The Heathen Homemaker’s Weekly Meal Plan Week 10: 09/20/15 – 09/26/15 Last week I didn’t have a witty comment. I was so tired and coming up with a plan felt like hitting my head against a brick wall. I said I should have just planned a week of slow cooker meals. Well I’m still tired. I’ve been having…
15 bean soup slow cooker recipe – simple, economical, delicious!
ahhhh 15-bean soup in the slow cooker For me it is the comfort food of all comfort foods. It’s also wicked cheap, wicked easy, and wicked healthy, sort of, I guess, depending on your style of eating. If you’re a low carb or paleo person this will not sound healthy to you. If you normally…
The Heathen Homemaker’s Weekly Meal Plan – Week 9
The Heathen Homemaker’s Weekly Meal Plan Week 9: 09/13/15 – 09/19/15 Last week I was feeling cheap. Like, really cheap. Like, OMG-The-Credit-Card-Bill-Was-How-Much-? cheap. So tried to go bargain basement. This week…. well I don’t have a witty comment this week. I’m tired to the bone and coming up with a plan this week felt like hitting my head…
Super Simple Cuban-ish Ropa Vieja
I’m quite sure this version of ropa vieja would make any Cuban Cook gasp for breath and run screaming out of the room, but it’s close enough to make me happy when I need an easy fix. Traditionally you use flank steak and shred it after some long, slow cooking in a pot. Carne picada,…
The Heathen Homemaker’s Weekly Meal Plan – Week 2
The Heathen Homemaker’s Weekly Meal Plan 07/26/15 Last week was a slow-cooker sort of week. This week is a shop-from-the-pantry sort of week. I noticed that multiples of things have been gaining territory in my cupboards, so I decided to do as much as I can with what I already have. This week Sunday –…
Jenny’s Infamous Marked-Down-Meat Slow Cooker Curry
When I do my shopping on Sundays I look for marked-down beef or some sort of über cheap piece of meat. They work great in the slow cooker. Like most of my “recipes”, Marked-Down-Meat curry is not an exact science. It goes like so: