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Slow Cooker Chicken Thighs with Beer & Herbes de Provence

May 11, 2012

Slow Cooker Chicken Thighs Cooked in Beer and Herbes de Provence

I’ve made these easy slow cooker chicken thighs several times and they’re always a a big hit. I think I found the recipe in Not Your Mother’s Slow Cooker Cookbook, but I can’t be sure and have no way to check because the book is in Wisconsin and I’m here in Phoenix. It’s the kind [...]

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Camilla’s Lemony Lentil and Quinoa Salad Recipe

May 1, 2012

Finally a quinoa recipe I really really honesty and truly can say I like. This lemony lentil and quinoa salad recipe is a winner for me and I owe it all to Camilla Saulsbury and her latest cookbook, 5 Easy Steps to Healthy Cooking: 500 Recipes for Lifelong Wellness. So thanks, Camilla, for this delicious quinoa recipe [...]

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Stephanie’s Slow Cooked Mint Glazed Lamb Recipe

April 14, 2012

I have Stephanie from A Year of Slow Cooking to thank for this delicious Slow Cooked Mint Glazed Lamb recipe. She brought smiles all around our Easter dinner table and turned me into a cooking leg of lamb success story (finally). I didn’t grow up eating lamb and consequently never really learned how to cook it. [...]

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Slow Cooker Chicken Thighs Osso Buco

March 6, 2012

This is the first recipe I’ve tried from my new Weight Watchers One Pot Cookbook and it’s a grand slam outta the park winner. Easy. Healthy. Delectable. The recipe name – Chicken Thighs Osso Buco – is a little misleading since according to Wikipedia, Osso Buco is Italian for “bone with a hole” (osso bone, buco hole) and refers to [...]

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Skinny Slow Cooker Beefy French Onion Soup

February 25, 2012

Skinny Slow Cooker Beef French Onion Soup

Hearty, full-flavored soup with beef, onions, and mushrooms in a rich beef broth that is stress-free to prepare. Delicious topped with Cheesy toasted French bread. It was a big hit when I served it for dinner last night. I love using the slow cooker to make hearty main dish soups like this. Just a few minutes [...]

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Hearty Wintertime Black-Eyed Pea, Vegetable and Sausage Slow Cooker Soup – 6 Points+

February 2, 2012

Hearty Wintertime Black-Eyed Pea Vegetable Sausage Soup

Hearty, healthy and deliciously satisfying, my love affair with simple soups continues to deepen. I concocted this slow cooker soup with what I could pull together from the refrigerator, freezer, and pantry. I was having a lazy day and wanted a quick and easy dinner that I could toss together in the slow cooker and [...]

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Lightened Up Easy Slow Cooker Beef & Mushrooms

January 25, 2012

Lean stewing beef and mushrooms cooked in slow cooker until tender. This is a great dinner for the meat lovers in your home. It’s easy enough for a weeknight and tasty enough for company with just 5 WW PointsPlus per serving. I’m not a huge steak fan, but I love hearty beef vegetable soups, stews [...]

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Skinny & Delicious Southwestern Slow Cooker Chicken

January 20, 2012

Are you looking for easy healthy chicken recipes for the slow cooker? Here’s one for your files. I made this Southwestern chicken with corn, black beans and salsa dish earlier this week for dinner and everyone loved it. I loved how easy it was to prepare. This light and healthy recipe jumped out at me, [...]

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Favorite Skinny & Delicious Black Bean Soup Recipes

January 18, 2012

Black beans, also known as turtle beans, are high in protein and fiber, low in fat, inexpensive and nutritious. They also make delicious soup. Black bean soup is hearty, satisfying and super easy to make. It also freezes well so you can keep a stash of portion controlled containers in the freezer for those nights [...]

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New Year’s Slow Cooker Southern Style Vegetarian Black-Eyed Peas – 4 Points+

January 1, 2012

Is it a tradition for you to eat black-eyed peas on New Year’s Day? It’s not for me. Probably because I didn’t grow up in the South. But January 1, 2012 marks the beginning of a new tradition. According to southern tradition, eating black-eyed peas on January 1st, brings good luck in the coming year. [...]

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Slow Cooker Ham & Split Pea Soup Recipe – 6 Points+

December 31, 2011

Split pea and ham soup is a longtime family favorite. It makes a healthy satisfying delicious meal, perfect on a cool fall or winter evening. It’s chock full of good-for-you ingredients including – split peas, onions, carrots and celery – and is very high in fiber so it will keep you full for hours. It’s a [...]

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Slow Cooker Lentil & Chicken Sausage Stew Recipe – 5 Points+

December 28, 2011

If you’re put off by the title of this soup because it has “lentils” and “chicken sausage” in it or think it sounds too healthy to be good, I hope you decide to give this deliciously easy soup recipe a try anyway. This is a hearty and healthy soup for sure. It’s also simple and [...]