Tag: crock pot

Red Beans + Rice

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I am a useless, garbage person.

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I would have it no other way.

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I’m not sure that I have ever contributed less to society than I did this weekend. I spent literally the entire time in doors with the shades drawn. I was essentially a Netflix vampire. I binge-watched an entire season of Parenthood. It just felt like the right thing to do at the time. The right amount of family love and drama. Perfect weekend watching!!!

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WRONG-O. That show sends me in a tail-spin every daggum time. I can (& do) cry at some point during every episode. My relaxing weekend of solace and zen turned into a cluster of anxiety and feelings! How did this happen? How did I let Saturday and Sunday go by and spend its entirety in a ball of feelings on my couch???

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Oh, because I’m a garbage person who loves her Apple TV that’s how.

 

 

Time: 6 hours (prep + cooking) | Serves: 4-6

Ingredients:

  • 1 can of kidney beans, rinsed + drained
  • 1 can of hot chili beans (try to find some in a sauce + use all that goodness in this)
  • 1 yellow onion, diced
  • 1 green pepper, chopped
  • 1 jalapeno, diced
  • 2 stalks of celery, chopped
  • 4 cups of vegetable broth
  • 2 tsp. of paprika
  • 1 tsp of chili powder
  • 1 tsp. of oregano
  • 4 tbsp. of garlic, minced
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 2 cups of almost totally cooked brown rice
  • S+P, to taste
  • Cilantro, for serving

How to:

  • Combine beans + onion + pepper + jalapeno + celery + vegetable broth + paprika + chili powder + oregano + garlic + bay leaf + S+P in a crockpot
  • Cook on low for 4 hours
  • Stir in rice + S+P, cook another hour
  • Serve hot with cilantro
  • Put on mittens + hat + parka + curl up in coziest blanket near you with entire crockpot in hands + just go for it

Sweet Potato Chili

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This week, though.

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All in all, it’s been a pretty bleak week, personally. But in the pop culture world I choose to live 68% of the time, things are just stupid great.

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To add to this week’s going list, Memphis win, Gilmore Girls episodes, now ADELE MUSIC?!?!?!? My heart is feeble, honestly.

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I have a thing for Adele. It’s real & it’s personal. We are just connected on a really cerebral level. We’re both wildly talented and successful. She just happens to gloriously belt the things that are written in my old journals in kindergarten prose.

“Maybe he still likes me. I’ll go stand by his locker tomorrow.” – Me.

“I had hoped you’d see my face and that you’d be reminded that for me it isn’t over yet.” – Adele.

See? Peas in a pod.

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I’m going to need “Hello” to get added to karaoke books across America because I am coming for it.

 

 

 

Time: 9 hours (prep + cooking) | Serves: 4

Ingredients:

  • 3 medium-sized sweet potatoes, peeled + cut into chunks
  • 1 can of black beans, rinsed + drained
  • 1 can of kidney beans, rinsed + drained
  • 1 onion, diced
  • 2 jalapenos, diced
  • 1 can of fire-roasted tomatoes
  • 3 tbsp. of garlic, minced
  • 1 tbsp. of chili powder
  • 1 tbsp. of cumin
  • 1 tsp. of crushed red pepper
  • 5-6 cups of water, or enough to just slightly cover the chili
  • S+P, to taste (lots!)
  • Tortilla chips, for serving

How to:

  • Combine all ingredients in a crock pot (In the order I listed), stir well
  • Cook on low for 8 hours
  • Serve hot with favie chili toppings
  • Take off shoes + step into the crockpot, use like a hot tub

Pulled BBQ Chicken Sandwiches

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My Garrett is HOME!!!!!!!! Did you hear me? HOME! After a month & a half of training, my bub is back in my puny arms.

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Obviously I missed him more than life, but it’s a little odd adjusting to having another human being in the house again. Like, I forgot what a burden it was to have to close the door when I pee.

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However, I feel so blessed I don’t have to take the trash out anymore. I don’t care what you say – I LOVE GENDER ROLES. Leave me in the kitchen while he tinkers on cars & mows the lawn & crap, please.

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My blood pressure did soar a bit when I bought groceries for 2 again. Like, all the darn meat this man requires. I can’t. Are you sure you don’t want to go back to the woods & play some more, honey?

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These were his welcome home gift. Because nothing says “I love you” like meat from a crock pot!

 

 

Time: 18 hours (prep + cooking) ((don’t hate me)) | Serves: 4-5 sandwiches

Ingredients:

  • 2 lbs. of boneless, skinless chicken breast
  • 1 cup of your favie BBQ sauce
  • 1 tbsp. of worcestershire
  • 1 tbsp. of rice wine vinegar
  • 1/4 cup of brown sugar
  • 1 tsp. of cumin
  • 1/2 tsp. of crushed red pepper
  • 1/2 tsp. of garlic salt
  • 1/2 tsp. of onion salt
  • 1/2 head of red cabbage, chopped
  • 1 tbsp. of olive oil
  • 1 tbsp. of honey
  • 1 tbsp. of dijon mustard
  • S+P, to taste
  • Hoagies, for serving

How to:

  • In a bowl, whisk together BBQ sauce + worcestershire + vinegar + brown sugar + cumin + crushed red pepper + garlic salt + onion salt + S+P
  • S+P your chicken breasts on both sides
  • Add chicken + BBQ mix to a Ziploc bag + let marinate overnight
  • In the morning, add chicken to a crock pot + turn on low for 8 hours
  • Shred the chicken + let cook another 20 minutes
  • Meanwhile, in a bowl, combine cabbage + olive oil + honey + mustard + S+P
  • To serve, layer chicken + cabbage on a bun
  • Pour crock pot remnants on body