Back to School = Back to Slow Cooking
I’m looking forward to getting everyone back into a scheduled routine this week including my night owl husband! We’ve had a pretty laid back summer and did fairly well getting out the door on time but there was a few days of sleeping in that can’t happen once school starts.
My plan this week is to make a few meals in the slow cooker and also have a Friday Family Fun Night with a themed meal. . Ironically on my way home from Toronto one of my husbands friends who works for Jarden in Florida (the maker of Crockpots) asked me to check out their new Crockpot iPhone App, it’s still in the soft-launch process, but I’ll be sure to report back on my findings after playing with it for a few weeks.
This weeks menu:
Slow Cooker Lasagna- this was a big hit with the Slow Cooker Club and I actually didn’t end up testing this one out yet. I made a couple of substitutions as I was too cheap to by ricotta, so I went for Cottage Cheese instead. Can’t wait to try it!
Slow Cooked Prime Rib Soup- This is a specialty of mine. I don’t really have a recipe, I just whip it together and it’s always delicious. I use the leftover meat and bones from a Prime Rib Roast as the base, but first I sauté the veggies (potatoes, turnip carrots, onions and celery if I have it) in some butter and salt and pepper then I add the Prime Rib and bones and let it slow cook all day with a little thyme for seasoning.
Home Made Pizzas- I’ve posted my Pizza Dough Recipe before a couple of years ago, it’s super easy to make and is so tasty. I think I’ll also make some mini pizzas for the boys lunches as well, now that they’ll be coming home for lunch (this should be interesting)! Mackenzie really likes Donair Pizza, so I’ll do one of those, mini-pepperoni for the boys and BBQ Chicken for Andrew and I.
Seafood Chowder- This is my Christmas Eve staple, but I generally make it every couple of months. I noticed Fresh Haddock was on sale this week, and I have some frozen lobster already to add to it. I really like the Sobeys Chowder Mix as they don’t add Salmon to it, I’m not a big fan of Salmon. Perhaps I’ll make some fresh bread to go with it, Helen has been experimenting with some breads on her blog so I should go check it out!
I’m going to do a separate entry for my Friday Family Fun Night, can’t wait!
September 8th, 2009 at 11:15 am
Can’t wait to see what Friday family Fun Night is all about Cara! We use to do Friday Take Out and we made take out style foods. It was a great night for tacos, fondue, and attempts at other take out style food but I found I spent too much time on the food and not enough on the fun. Hope you have some good ideas!
Hope you like the lasagna. It is one of our favourite SC meals! I think we’ll give you Seafood Chowder a try as I have never tried a fish soup (ever) and with the exception of Sam, I think my family will love it! One question about the cereal cream. What is that? I haven’t seen anything with that name on it in our stores. Would it be half and half?
Helen
September 9th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
Cereal cream is whatever box says 10 % MF. It must be a Maritime thing! I should go point that out in the recipe! I’ve used part whipping cream as well, probably not so good for the waistline though!