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March 10, 2012

March Madness Results: Chicken

Moving on to the chicken results!  First up the ground chicken taco filling vs the sour cream chicken taco filling.  Jenn tried out these recipes on her family.  Here are her results: Ground Chicken Taco FillingSour Cream Chicken Taco Filling Prep time/ease of ingredients (10 … Read More »

March 9, 2012

March Madness Results: Soups

Last set of soup results for this round!  Wow.  I never realized I had so many soup recipes before.  Meme tried out the ham, bean and lentil soup as well as the red beans and rice stew.   Ham, Bean and Lentil Soup Red Beans and Rice Stew She said the ham and bean soup was … Read More »

March 8, 2012

March Madness Results: Soups

I was interested to see how the two creamy soups would stack up against each other as well as the two chilis. Baked Potato Soup Cordon Bleu SoupBaked Potato Soup Prep time/ease of ingredients (10 pts) 10 10 Likeliness of making it again (30 pts) 15 0 Overall Flavor (50 … Read More »

March 8, 2012

Sweet BBQ Pork Steaks

1/4 cup flour 1 tsp garlic powder 1 tsp kosher salt 1 tsp black pepper 1 Tbsp canola oil 1-2 lbs pork butt steaks, trimmed 1/4 cup ketchup 1 tsp honey 1 tsp minced garlic 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce 1 tsp kosher salt 1 Tbsp apple cider vinegar Splash of liquid smoke Pinch of black … Read More »

March 7, 2012

March Madness Results: Soups

Let's take a look at some more results from our soup category.  First up two different types of taco soup, a definite go-to meal in my home.  Stacey was our volunteer who cooked these two up. Busy Day Taco Soup Busy Day Chicken Taco SoupCan Can Taco Soup Prep time/ease of … Read More »

March 7, 2012

Turkey Black Bean Soup in the Slow Cooker

Makes 4 servings 1 (14 oz) can black beans, undrained 1 (14.5 oz) can stewed tomatoes or diced tomatoes 1 cup water 1/2 tsp chicken bouillon granules or 1/4 tsp Shirley J chicken bouillon 2 Tbsp taco seasoning About 1/2 lb leftover fully cooked turkey 1 cup Picante sauce (I used … Read More »

March 6, 2012

March Madness Results: Soups

Let's take a look at the first 2 sets of soup match-ups and see who was able to pull through with a win. The first game was between 2 beef and barley soups.  There was only room for one beef and barley soup to advance in the tournament and I was anxious to find out which recipe was better. … Read More »

March 6, 2012

March Madness Meets the Slow Cooker

March Madness is now about more than just basketball.  It's about finding the best slow cooker recipe around!  Thanks to my 32 volunteers that helped me with the first round.  Each participant tried 2 recipes and compared them and picked a winner.  For the month of March I'll be … Read More »

March 5, 2012

I need some volunteers

If you'd like to participate in an upcoming round of the slow cooker tournament please email me (karenbellessapetersen at gmail dot com).  I am still looking for people!!! … Read More »

March 5, 2012

Studio 5

I got to be on Studio 5 today with Darin.  We cooked up some chicken taco filling.  Check out the video here. … Read More »

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