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Crock Pot Chicken and Dumplings
Posted on by Valerie in Dinner, Recipes, Uncategorized.It’s Back to School time once again and my schedule is totally in chaos. I am never going to get used to that 6 am alarm and the child zombies I have to wake up for school. Coffee has yet to be made or consumed before the school bus comes, so I feel like it’s a […]
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Crock Pot Whole Freaking Chicken
Posted on by Valerie in Uncategorized.Hello from South Carolina! This is my first post since relocating to Hilton Head Island and I’m so glad to have my crock pot unpacked and start getting settled in. I don’t know about you, but after eating out for days on end, we start to miss our favorites dishes. Nothing warms my heart more […]
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Crock Pot Ground Turkey Stuffed Peppers
Posted on by Valerie in Uncategorized.My favorite season is sunshine. I don’t really care what month of the year it actually is… if the sun is beaming and I can feel the warmth on my face then it’s my favorite season, for sure. Fall brings lots of sunshine– and rain– and over programming of school functions, sports, travels, holidays, and chaos. […]
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Crock Pot Tom Kha Soup
Posted on by Valerie in Uncategorized.A few years ago, I published this watered down version of my favorite Thai soup. I was just learning to experiment with Thai cooking and didn’t have access to the necessary ingredients for this recipe, so I made it with the closest things I could find. That recipe was FINE. It satisfied my craving for […]
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Crock Pot Winter Vegetable Soup
Posted on by Valerie in Uncategorized.You’ll often hear me say that food isn’t just about sustenance, but also satisfaction. Entertainment. Emotion. Nutritionists focus on the content of food. Dietician focus on the balance of food. But when I sit down to eat– or more importantly– serve a meal to family and friends, it’s about the experience and the memories we […]
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Dinner Is A Crock: The Kitchen Renovation
Posted on by Valerie in Uncategorized.Thank you for following my kitchen renovation, week by week! If you started following from the beginning, you might remember my boring almond and oak colored kitchen. Actually, you probably don’t. I hid most of it from pictures and only showed you the edges of my Pfaltzgraff dishes. So we gutted it. Like, down to the […]
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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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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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Summer Series, Day Two: Crock Pot Steamed Summer Vegetables
Posted on by Valerie in Dinner, Recipes, Summer Series: Outer Banks, Uncategorized.The sun was beaming in the window when I finally opened my eyes this morning. I had to look around for a minute and remember there wasn’t school or camp or work or anything to rush off to this morning. Today’s to do list included the pool and the beach. I was pretty sure I […]
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