Fun in the crock pot

Today I wasn't sure what I was going to make. The last few nights we have had a variety of just thrown together food. On Sunday Rachel made a dinner for me, it was father's day. I enjoyed it greatly. Last night I made supper that consisted of a pound of ground turkey, seasoned mexicany, a can of corn, and some fajita seasoned uncle Ben's. It was Delicious, but tonight I wanted a real meal. I went off to the store today with the little ones in tow. I got the usual stuff, buns, meat, formula etc. I really wanted roast, just not sure if I wanted beef or pork roast. I couldn't make the decision, so I got both. If you look hard enough, you can find roast pretty inexpensive. I look for the meat that needs to be eaten or frozen in the next few days. As we were leaving I asked Olivia if she wanted to have big carrots or little carrots, she wanted little. She then said she wanted sweet potatoes, we are having sweet potatoes. Tonight I seasoned the roast with Chipolte seasoning from Miss dash. It has no salt, which is cool because we all could use a little less salt. And if you are wondering tonight we are having pork roast.

For my sister

Today I painted a picture for my sister Sarah. She gave me a color scheme, but I had complete control of the way things looked. I enjoy doing this, I have for awhile. I used to find my release in drinking, drugs and what not, but I have now turn my attention to doing this. I hope she enjoys this as much as I did making it. Sarah, I miss you. I wish you lived close, but you don't so I want you to see this and think of me.

Crock pot use..

Growing up my mom made the best food in the crock pot, I never understood why or how, but it was always awesome. As I started growing up I just didn't know how. In my mid thirties, I got married and started to try and find ways to use our crock pot, and at first everything tasted as if it had been boiled. I never understood it, I bought good meat, I used the right spices, hell I have cooking for as long as I can remember. But ever time it was the same, boiled, and tough food. One day as I was talking to my mother-in law Bev, I just asked. The answer was so simple, too much liquid. I was indeed boiling the food. That day forward my crock pot skills have become amazing. I make soups, casseroles, meatloaf, and anything else you can imagine in them. Tonight we are having bbq beef ribs in the crock pot. Not too shabby. They will cook for 11 hrs on low temp. I have already added the bbq so that it will cook in while I work.

My art work

I have started to do some painting again, and to be honest they are just thoughts that appear to me as I am going on with them. They are very unique and something I just enjoy doing. I am going to start selling them, I think, but for now they are just for friends and family.

Pumpkin, bacon alfredo pasta.

Last night I made a pasta sauce I thought as going to be a little on the weird tasting side. As it turned out it was rather delicious. I started by cooking the pasta, now I didn't have 1 lb of the same kind of pasta so I mixed and match two kinds. Then after it was cooked, I saved back one cup of the starch filled water. Drained the pasta, and started cooking the bacon, in the same pasta pot. Now I used 1 pound of bacon, roughly cut, and Rachel said that she would have liked even better if I had chopped the bacon a little smaller. After the bacon was completely cooked, I drained the grease(I poured over the cooked pasta). Added to that 1 cup of heavy whipping cream, 15 oz of pureed pumpkin, and 1 cup of grated Parmesan cheese. After bring that to a boil, I returned the pasta back to the pot, and added the cup of starched water. After a good mixing it was done. Now normally when you try new things it takes a few bites to like it, but with this I new I had a keeper right away.

Total prep time 20 minutes

total cooking time 20 minutes