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Italian Parmesan Herb Chicken and Potatoes in the Slow Cooker

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I put this together before church one Sunday morning.  It smelled (and tasted!) fantastic when we got home.  If you have garden fresh tomatoes, they make a wonderful side dish.  A simple tossed salad would be good too.

I don’t have an ingredient picture this time.  I think I was too busy getting ready for church, cooking as fast as I could.  I forgot to snap the photo.

I did use frozen chicken tenders and skipped thawing them.  They cooked just fine.  You can also save time by estimating the herb measurements instead of measuring.

Here’s the how-to:  [Read more…] about Italian Parmesan Herb Chicken and Potatoes in the Slow Cooker

Ravioli in the Slow Cooker

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This is so good and so easy!  I think I actually like it better than cooking it on the stove.  And it’s perfect for a day when you have a few minutes to pull dinner together in the afternoon.  It only cooks about 3 hours (you can stretch it to about 5 if you cook on low).  I love having dinner ready at dinner time, without doing any cooking right then.

I completely forgot to take photos of the finished dish, so you’ll have to make do with this ingredient photo.

I found the recipe at Crystal & Co. She used a jar of spaghetti sauce, but I didn’t have any, so I made up a quick homemade version.  The hands-on prep is still super quick.

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Ravioli in the Slow Cooker
Ingredients
  • 2 bags frozen ravioli
  • 28 oz can crushed tomatoes
  • 6 oz can tomato paste
  • 1 small onion, diced (optional)
  • 2 garlic cloves, crushed
  • 1 tsp. dried oregano
  • 1 tsp. dried basil
  • 1 tsp. dried parsley
  • 1 tsp. dried thyme
  • ½ tsp. sugar
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 1 cup Mozzarella, shredded
Instructions
  1. Pour the frozen ravioli into the slow cooker.
  2. Stir the crushed tomatoes, tomato paste, onion, garlic and seasonings together in a bowl. Pour over the ravioli and stir to coat all the ravioli with sauce.
  3. Cook on high for 3 hours or low for 5 hours.
  4. About 20 minutes before you're ready to eat, sprinkle the ravioli with Mozzarella.

Pesto and Crushed Tomato Shells – 3 Ingredients, 15 Minutes

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So I just read the title and it is a bit misleading.  This recipe contains no shell of tomato, crushed or otherwise.

It does have pesto, crushed tomatoes and pasta shells.  And that’s it, except the mozzarella cheese sprinkled on top.  Because you know how I can’t resist cheese.

15 minutes, start to finish and that includes time to boil the water.  Throw a salad at it and call it dinner, and a good one too.

Here’s what you’ll need: [Read more…] about Pesto and Crushed Tomato Shells – 3 Ingredients, 15 Minutes

Italian Seasoned Salt Chicken in the Slow Cooker

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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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Bowtie Pasta with Roasted Red Peppers and Grilled Chicken

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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…] about Bowtie Pasta with Roasted Red Peppers and Grilled Chicken