red Velvet pancakes.  I’ve heard of and LOVE Red Velvet cake, but the concept of Red Velvet pancakes was a new one for me and a lot of others as well!

Casie was kind enough to share her recipe with us.  This won’t be our breakfast this morning, but we’ll DEFINITELY be trying it out on Sunday!

Ingredients (pancakes):
1 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 tablespoon cocoa powder
1 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
12 ounces buttermilk
4 tablespoons butter, melted and cooled slightly
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon vinegar
2 teaspoon red food color

Ingredients (glaze):
4 ounces softened cream cheese
1 cup powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
Add a few drops of milk to get consistency to drizzle

For pancakes, mix all dry ingredients together first, then add “wet” ingredients.  Garnish the “finished product” with pecans if you choose!

Thanks again Casie for sharing this recipe.  It sounds YUMMY and we can’t wait to try it!

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Friday Feasts Fly-By: link up your favorite soup recipes!

January 13, 2011 by 2 Comments

Fly By

This year, make meal planning one of your resolutions! Meal planning helps you to save money and helps bring your family together in the evenings, too!

To give you some meal planning inspiration, I have teamed up with two other awesome bloggers and we’ll each be bringing you a new themed recipe each week! This week’s theme is soup recipes! Make sure you link up YOUR favorite soup recipe below!

Make sure you stop by my co-hosts pages to check out their recipes, too:

Mommy’s Money Saving Obsessions

Pays 2 Save

Our family absolutely LOVES this recipe and it’s so easy to throw together! It’s a bit spicy on it’s own for my kids, but once we add some sour cream, cheese, and chips, they love it! You can freeze the extras, too, for another time!

Ingredients:
3 cans chicken broth (100% FF)
3 cans cream of chicken soup (98% FF)
3-4 chicken breasts
1 can Rotel
Mrs. Dash original seasoning
salt and pepper to taste

Place chicken breasts in the bottom of the crock pot. Add Mrs. Dash’s seasoning to taste. Add broth and cream of chicken soup, and Rotel. Cook on low 6-8 hours. Shred chicken in crock pot.

To serve: (if frozen)

Defrost in refrigerator. Reheat on stove. Serve and top individual bowls with desired toppings (tomatoes, green onions, avocadoes/guacamole, cheese, tortilla chips, sour cream, etc.)

WW points = 3 per serving – this makes a TON of soup (at least 10 servings for my family), the 3 points, of course, does not include any “toppings” such as cheese, sour cream, and chips!

To kick off this recipe hop, we’re also giving away a $10 Domino’s Pizza gift card because every now and then you need a night off from cooking! Make sure you link up your favorite recipe and then enter to win the giveaway! I can’t wait to see what yummy recipes you share!



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A Month of Frugal Recipes Day 2: Chicken Tortilla Soup

March 4, 2010 by


This is one of my favorite “from the stockpile” recipes.  It’s a bit spicy on it’s own for my kids, but once we add some sour cream, cheese, and chips, they love it!

Ingredients:
3 cans chicken broth (100% FF)
3 cans cream of chicken soup (98% FF)
3-4 chicken breasts
1 can Rotel
Mrs. Dash original seasoning
salt and pepper to taste

Place chicken breasts in the bottom of the crock pot. Add Mrs. Dash’s seasoning to taste. Add broth and cream of chicken soup, and Rotel. Cook on low 6-8 hours. Shred chicken in crock pot.  You can freeze the leftovers, too!

To serve: (if frozen)

Defrost in refrigerator. Reheat on stove. Serve and top individual bowls with desired toppings (tomatoes, green onions, avocadoes/guacamole, cheese, tortilla chips, sour cream, etc.)

WW points =  3 per serving – this makes a TON of soup (at least 8 servings for my family), the 3 points, of course, does not include any “toppings” such as cheese, sour cream, and chips!

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