We got a new crock-pot for Christmas from my in-laws…..an 8 quart crock-pot!! Having a crock that big makes cooking for a family of 7 so much easier. We used it last week to make soup and last night we used it to make Crock-Pot Honey BBQ Chicken that was absolutely delcious and easy to make!
I love anything that can be cooked in the crock-pot and I love it even more when it can be done using 6 ingredients or less.
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Since we are eating clean these days, the new health key™ system at Copps makes it easy for us to locate the products we need. I am doing my best to shop for items that are organic, gluten free and stocking up on as much fresh produce as possible.
The new health key system makes it so much easier to shop for the products that your family needs. Since our family is trying to eat cleaner, we look for items that are fresh, organic and sometimes even gluten free and vegan. I am also a huge fan of the new system because it makes it easier for Alex to go to the store and pick up the items on the list as well….it’s foolproof!
Not only does the new health key™ system at Copps make shopping easier, it also helps us make better choices and stick to our plan to eat clean in 2014. To be able to walk up and down the aisles and see products clearly labeled means I don’t have to sit and read ingredients on bottles anymore!
Since we are freezing here in Wisconsin, we decided to create some dishes that will keep our family warm over the next few days. When we get cold, we like to turn to a nice warm bowl of soup to warm us back up and soup is also a dish that the whole family enjoys.
With some fresh, organic produce from Copps along with some organic spices and free range chicken, Roundy’s Organic Rotelle pasta (and a few other items) we created some delicious Crock-Pot Chicken Noodle Soup that the entire family LOVED!
You can easily recreate this dish in your home by grabbing the recipe below and hitting your local Copps store for ingredients!
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As I mentioned earlier this week, we, as a family, are dedicating 2014 to getting healthy. Planning meals and shopping for the neccessary items and ingredients can be a very daunting task when trying new things. For me, I have always had a hard time trying to dechipher which product was better than the other among the varieties sitting on the shelf in the grocery store. Thanks to Pick ‘n Save and their new Health Key System, our shopping trips are much easier and we are able to make better food choices.
The Pick ‘n Save Health Key System makes it easier for you to find what you are looking for and make better food choices by clearly labeling items throughout the store so you know if they are Organic, Vegan, Gluten Free and more including products marked as Low Sodium, No Lactose and the list goes on.
I really like the new labeling system and find that it not only helps me make better choices when shopping but it also saves me a lot of time when picking and choosing products that are right for our family.
In addition to the Health Key System, Pick ‘n Save has also made shopping easier for us with their Fresh Every Day initiative. Knowing that we can get fresh produce every day from our local grocery store makes this mom very happy and I’m even happier when some of it is locally grown!
On our most recent shopping trip, we picked up some fresh produce along with some Roundy’s Fresh All Natural Hand Trimmed Chicken Thin Sliced Breast Cutlets and some bottles of vinaigrette to whip up a fresh and healthy dinner for the family.
Our dinner started with dicing up a red onion, cucumber, 2 roma tomatoes and 2 avocados. From their, we tossed all of the fresh diced veggies in a bowl while grilling up our thin sliced breast cutlets on our George Foreman grill. Once the chicken was done, we diced that up as well, laid out a bed of fresh greens, sprinkled on some of our Chicken Veggie Slaw along with a drizzle of vinaigrette and our dinner was born!
This meal was easy to make and there was more than enough for our entire family. I love that it is such a versatile dish that it can be eaten on a bed of greens, in a tortilla or pita or you can even eat it as a dip and use crakers or chips.
You can now connect with Pick ‘n Save on Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest.
Grab the recipe below to make this delicious dish for your family!
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As you know, I like meals that are quick and easy to throw together and don’t take a lot of time and even more if they can be cooked in our crockpot! Since we are also big fans of having breakfast for dinner, I thought it was time to create a Crockpot Breakfast!
This crockpot breakfast is super easy to make, you just throw everything into the crockpot and let it cook on low for 6-8 hours. (We let ours cook for about 7).
Ingredients:
1 -26oz bag frozen hashbrowns
1 dozen eggs
1 cup milk
4 slices bread torn into pieces
3 packs frozen breakfast sausages, cooked and sliced
1lb shredded chedder blend cheese
Salt & Pepper to taste
**You can add other items such as fresh mushrooms, green onion, bacon pieces etc. to adjust to your family.
Directions:
Spray crockpot or line with crockpot liner. Spread hashbrowns evenly in bottom of crockpot. Next add your sausage and bread. Beat eggs and milk together in a bowl and add salt & pepper. **Add additional ingredients if you choose.** Sprinkle some cheese on top of everything but don’t use all of it. Next pour your eggs into the crockpot and then smother the top of it in cheese and let it cook for 6-8 hours on low.
Serve and enjoy!!
We’ve been trying to create some new dishes in our house over the last week. We want to create meals that the entire family likes and that are inexpensive to make (feeding a family of 7 is expensive). I am also trying to come up with some recipes that will also make great freezer meals as well since Alex and I are planning on spending some time making freezer meals in 2 weeks and hopefully getting our freezers stocked for awhile.
Tonight’s concoction was this Quick & Easy Pepperoni Pizza Casserole that Zack and I threw together with items we had in the house. To make this dish, you will need the following:
Ingredients
1 – 16oz box rotini
3 – 15oz cans of pizza sauce
1 package of pepperonis
8oz mozzerella cheese
4oz cheddar blend cheese
Directions
Cook rotini, drain and mix in all 3 cans of pizza sauce. Place sauce covered noodles in a 13×9 casserole dish and lay pepperoni on top, cover with cheese, throw a few more pepperonis on and add more cheese. *If you want to add additional pizza toppings you can do that now too!
Once your toppings and cheese are on, bake at 350* for 20 minutes.
Serve and Enjoy!
This was an absolute hit in our house and I’m looking forward to having it again and adding some more toppings to it! It was great to create a dish the whole family enjoyed!
