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Crockpot recipes are a lifesaver around here, regardless of whether it’s busy school weeknights or the middle of summer holiday chaos. Turning a traditional chicken fajita recipe into a slow cooker meal is great for busy weeknights and a favorite with the whole family! How to Make Crockpot Chicken Fajitas: Slow Cooker Chicken Fajitas are a dump and go recipe. Once everything is in the pot, they just hang out until they’re done, and you really don’t have to do anything to serve them....

This healthy, heartwarming soup is great for dinner but it freezes and reheats well for meals all week long. A Creamy Hearty Soup Kids young and old alike love the creamy, velvety texture of split pea soup, it’s the ultimate comfort food! If you have a leftover hambone, it can be added to the soup and it will flavor the broth. Any split peas will work but I do love to use Hurst’s HamPeas because it has an extra flavor packet which is great in this recipe....

A Pantry Staple This canned dace fish has endured for over thirty years as a pantry staple at our house. And in 30 years, the product hasn’t changed–same design, same recipe, same addictive spiced fish and fermented black beans––made for a bowl of hot white rice at the end of a busy day. It’s very tasty with a little bit of spice, but the dominant flavor is the black beans. You just open the lid, and it’s ready to eat!...

Well, I can report back that I found this recipe worth sharing with our Woks of Life readers! I liked how Sarah put it: it tastes like a version of a Yang Chun Mian Noodle Soup base, but instead of lard, it’s made with mushrooms. That’s pretty good in my book! An Adaptable, Useful Recipe This button mushroom soup recipe is extremely simple, with just 8 ingredients (one of which is water!...

Posted Jul 29, 2020, Updated Aug 07, 2024 This crock pot teriyaki chicken recipe is an easy main dish that’s simple to prepare, then it cooks low and slow so the flavors infuse the chicken. Teriyaki chicken is made from scratch with all of my favorite Asian flavors, it is a fantastic fix-it-and-forget-it meal option for busy weeknights. Serve it with stir fry vegetables, fried rice, vegetable lo mein or on top of an Asian salad or in chicken lo mein....

We often add grilled chicken to make it a complete meal marinated in our favorite Greek Dresssing for a full meal! I’m a huge fan of Greek Salad, it’s easy and fresh and it’s one of those recipes where I always seem to have the ingredients on hand. The very first time I had a Greek Salad, it was made by my friend Lisa way back in 1997 when she brought it to a barbecue at my house....

Tender lentils are simmered in a rich savory broth, topped with creamy mashed potatoes and baked to golden perfection! Serve this easy meal as a meatless favorite any time of year. Ingredients in Lentil Shepherd’s Pie A true shepherd’s pie recipe is made with lamb. If you use ground beef it actually becomes a cottage pie… and in this case, we’re using lentils to replace the meat. LENTILS Lentils are a yummy, healthy, and inexpensive substitution for meat in almost any ground beef dish!...

This easy mojito recipe features freshly squeezed lime juice, muddled mint, a quick simple syrup and a splash of rum. The result is a refreshing and delicious cocktail that everyone will request again and again!Making Mojitos is kind of my “thing”… I have become known in my neighborhood for my Mojitos.. and there is always a pitcher just waiting to be served! I sometimes make flavored mojitos (like watermelon) but I always love a classic mojito best!...

Cream cheese and sour cream are blended with chopped pickles, savory spices, and crispy parmesan breadcrumbs in this crunchy, tangy dip recipe! Ingredients and Variations Pickles: I love using dill pickles in this recipe. Try your favorite variety, including spicy or extra garlic pickles! Creamy Base: Cream cheese and sour cream create the perfect base for dips. Feel free to use light cream cheese or swap out the sour cream for plain Greek yogurt for a tangier taste....

Posted Mar 06, 2017, Updated Jul 09, 2024 Top ‘O the morning to you!!! I created this healthy shamrock shake recipe for all of my friends who either are, or have, a shamrock shake aficionado in your life. My husband used to be that guy. Literally the first day he saw a sign outside of the golden arches advertising the arrival of said beverage, he had to have one. However, this healthy shamrock shake has taken the place of the chemical-laden variety from the popular restaurant....

Tender pork (or chicken) meatballs are filled with our favorite Asian-inspired flavors and tossed with an easy hoisin glaze. Meatballs always make a great appetizer but these can be served with rice or noodles as a main dish with some steamed broccoli. Glazed Meatballs This recipe is easy and can be made well ahead of time. The glaze for these meatballs is a bit sweet and salty with a touch of heat!...

There is nothing like a homemade chocolate brownie when the craving for something sweet hits! This recipe is easy to prepare and creates enough brownie mix to feed a crowd of hungry brownie lovers! Each batch of this mix creates 16 servings! As this recipe creates 6 batches, there is no need to worry about using all of the mix right away, this brownie mix can be stored for up to 3 months....

My kiddos love these… and who am I kidding? So do I! These are a super fun project to make at home with the kids and they are delicious! You can make these in any shape you like using cookie cutters. Perfect to pack along in a lunch bag! REPIN HOMEMADE CHEEZ-ITS © SpendWithPennies.com. Content and photographs are copyright protected. Sharing of this recipe is both encouraged and appreciated. Copying and/or pasting full recipes to any social media is strictly prohibited....

Sweet and sour sauce is a delicious mix of tangy vinegar, sweet sugar, and umami flavors. Once you try this easy version, you’ll never go back to store-bought! Homemade Sweet and Sour Sauce Recipe Six ingredients and one step are all it takes to make this sauce. Uses just simple pantry ingredients. Less than 10 minutes to make! A good homemade sauce makes for the perfect dipping sauce. Make this multi-purpose sweet and sour sauce and use it for everything from pork stir-fry to shish-kabobs or as a glaze over grilled pineapple!...

With a few quick tips, you can make your boxed cakes taste better than ever before – like they came from a fancy bakery! A Cake to Celebrate We love a good celebration and it’s the perfect opportunity to bake a delicious cake recipe. A yellow cake for a birthday surprise, a moist carrot cake for Easter, the perfect flag cake to celebrate 4th of July and a pretty sheet cake to celebrate a new baby!...

With a little know-how, it really is easy to get that smooth, glossy, satin finish on fancy desserts and cakes, cookies, and fruits. What is Tempered Chocolate? Tempered chocolate creates the shiny, glossy, thin-coating you see on cookies, truffles, hot chocolate bombs, and especially Candy and fruits. The most common use for tempered chocolate is on chocolate-covered strawberries or desserts seen in upscale restaurants. Tempering is simply heating/cooling chocolate to the right temperature which stabilizes it so it’s smooth and shiny (and it doesn’t melt on your fingers as easily)....

There is nothing that compares with homemade peach pie. And who doesn’t love peach crisp with whipped cream? It may seem like a lot of work to be boiling and blanching (and possibly even canning or freezing) but this method of peeling peaches is the best way I’ve found to get the job done fast. What is Blanching? This process of boiling for a short period of time and immediately stopping the cooking process using an ice bath is called “blanching....

How to Pit Cherries without a Cherry Pitter! Love it? Pin it to SAVE it! Follow Spend With Pennies on Pinterest for more great recipes! I have seen the pin on Pinterest where people use a straw to poke a cherry pit out while it sits on a bottle. Genius I thought! I tried it… my straw bent. I tried it with different straw, my cherry squished, my straw bent....

In order to develop a deep pink color naturally, I did three attempts. The pink or gulabi color that developed in the third attempt was worth it. I have tried to give a detailed pictorial step by step so you can make it on the first try. Many people complain Kashmiri pink tea is just like ‘badaam pista doodh’ or ‘hareera’. That is because many restaurants serve a very milky Kashmiri tea....

Posted Apr 19, 2020, Updated Oct 05, 2024 If you want to take your family movie night to the next level, make this delicious kettle corn recipe (also try our incredible butter popcorn recipe and caramel popcorn). It only takes 4 ingredients and 5 minutes to make kettle corn that is even more delicious than what you can buy at the fair. You won’t be able to stop eating this sweet and salty treat!...