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Smoked Sausage, Cabbage and Oat Soup

December 1, 2011 by Tiffany

A while back I shared how excited I was to find Quaker Steel Cut Oats at the grocery store. They are significantly less expensive than the other brand I’ve seen and I like to use them for oatmeal in the slow cooker.

I never imagined I would use them in soup.

But then The Sweets Life linked up a recipe for Scotch Oatmeal Soup for Ingredient Spotlight: Cabbage. I knew I had to try it. The oats are kind of like barley. They add heartiness to the soup.

I modified The Sweets Life recipe a little bit. Hers doesn’t have any meat in it and I knew I’d get much further serving a soup full of cabbage to my family if I included some meat. I was right. They all ate the soup and liked it.

Here’s what you’ll need to make a pot: [Read more...]

Filed under: Main Dish, Soup Tagged with cabbage, carrots, diced tomatoes, garlic, onion, smoked sausage, Soup, steel cut oats6 Comments

Chicken Shwarma in the Slow Cooker

September 8, 2011 by Tiffany

I ran across a recipe for Chicken Shwarma on the blog, Jersey Girl Cooks. Lisa roasted her chicken in the oven and it looks fabulous. But being the lazy cook that I am, I decided this would work in the slow cooker.

Hot dog! I was right! My family loved this meal and I know I’ll be making it again.

I only made minor alterations to Lisa’s recipe. I changed the cooking method and more than doubled the recipe so it would feed my family. I never could find tahini, so I served it with cucumber-yogurt sauce instead. If I ever find tahini paste (Walmart, are you listening?) I’m going to try Lisa’s sauce.

Here’s what you’ll need: [Read more...]

Filed under: Chicken, Crockpot, Main Dish Tagged with cayenne pepper, Chicken, chicken thighs, crock pot, Crockpot, curry powder, garlic, lemon juice, Middle Eastern, olive oil, pita, salt, slow cooker7 Comments

Ravioli with Tomato and Onion Sauce – 5 Ingredients!

June 14, 2011 by Tiffany

Dinner doesn’t get simpler than this.

If you’re blessed with tomatoes growing in your backyard, you could start the water, pick a couple tomatoes and have the sauce finished by the time the ravioli is done.

I didn’t have fresh tomatoes for this, so I used canned. The sweetness of the onions goes well with tomatoes. Cheese ravioli is a perfect base for the sauce.

Here’s what you’ll need. [Read more...]

Filed under: Main Dish, Pasta, vegetarian Tagged with fire roasted diced tomatoes, garlic, olive oil, onion, ravioli3 Comments

Italian Seasoned Salt Chicken in the Slow Cooker

April 26, 2011 by Tiffany

A few weeks ago I decided to make some flat bread with homemade Italian Seasoning. That didn’t work out too well on my first try. I’ll have to play around with it a bit.

But I have been using the Italian Seasoning on all kinds of other foods and it’s been really good. The seasoning adds lots of flavor to chicken or pasta dishes. This time, I used it on chicken thighs in the slow cooker. Here’s what you’ll need:

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Filed under: Chicken, Crockpot, Main Dish Tagged with basil, black pepper, Chicken, crushed red pepper flakes, garlic, Italian, kosher salt, oregano, slow cooker, thyme9 Comments

Velma’s Chili from Mitford Cookbook and Kitchen Reader

April 8, 2011 by Tiffany

Have you read the Mitford series books by Jan Karon? Father Tim and Cynthia feel like old friends and so do all the other characters that populate the small town of Mitford.

On my last library trip, I spotted the Mitford Cookbook and Kitchen Reader. It’s full of recipes mentioned in the books (Orange Marmalade Cake, anyone?) and also lots of excerpts. Food and stories is a hard combination to beat.

One recipe that caught my attention was Velma’s Chili. I did make a few changes to it. For one, I used half the meat it called for. Two pounds of meat for 6-8 servings sounded like too much. I doubled it and made a few other alterations as well. Here’s what you’ll need to make my version: [Read more...]

Filed under: Crockpot, Main Dish, Soup Tagged with celery, chili, chili powder, garlic, ground beef, kidney beans, Mitford series, onion, red wine, tomato sauce, tomatoes7 Comments

Bowtie Pasta with Italian Sausage and Bell Peppers

April 5, 2011 by Tiffany

There are nights when I stare into my pantry, wondering what I’m going to fix. On this particular night, the contents of the pantry made me consider making Italian Sausage with Bowties but I didn’t have any stewed tomatoes. I decided to change the recipe up a bit and came up with this.

Like the original, it’s a cinch to make and quick too. This one gets an added taste boost from the peppers. Here’s what you’ll need: [Read more...]

Filed under: Main Dish, Pasta Tagged with basil, bowties, crushed tomatoes, garlic, green pepper, half and half, Italian sausage, onions, oregano, Pasta, red pepper8 Comments

Pan Fried Steak and Steak Burgers with Red Wine Onions and Laura’s Lean Giveaway!

March 24, 2011 by Tiffany

One of my daughter’s male friends told her that the way to catch a guy is to cook him a steak. I asked her if she told him how to catch a girl. She said, she didn’t know how, but it would be harder than just a cooking a steak. (In a later conversation, we agreed that making Nutella Strudel for her, might work.)

I do know that it made my sons and husband very happy to sit down to a meal of steak and our poor man’s version, Steak Burgers. The Red Wine Onions made them both even more delicious.

There’s a lot going on in this post – 3 recipes and a giveaway! – so keep reading… [Read more...]

Filed under: Giveaway, Main Dish Tagged with burgers, garlic, Giveaway, Laura's Lean Beef, onions, poor man steak, red wine, steak106 Comments

Bowtie Pasta with Roasted Red Peppers and Grilled Chicken

March 18, 2011 by Tiffany

We love pasta. Especially if it’s in a creamy sauce. This dish cooks in the time it takes to boil the water and cook the pasta. You can’t beat that.

I made it even faster, by using chicken I had grilled, sliced and frozen. A quick thaw in the microwave and it was ready to use.

Here’s what you’ll need: [Read more...]

Filed under: Chicken, Main Dish, Pasta Tagged with bowtie pasta, butter, Chicken, chicken broth, garlic, half and half, Italian, mozzarella cheese, roasted red peppers, seasoned salt11 Comments

Chipotle Lime Chicken Scampi

February 18, 2011 by Tiffany

A sprinkling of fresh, chopped parsley would have done wonders for that photo. Smart food photographers probably keep parsley in their fridge at all times.

Food photography faults aside, this dish was wonderful! I based it off of a recipe for Chipotle Shrimp Scampi, from my friend Joyce’s new recipe blog. (Her photo is better than mine.) One of my kids doesn’t like shrimp, so I decided to use the grilled chicken I had sliced and frozen. Since I was using meat that was already cooked, I didn’t need to use the chipotle rub that the original recipe called for. I used the sauce from chipotle peppers in adobo sauce that I had stored in the freezer.

Here’s what you’ll need: [Read more...]

Filed under: Chicken, Main Dish, Pasta Tagged with adobo sauce, angel hair, butter, Chicken, chipotle, garlic, lime juice, olive oil, wine13 Comments

Ingredient Spotlight: Garlic

February 16, 2011 by Tiffany

Garlic is one of the most used ingredients in my pantry. I just did a search for my recipes using garlic and there are 16 pages of results here on Eat at Home. That’s a lot of garlic! I’m pretty sure that it’s included in every grocery list for the Weekly Menus.

I do use garlic powder sometimes and I’ve also used the minced kind that comes in a jar. But the best flavor comes from fresh. The easiest way to use it is with a garlic press. Mine is from Pampered Chef and I love it. You can also chop garlic with a knife, if you don’t own a good press.

Here are a few of the recipes I have that use garlic: [Read more...]