Crockpot Mexican Pot Roast {A flavorful roast that the whole family loved!}

Crockpot Mexican Pot Roast is a pot roast with a twist, made with spicy ingredients. Most grocery stores carry all the ingredients.  Just think of all the possibles for weeknight meals from burritos, tacos, enchiladas and the list goes on. The holidays are just a few days away, and I wanted to share with you a great recipe to cook in a crockpot.

Stew in a Pumpkin {Baked and served in a pumpkin}

Baked Pumpkin Stew  is a flavorful beef stew cooked and served in a sugar pie pumpkin. When serving, raise the ladle up with the stew scraping the sides of the pumpkin being sure to get a generous serving of pumpkin.     A true taste of Fall! To celebrate the Fall, pumpkin is so hot these days, and almost anything can be made with it.  When I grew up in the 60s, pumpkin pie and pumpkin bread were the most popular recipes to make. These days that is not the case.

How to Make Soup in a Pumpkin

Baked Pumpkin Stew , flavorful beef stew cooked and served in a sugar pie pumpkin. When serving, raise the ladle up with the stew scraping the sides of the pumpkin being sure to get a generous serving of pumpkin.     A true taste of Fall! To celebrate the Fall, pumpkin is so hot these days, and almost anything can be made with it.  When I grew up in the 60's, pumpkin pie and pumpkin bread were the most popular recipes to make. These days that is not the case.

Vibrant Chicken Soup {Chicken, Brown Rice, and Avocados - Healthy!}

During the cold weather months, I make soup often, but with this Vibrant Chicken Soup , that is another story.   I like to make it all year around.

Old School Fried Biscuits {aka Camp Biscuits at our house!}

Camp Biscuits  have been around my house ever since I was a little girl, then I started making them for my children on Saturday morning.  We make them here at the house, when we are camping, and at the deer lease.    These make delicious and quick beignets! Just cut them in half, fry them, and dust with powdered sugar. Another great idea is when you serve Chinese, finish out your meal with some of these  Fried Biscuits  rolled in sugar only .  And you will feel as though you are at your favorite Chinese restaurants.

German Chocolate Cheesecake Cake

German Chocolate Cheesecake Cake , is  made with a  german chocolate cake mix for  the cake, and the rest is homemade, including the coconut pecan frosting. German Chocolate, anything around our house, is a favorite.  And cheesecake, well, you have the best of both worlds when you bring those two together.

Crockpot Roast New Potatoes and Carrots {Has The Flavors of a Classic Pot Roast}

Crockpot Roast New Potatoes and Carrots  are one of the meals I cooked a lot while we were in the hotel this summer as our house was being repaired. Cooking in the crockpot is more out of convenience for me than anything else, but in the hotel, we didn't have an oven so, the crockpot was perfect. I usually put my roast in the crockpot before I go to bed at night and cook it on low all night. Get up the next morning and turn it to warm. And two or three hours before serving it, I put the potatoes and carrots in and turn to high. Don't you just love these one pot meals!

Pumpkin Magic Bars

Pumpkin Magic Bars, perfect combination of pumpkin cookie mix, cinnamon chips, dark chocolate chips, coconut, pecans and magical ingredient sweetened condensed milk.  Nothing is lacking in this layered cookie recipe. The little dessert bar called by many names from 7 Layer Bars , Hello Dolly Cookies Bars  and the most popular,  Magic Cookie Bars  have made another appearance in our house.

Easy Fried Rice {No Need for Take Out---Make it yourself!}

Asian food is one of my husband's favorite.  We usually eat it twice a month. It can be kind of pricey eating out, so I try to make our favorites at home. Easy Fried Rice is one of the dishes I  have started making.  It is as simple as it looks at an open grill in the Asian restaurants.  Start off with cooked rice and go from there adding what you want.  I usually cook the egg first in sesame oil and then add the cooked rice and vegetables.  This recipe is a simple and a basic one, but on occasion I dress it up with adding cooked shrimp, chicken, or pork.   Delish! This Easy Fried Rice goes well with these other Asian dishes I like to make---- Sweet and Sour Pork,  Sesame Noodles ,  Thai Style Stir Fried Chicken ,  Sesame Chicken , Pepper Steak,  Mandarin Chicken , and  Chinese Style Chop Suey .  As you can see, Asian food is a favorite around our house! This recipe and others can be seen at these linky parties  here !

Jiffy Chili Pie {Simply amazing how easy it is to make this!}

Jiffy Chili Pie , a one pot wonder satisfying the pickiest of eaters.  Great use of leftover homemade chili with your favorite cornbread recipe spread across the top. This Jiffy Chili Pie is one of the recipes that I made before Easter that I was not able to get posted.   As some of you know from reading my post on Facebook , we had severe storm damage to our house on Easter Sunday!   Many of the recipes I made around that time, I didn't get to post.   Jiffy Chili Pie is one of the recipes I made on a cold day that we had in March. You are going to be amazed at how easy it is to make.  I used some homemade chili I had in the freezer, chopped onions, and a can of green chilies. All of that was sandwiched between two layers of prepared Jiffy Cornbread Mix.  You can have a meal on the table in a "jiffy".   Just had to say that...he he!