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Growing up, one of my favorite meals was when my mom made roast beef.  Ohh, it was always so flavorful and delicious and one of my favorite ways to enjoy it was over rice.  I loved taking spoonfuls of the sauce and spreading it over the rice.  I also loved cooking some potatoes in with the roast beef and squishing them on the rice.  All of that together should be a main dish on all its own. Gimme all the carbs, always.

Years later, when I met my husband and asked him what his favorite meal was, I learned that it was Roast Beef as well.  His favorite recipe was one done by his dad and so I knew I had to get the recipe.  You can imagine my surprise (and delight) when I found out that the recipe was a slow cooker one!  It made it so easy!  And it is sooo delicious!

Recipe and photo courtesy of Six Sister’s Stuff.

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Quick Tip: Try using a Slow Cooker liner to make the cleanup process easier.

My husband absolutely loves peach cobbler.  He finds the sweetness of it, plus the crumb topping to be such an amazing conversation.  And my anti-ice cream loving husband, adores ice cream with this.  He just takes the whole tub and takes  a spoonful of cobbler and dips it in the ice cream every single time.  I end up with chunks of cobbler in my pint of ice cream, but I don’t mind.  I love cobbler and ice cream, too!

The best part about this recipe…can you guess?  Yep, if you know me, my favorite recipes are SLOW COOKER RECIPES!  They are easy, yet so full of flavor and make the house smell great!  It is truly a simple and fun way to have dessert made every day of the week.  It doesn’t take much work, but it really feels like you put a lot into it.  So absolutely delicious and worth making.  Also, did I mention the awesome smell that will come over your home?  yeah, keep that in mind. 😉

Recipe and photo courtesy of Six Sister’s Stuff.

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Quick Tip: Make sure to liberally grease your slow cooker with Pam cooking spray to avoid sticking.

Last year, I was in charge of stuffing for Thanksgiving.  I prepared my mom’s classic recipe that has apple, celery and the like.  It is honestly pretty plain and nothing about it stands out or is all that impressive.  People enjoy it, but there really is nothing special about it.  Anyway, I still made it as it was and although it was eaten, it was just ordinary.

Later on that evening, I passed by a friend’s house and she was raving about a new stuffing recipe she made this year.  It consisted of apples, sausage and cranberry.  I had never thought of adding cranberry to my mom’s stuffing and I LOVE cranberry, especially the jellied kind.  She gave me a taste of the very little leftover of her stuffing and I was blown away.  It was absolutely delightful and I vowed to make it every year after that.

Recipe and photo courtesy of Wicked Good Kitchen.

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Quick Tip: Make sure your bread is toasted well enough like croutons.

What is better than buttery bars?  I mean, I truthfully cannot find a replacement for them.  They are the perfect treat for winter fall festivals, or at home movie nights.  Think of it…we are approaching the season of holiday shopping.  The malls are full. The parking lots are impossible to get through.  The lines are far too long.  You’ll need food.

Here I present you these Salted Caramel Butter Bars to keep you company.  They are perfectly sweet and salty as well as the perfect amount of fluffy buttery-ness.  These right here will keep you calm and on a sugar high to make it through the piles of clothes and items for sale and the impossibly rude people who make the shopping far too difficult.  Try these when you go shopping and I bet you will be thinking of me (and thanking me in your head!) throughout your shopping trip.

Recipe and photo courtesy of The Domestic Rebel.

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Quick Tip: Use your favorite brand of salted caramel sauce. 

Growing up, I adored banana bread.  In a family of 8, it is hard to let 3 bananas go ripe together, but I used to hide one banana of each batch my mom would buy in the back of the fridge and by week 3, I had enough to make banana bread.  My mom would always ask me where they popped up from, and I would say I was not sure, just that they were sitting in the fridge.

I’m sure she knew I hid them, but she was giving me a chance to ‘fess up.  Anyway, something I was not so fond of was red velvet cake.  Blame in on my grandma who would scare me saying my insides were going to turn red from the dye, but I never wanted to try it.  When I saw this recipe, I was a bit taken aback, but decided to try it anyway.  And boy, oh boy, was it delicious.  You have got to give it a try, especially now with the holiday season approaching us.  It is the most perfect way to celebrate this time of year.

Recipe and photo courtesy of Mom Loves Baking.

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Quick Tip: Make sure to have appropriate colored sprinkles on hand to keep the whole loaf festive

This is seriously one of those meals that you need to make at least once in your lifetime. However, if you make it once you’ll be making it twice because it is so addictingly good. What I like most about shredded Salsa chicken is that you can control how spicy it is. If you are like me and have small children you can easily turn down the heat. My husband likes his food a bit on the spicier side so I always add to his serving. Lots of red pepper and heartburn lol! Although, the cream cheese in this recipe tends to counteract the spiciness of the salsa (if you use hot salsa) so it may not be as hot as what I am anticipating it to be.

When I made this slow cooker meal we wrapped the chicken up in warm tortillas. It was uh-mazing. I served refried beans and rice with this dish to make it a complete meal. Don’t forget to set out taco toppings like diced tomatoes, shredded lettuce, salsa, sour cream, and guacamole dip to be used as garnishments. Believe it or not, this recipe makes quite a bit of shredded Salsa chicken.

Recipe and photo courtesy of Group Recipes.

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Quick Tip: Liquid Smoke is found next to the BBQ sauces in any grocery store and adds a wonderfully smoky flavor to this meal.

This lovely jam does take a bit of time, but it’s very easy to make. The hardest part is smashing the berries. I love the sweetness of the jam from the strawberries, but then it’s slightly tart from the cranberries. The cranberry flavor if very subtle in the jam. You can give this jam as holiday/hostess gifts, use it on a PB&J sandwich, add it to some toast or even pour on top of cream cheese and serve with crackers at a holiday party. Just delicious!

I’m not sure where this recipe originally came from – I have tweaked it over the years and give it to my family and friends each year. It’s only 3 weeks until Christmas people!!!!!! Let’s get crack’n.  My family loves homemade jam so I think I’ll jar up some of this lovely preserves and give it away as Christmas gifts. what do you all think? Would you enjoy getting homemade holiday jam as a present I know that I certainly would! I hope you enjoy.

Recipe courtesy of Group Recipes.

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Quick Tip: I used roughly two 1 1/2 lb bags (3 lbs total) of frozen sliced strawberries for this recipe. I know the directions don’t call for them but I tossed ’em in anyway 🙂