Pinterest Favorite Recipes

I, like everyone else, am officially in love with Pinterest.  Yes, it's true.   Mostly I use it to gather ideas for DIY and craft projects, find new recipes, and organize tutorials and such that I already use in one place for easy reference.  Love love love. 

Since having our third daughter, I have found the absolute best way for me to cook dinner and maintain my sanity - since the dinner-making hours are when the children enter the land of INsanity - is to make pretty much everything in the crock pot.  That way I do all the prep work earlier in the day when children are generally happier and just let it do it's thing!

Here are a few good ones I have tried lately that I will most definitely be making again:

Chicken Cordon Bleu

You know how food seems to taste better when someone else made it?  Like a nice restaurant for example. ;-)  This is how I felt about this chicken.  I served it with steamed broccoli and sweet potatoes with apples and cinnamon.  Also, I dredged it in almond meal instead of flour and browned in coconut oil before putting in the crock pot.  It was lovely.  One more note is that I made 4 (large) breasts and had a ton of sauce leftover.  I might cut the sauce recipe in half next time.

Slow Cooker Honey Sesame Chicken

Tasty, easy and can be easily doubled and frozen for a quick heat and serve meal on a particularly crazy day.  I looove meals that I can double and freeze half.

Crock pot Clam Chowder

I made this for our Valentine's Day dinner because clam chowder is one of my husband's favorite ever foods.  It was a hit. 

Zucchini Pizza 

This is not a crock pot meal but is super fast and easy.  Zucchini pizzas have quickly become a new family favorite.  Since we only have tiny zucchinis available this time of year, I just slice them lengthwise and broil in the ole oven as opposed to grilling.  What a great way to use abundant summer garden zucchini in the future!  My kids gobble these up and beg for more.

Egg Vegetable Casserole

This is not a crock pot meals, but I made this to serve as ready-made breakfasts one week.  Yum!  Next time I will add bacon too.

I could post a few more, but I am needed elsewhere.  Enjoy the pinspiration!  Do you have any crock pot meals you would like to share?  Or any "cooking with small children underfoot" tips for me? ;-)

All photos came from Pinterest and thus the websites to which I have linked under each photo.