Shredded beef works for a Yom Tov meal…and it’s also a treat to come home to it on Chol Hamoed. It’s super easy to make too! If you have limited oven space available, a Crock-Pot is a great appliance to use to get your shredded meat cooked. In addition, on Chol Hamoed you can set…
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Slow Cooker Shredded Beef + Fries = Perfect for a Party or for Dinner
Put the meat up to cook in your Crock-Pot in the morning and it’ll be ready at dinner time with just a few minutes of prep. Years ago, at a restaurant out of town, I had a very memorable dish of seasoned fries loaded with shredded beef. And while I couldn’t begin to recreate an…
How Do You Make Your Cholent?
Want to change it up? We peeked into each other’s slow cookers for ideas. I always thought that cholent was the kind of thing you don’t touch. And if I ever wanted to experiment and make another cholent, I’d have to make two cholents, just in case the new one didn’t work out. My cholent…
Hot Pears and Crumbs is the Perfect Dessert (and You Can Make It in Your Crock-Pot!)
These pears are the perfect dessert to end your meal. Especially if that meal is in a chilly sukkah. It cooks in your Crock-Pot so it’s hot and ready when you’re ready to serve it! Dessert in the sukkah at night needs to be a cozy affair, agree? And what can be more cozy, fall-ish and…
Two Ingredient Dinner! This is Game-Changing.
Don’t want to spend a lot of time in the kitchen cooking dinner this summer? With just 2 ingredients from your favorite supermarket, you’ll be out of the kitchen and back at the pool in no time. This is the quickest and easiest dinner will ever get. Know those buffet ribs that are the best…
Make Your Onion and Flanken Soup in the Crockpot
In this onion-flanken soup, you can skip the sauteing and let the Crockpot do all the work for you. Onion and Flanken Soup Save Print Ingredients 12 onions, sliced into half-moons 1 Tablespoon kosher salt ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper ¼ cup canola oil 2 pounds bone-in flanken 4 cups beef, chicken, or…
General Tso Chicken with Ramen: Make It On the Stove or in a Crock-Pot!
Who doesn’t love General Tso? This is better than take-out and ready in 20 minutes (or make ahead using your Crock-Pot!). The temperature outside is slowly dropping. I feel myself reaching for cozy sweaters, hot drinks, and comforting food. I can’t say i’m mad about it! I know it will resonate with alot of you…
Pesach Slow Cooker Pot Roast
Even if you haven’t yet koshered your kitchen, you can still begin prepping for Pesach using your slow cooker. Let’s start with this roast! Cooking for a holiday, even in large quantities, does not need to be super time-consuming. How do you start if you don’t have a Pesach kitchen or haven’t yet koshered your…
Thursdays not the same without cholent? Please even meat-lovers with a hearty pareve cholent.
Is dairy, cheesy food not your thing? This is the nine days meal for you. For some, nine days with no meat is really difficult. For those, it’s not because it’s so difficult to refrain from eating meat, but many simply don’t eat dairy foods on a regular basis. From intolerances to preferences, what do…
Looking for the Ultimate Pesach Cholent (Gluten Free) ?
We don’t have barley. We don’t have beans. But we still have Shabbos comfort with this Pesach cholent. Reproduced from Perfect for Pesach permission from the copyright holders ArtScroll/Mesorah Publications, LTD. In order to make the “ultimate” Pesach cholent, I tried numerous versions over weeks and weeks but wasn’t so happy with the results. I…