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Slow Cooker Pumpkin Spinach Mac & Cheese // Crocktober 2014 Week #5

October 27, 2014 by Steph Powers 22 Comments

Slow Cooker Pumpkin Mac and Cheese

You'll never guess this Slow Cooker Pumpkin Spinach Mac & Cheese contains pumpkin. It's all sorts of creamy, cheesey goodness, and the best part is you just dump it all into your slow cooker and walk away! I'm pretty sad that Crocktober is coming to an end. I've really enjoyed putting together meal plans for you each week. Our budget is also pretty happy with all the cooking in and stocking ...

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Filed Under: Crocktober, Gluten-Free, Recipes, Sides, Simple, Slow Cooker, Vegetarian Tagged With: crockpot, crocktober2014, halloween, mac and cheese, pumpkin, spinach

Skinny Slow Cooker Chicken Tikka Masala // Crocktober 2014 Week #3

October 13, 2014 by Steph Powers 31 Comments

Skinny Slow Cooker Chicken Tikka Masala -Crocktober Week 3. Think you need to slave for hours or open a jar to make awesome tikka masala? Think again! Your friends won't know this isn't take out! #glutenfree and easily #vegan or #vegetarian

This is the third week of Crocktober recipes for 2014. Recipes for this week are: Skinny Slow Cooker Chicken Tikka Masala, Crock-Pot Sweet and Sour Chicken, Creamy Chops with Veggies, and  Slow Cooker Chicken Pot Pie Soup.  Here's Crocktober Week 1, Week 2, and Week 4     Welcome back to another week of Crocktober! Have you all been enjoying this month as ...

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Filed Under: Chicken, Crocktober, Gluten-Free, Meat, Recipes, Simple, Slow Cooker Tagged With: chicken, crocktober2014, gluten-free, indian, slow cooker, tikka masala, walking dead

Rosemary Mushroom Potroast //Crocktober 2014 Week #2

October 6, 2014 by Steph Powers 12 Comments

Rosemary Mushroom Pot Roast

Fall is in the air! With the start of October the weather (in Denver at least) starts to change and it's a great time to pull out the Crock-Pot. This month is Crocktober in the Powers household. We've been cooking 4 meals a week in our slow cooker and I plan to continue for the rest of the month. Each Monday I will be posting 4 recipes along with a complete grocery shopping list.   We adore ...

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Filed Under: Crocktober, Recipes, Roundup, Simple, Slow Cooker Tagged With: chicken, crocktober, crocktober2014, pesto chicken, pot roast, potato soup, spaghetti squash

Slow Cooker Turkey Chili //Crocktober 2014 – Week #1

September 29, 2014 by Steph Powers 17 Comments

Turkey Chili

This is the first week of Crocktober recipes for 2014. Recipes for this week are: Turkey Chili, Orange Apricot Chicken, Chicken Parmesan Soup, and Lentil-Quinoa Taco Filling. Here's Crocktober Week 2, Week 3, and Week 4   I launched my blog almost a year ago during Crocktober and decided that another round of Crocktober would be a great way to celebrate Sustaining the Powers turning 1 year ...

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Filed Under: Recipes, Roundup, Slow Cooker Tagged With: crocktober, crocktober2014, roundup, slow cooker

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