Let It Burn

This is a meal I make fairly regularly. Very easy and inexpensive ingredients- just about everything is fresh and my family loves it! It also makes your house smell delish while it's cooking and serves great the next day as leftovers. Diana's Potato, Chicken, and Corn Chowder for the Crockpot 1 sweet onion (vidalia, Maui sweet, or walla walla) 2 celery stalks 3 carrots 3-7 russet potatoes, not peeled (amount depends on the size of your crockpot) 2 Cups frozen corn 1/8 tsp black pepper 1/2 tsp garlic powder 1/4 tsp onion powder 1/4 tsp salt 3/4 tsp flat leaf parsley, chopped 3 tsp Better Than Bouillon low sodium chicken bouillon 3 Cups water (that's a Reynold's crockpot liner, available at your local grocer) Chop all fresh veggies and add to crockpot. Add frozen corn. Add seasonings, bouillon, and water, no need to stir. Cover with lid and turn crockpot to low heat for 3 hours. At 3 hours stir the soup and turn to high. Check soup after 1 hour to see if...

The 'freezer casserole making in prep for baby coming' continued  today. Elly was a good little girl and napped for nearly 2 hours so I was able to make 2 Baked Ziti, 1 Beef and Broccoli Pie (all 9x13's), and a lemon bar. I'm hoping to still make spaghetti pie tonight and also 2 pumpkin loaf cakes with cream cheese frosting. My feet are feeling a tad puffy, so once I finish the cooking I'm planning to sit and watch tv or maybe read, but here it is 8:30 already, so we'll see. When it came time for dinner tonight I was honestly thinking Totinos! They are hardly even edible for human consumption ( I mean, what the heck is even in them?), but I'd be totally lying if I said I didn't love them and could eat them every single day if they weren't a heart attack in a box :) Btw, all pizzas are 30% off this week at Fred Meyer, hehe. So, instead of the frozen gloriousness of Totinos I was a good mommy and made High Protein Pancakes. They are essentially health...