My family loves a tasty crock pot recipe using chicken breast, cream cheese, and a few Tex Mex ingredients. I wanted to do something along those lines, but we had no chicken breast. So, I thawed out two pounds of beef stew meat and created a scrumptious dish.

Our Easy Recipes for Homemakers series continues with our newest creation: the Crockpot Chicken Chowder recipe.  Spring is approaching, which means time is running out to make heavy winter soups like this hearty crockpot chicken chowder soup.  We’ll be switching to lighter recipes soon, so work these winter favorites into your weekly menu plan while [...]

Safeguard Your Menu Plan System When Life Happens
Life doesn’t always go as planned.  When meals have to be adjusted to accommodate life’s unexpected circumstances, write it down.  Putting your change of plans in writing on your family menu plan can protect your good habits.  Here’s why:
You Can’t Stop Life From Happening
All good menu planners will [...]

Kitchen Tip: Make a Crockpot Dinner the Night Before
Using a crockpot to cook your dinner all day while you’re busy or at work is a great time saver! However, what if you don’t have time to cut up the food, add the ingredients to the crockpot and otherwise put together the meal in the morning? [...]

Crockpot Beef and Broccoli is great to put on the meal planner for the day after a roast. It can be made with leftover meat from a roast, chopped into bite sized pieces, or from uncooked meat. (Roasts are an economical way to feed your family, as the per pound prices are considerably lower than [...]

Don’t lift the lid! According to the Reynolds company, it’s best to leave the lid on your crockpot / slow cooker the whole time you’re cooking. Each time you lift the lid to check or stir your food, it adds 20 minutes to the cooking time to compensate for the heat that escapes. If you [...]

Inexpensive ingredients make this one of my favorites! Roasts are an economical way to feed your family, as the per pound prices are considerably lower than other cuts of meat. This recipe is for pork roast, but can be adapted to other meats as well. I really do use beef broth in my pork roast; [...]