Lazy Girl Turkey Salsa Chili & Scenes from the Weekend. My kind of lazy is me crocheting while simultaneously watching TV or editing a photo while I should be taking a nap.
It’s hard for me to just sit on the couch and do absolutely nothing. BUT I know that lazy days are absolutely necessary when you are a work-a-holic. On days when I try to be lazy (which is hopefully once a week) I always try and stay lazy in the kitchen too. This is why I ALWAYS have a plenty of canned beans and frozen meat on hand…so that at any moment I can throw it all in the [crock-pot| and let it simma. Without me doin a thang. I call this batch of chili, my Lazy Girl Turkey Salsa Chili. There is no definite recipe- so you can mix and match your favorite beans and meats. Lazy Girl Turkey Salsa Chili & Scenes from the Weekend Cook time Total time Instructions Place all ingredients in a slow cooker, and turn to high.
I could seriously make that stuff every single week. This past weekend (Thanksgiving) was spent in Kansas with Blake’s family…who I adore. Healthy Bison Chili. Slow Cooker Tacos Al Pastor. Slow Cooker Tacos Al Pastor During our stay in Austin this past month, Kathryne and I lived for a month with our version of a very “minimalist” kitchen.
The house that we rented definitely had some of the basic pots and pans. But in order to do our jobs and cook for a month, we got all Google-spreadsheet-y beforehand and coordinated a few “essential” items to bring along, like my favorite Le Creuset Dutch oven (which we both loved so much we had to schedule times to use it), her favorite food processor (that she can’t live without), and a good-quality lime juicer (for regular margarita nights at home, a must). We kept culling back our list to keep things as simple as possible, nixing things like our stand mixers and extra baking dishes that would take up space we didn’t have. And at the last second, I decided to also leave my beloved slow cooker back at home in KC. Never again. Over the course of the month, I decided unequivocally that having a slow cooker is not an option in my kitchen.
Chicken Bacon Crock Pot Chowder, Low Carb, gluten free. A lifestyle and paleo food blog : Crockpot Carnitas & Paleo Nachos. I was convinced I had already posted this carnitas recipe ages ago, but I guess I never got any great photos so I was holding off.
No matter! BEHOLD. This has been my go-to crockpot recipe for as long as I've owned a crockpot. I consider myself fairly well-versed in good food. Like, really good food. Chipotle-Inspired Crockpot Carnitas Paleo & Whole30-approved 3.5 lb pork roast Sea salt and pepper (lots of salt and pepper, don't be shy) Olive oil 1 T dried thyme 4 bay leaves 1 cup (or more) chicken broth Roll the pork roast around in salt and pepper to coat. Let's also talk about the fact that I met the Chili's logo while I was making the roasted pepper nachos. Celebrity sighting. P.S. Hearty Slow Cooker Beef Stew - Low Carb, Paleo. Slow Cooker Roast Chicken And Gravy. In the past, I’ve always had crappy results when I’ve tried to cook a whole chicken in the slow cooker.
The bird would always be overcooked, stringy, mushy, and dry. Super icky. Last night, I cooked a whole chicken in my slow cooker and it was AMAZING! I‘ll never prepare a whole chicken any other way again. Yes, that was a hyperbolic statement but I’m sticking with it. The method I followed was a mash-up between Sarah Fragoso’s Spice Rub Crock Pot Chicken and the chicken in a pot recipe from Slow Cooker Revolution. Ingredients: 4-5 pound organic kosher chicken (I prefer the taste of the salt-washed bird)2 tablespoons of ghee2 onions, chopped medium (or 2 cups of your favorite alliums)6 cloves of garlic, peeled1 teaspoon tomato paste (you can use up to a tablespoon to add more umami)¼ cup chicken stock¼ cup white wine (replace with ¼ cup extra chicken stock if on Whole30)Sunny Paris seasoning (or your favorite seasoning)Kosher saltFreshly ground pepper Here’s what you do:
Slow Cooker Salsa Chicken Recipe with Lime and Melted Mozzarella (Low-Carb, Gluten-Free) This Slow Cooker Salsa Chicken with Lime and Melted Mozzarella is a new recipe for A Month of Daily Phase One Recipes, and I'm pretty sure this four-ingredient recipe will become a favorite for lots of my readers who like flavorful dishes that use things you usually have in the house.
But if anyone is looking at the photo and thinking it doesn't look like a slow cooker dish, let me share how it took Jake and me three attempts to come up with this final version of the dish (which we thought was perfect.) We started out to make simple chicken baked breasts with salsa and cheese, and the first version tasted okay, but was way too watery. For our second attempt we simmered the salsa to reduce the amount of liquid (a good idea), but the oven-baked chicken seemed overdone by the time the cheese had melted.
Simmer two cups salsa on low until it is reduced to one cup. (We used Pace Picante Sauce, medium heat, but I'd use mild salsa if you're making this for kids.) Instructions: