Author Archives: Valerie
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Renovation, Week 9: The Finale
Posted on by Valerie in Dinner, How To..., Kitchen Renovation, Recipes, Uncategorized, vegetarian.I am pleased to present the new Dinner Is A Crock kitchen! It’s been months of hard work, intense labor, and intricate planning, but I am thrilled to welcome you to my home and get back to creating new and exciting recipes to share. Week NINE– let’s break it down and see how the transition unfolded… […]
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Renovation, Weeks 6-8: Update and Wait
Posted on by Valerie in Kitchen Renovation, Product Reviews, Recipes.When I walk into the kitchen, I hear crickets. Ok, not real crickets, just the metaphorical ones. Which is good, considering that in Week Five we had issues with really undesirable creatures in the house. But I hear the crickets like the humor in movies when it’s so quiet and nothing is moving that the […]
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Renovation, Week Five: Dinners and Creatures
Posted on by Valerie in Dinner, Kitchen Renovation.Let’s break this week’s renovation update down day by day. I updated my four-week menu plan to carry us through the rest of the project, the installations are still on schedule, and it’s remarkably nice weather still outside. I want you to understand that while my posts may make this whole process appear to be coated […]
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Renovation, Week THREE and FOUR: Hurry Up to Wait
Posted on by Valerie in Dinner, Kitchen Renovation.Welcome to the Renovation Dance. Please, find a partner and a tool. Take two steps forward and then slide to the left. Take another step forward and then jump back. The Renovation Dance is a new way of jigging about in your kitchen– there’s no sink, no appliances, not even a cabinet to be seen. […]
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Renovation, Week Two: THX and Floors
Posted on by Valerie in Dinner, Kitchen Renovation, Recipes, Side dishes, vegetarian.While most of you are probably brining your turkeys, whipping your cream, or stuffing that bird, we’re being a little non-traditional with our family time this holiday season. Yes– we will still eat a full Thanksgiving dinner, but no… the renovation is not complete. No kitchen? No problem! The goal this holiday weekend is to […]
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Renovation, Week One: Demolition
Posted on by Valerie in Kitchen Renovation.I cook. I am not a trained cook, but it’s my favorite thing to do for my family, my friends and my fans. I just needed a better place to do it all. But my kitchen– well, it was still circa 1985 with a laminate countertop, too little cabinet space and not enough storage. This is […]
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Crock Pot Creamy Potato Soup
Posted on by Valerie in Dinner, Recipes, Side dishes, vegetarian.Today was the first day that actually felt like fall. I don’t mean like a specialty coffee… I mean hooded sweatshirts, warm blankets, steamy bowls of soup and the sound of rustling leaves. And if you are lucky, you can enjoy all of those things at the same time. Tonight’s Crock Pot Creamy Potato Soup […]
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Crock Pot Pulled Pork Tenderloin
Posted on by Valerie in Uncategorized.Fall is almost here… Starbucks is already is serving up pumpkin spice lattes and football seasons have officially started, that means the weather should start to cool off, even here in the South, and the leaves should start to change. I love making pulled pork, but everyone likes their BBQ sauce a little different, usually […]
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Crock Pot Back To School Breakfasts
Posted on by Valerie in Uncategorized.We are almost a month into school, some of you are just starting out post-Labor Day, and I’m pretty sure we can all agree that mornings are rough! (BTW- If I have to see one more picture on social media of some super mom decorating chalkboard coated cookie sheets announcing the new grade and “what […]
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Crock Pot Short Ribs
Posted on by Valerie in Dinner, Recipes.OK fans, THIS should be your new favorite holiday dish. I don’t care what you celebrate, we all celebrate deliciousness. There’s a little prep work involved, but it is worth every juicy morsel. I am making this dish for the upcoming Jewish New Year… and perhaps Halloween. Thanksgiving. Christmas. And an early happy Valentine’s Day […]
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