No time to cook??

As Im sure you know by now...I love to cook and bake! I HATE cleaning up! So Ive been trying to simplify things so Im not spending another 30 min to an hour cleaning up after dinner every night. Whats the best kept secret of all? USE YOUR CROCK POT! Ive been making a ton of different recipes in my crock pot lately and havent come across one that has failed me....yet. So between my freezer meals and my crock pot meals...things are looking up! I also had an ah ha! moment this week and decided instead of dragging out all of my baking stuff to make cookies once or twice a week..why not double or triple the recipes and freeze the dough!?? DUH LINDSAY! So I doubled my chocolate chip cookie recipe and then dropped by spoonfuls onto a cookie sheet, froze them for about 3-4 hours and then dumped them into a freezer bag! Like I said, DUH!

So what am I making tonight you ask?

Apple-Spice Pork and Rosemary Red Potatoes

2-3 lbs pork loin

3 apples, cored and cut into wedges

2 cups of apple cider

1 onion, sliced thin

2T cinnamon

2T allspice

salt and pepper

Place all ingredients into slow cooker. Cover and cook on low for 7-9 hours.

My whole house smells pretty amazing right now!

Red Potatoes Recipe click here :)


Warm Spice Cookies
2 1/2 cups flour
2t baking soda
1/2t cloves
1/2t allspice
1/2t cinnamon
1/4t ground ginger
3/4 c butter
1c sugar
1 egg, beaten
1/4c molasses
powdered sugar to garnish



Combine dry ingredients and set aside. Beat butter, sugar and egg at medium speed until fluffy. Alternate adding flour mixture and molasses until all incorporated into butter mixture. Refridg. 1 hour to overnight. Drop by spoonfuls onto parchment paper lined baking sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 8-10 min. Cool on cooling rack. Garnish with powdered sugar.

SEE??? Freeze your dough people!!!! :)