Just~One~Donna

 Chili is a perfect cold-weather meal full of hearty flavors and is a perfect slow-cooker recipe. You can also eat chili as part of a healthy diet. If you would like a healthier version of chili with all the flavor you love from traditional chili, you'll love this healthy chili recipe, especially with my secret ingredient. Healthy Slow-Cooker Chili This healthy chili recipe makes a thick, chunky, low-carb, and keto-friendly chili that will help you meet your health goals while eating food you'll love.

Beef short ribs make a perfect meal for a cold winter weekend.   Hearty and flavorful, this is a dish that you'll want to share with family and friends.  This isn't a hard recipe to make but it does take a little time to prepare.  That is time well spent, friends. Hearty Beef Short Ribs This post contains affiliate links. Tips for the Best Beef Short Ribs Beef short ribs can be pricey, so make sure you are getting good ribs with plenty of meat on the bone.   You want fat for flavor, but you won't be eating the fat. You'll want to make this meal when you have a full day because short ribs take four to five hours to cook in your oven or slow cooker .  I prefer my slow cooker but the oven works just as well.  You can make short ribs ahead. Making the short ribs a day in advance is even better because you will have time to chill the sauce and separate the fat.  Then you can either serve it as an au jus or thicken i...

This slow cooker pulled pork and avocado wrap recipe is a fresh, yet spicy, alternative to a pulled pork sandwich.   Pair the pulled pork wraps with the chili-lime flavored grilled corn and you have a knock your socks off dinner! Slow Cooker Pulled Pork and Avocado Wrap (This post contains affiliate links for your shopping convenience.  When you purchase using these links, I receive compensation that helps support this blog.) Slow Cooker Pulled Pork and Avocado Wraps Pulled pork is high on the list of favorites with the men in my family so I like to make it for them a few times during the year.  The pork shoulder butts were on sale at my local grocery store recently, making this a good time to put pulled pork on the menu.

During the fall and winter months, I find I use my slow cooker about once a week.  The slow cooker is a convenience kitchen appliance for me, not my preferred cooking tool.  There are those days when a "set it and forget it" approach to meal preparation works for busy families.  I plan my weekly meals so that on my busiest days the slow cooker gets drafted into action.  This recipe for slow cooker pork chops with seasonal vegetables is in my regular menu rotation for the busy days. A Slow Cooker Pork Chops Recipe for Busy Families Slow Cooker Pork Chops with Seasonal Vegetables A key to success with this recipe is selecting the right pork chops.  A bone-in pork chop works best.

When the cool weather of fall arrives in my neck of the woods, I know it is time to pull out my slow cooker.   One of my favorite slow cooker meals is this Southwest Chicken Bowl.  It's packed with Southwest flavor and lots of yummy vegetables.  This recipe will feed an army.  If you don't have an army to feed, you will have leftovers that can be used for another meal or two. A Slow Cooker Southwest Chicken Recipe Packed with Flavor This post contains affiliate links for your shopping convenience.  When you make a purchase using these links I receive a small compensation that helps pay for publishing this blog. A Southwest Chicken Bowl For taco night, place the shredded chicken and lettuce in soft flour tortillas and top with the flavorful vegetable mixture.  You can also easily turn the leftovers into a delicious soup by adding six to eight cups of chicken broth.   Do you crave the flavors of the Southwest, but don't want the extra usual ex...

 If you are a food lover and haven't yet opened a Pinterest account you are missing out. Pinterest is a terrific place to find lots of recipe inspiration and how-to information about your hobbies and passions. I particularly love Pinterest for food inspiration because I can build my own customized "cookbook" boards filled with all the recipes I either love or want to try. Fall Slow Cooker Recipe Inspiration on Pinterest Today, I want to share a Pinterest board I have been working on that is chock-full of fall-themed recipes.  

I bet you love to serve a pot roast for dinner every once in a while.  I certainly do, especially as the weather turns to cooler temperatures.  The cool temperatures of fall make this a great time to break out your slow cooker.   As you probably know, pot roast is most often made with a chuck roast.  Chuck is flavorful, but a relatively tough cut of beef.  The key to a delicious pot roast is to use flavorful ingredients and to cook the roast till the cows come home...so to speak.  That makes pot roast a perfect recipe for the slow cooker.  A long, slow roast is necessary to break down the tough connective tissue.  You want to cook your roast until you can pull it apart with a fork.  No knife should be required.   A Tender, Savory Pot Roast Made in a Slow Cooker (I include affiliate links to products for your shopping convenience. Purchases you make through these links help to support this blog. ) Slow Cooker Pot Roast Dinne...

This corn chowder is a perfect kick-off to soup season. As the seasons shift and the weather turns cooler, there's one dish that always manages to bring warmth and comfort to the table – a steaming bowl of creamy corn chowder. It amuses me that as soon as I flip the calendar from August to September each year my cravings for soup begin.  This year is no different from any other because soup has been on my brain since the first of September.   How to Make Corn Chowder in Your Slow Cooker (I include affiliate links to products for your shopping convenience.  Purchases you make through these links help to support this blog.  Thank You) What if I told you there's a way to elevate this beloved classic to a whole new level of corny goodness? Enter our Slow Cooker Corn Chowder recipe, where we take the essence of corn and infuse it into every spoonful by cooking it with the cobs for hours on end.