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Not sure about you but after cooking all day for any holiday feast, the last thing I want to be doing is slaving away at clean up & storing left overs. Below are my must have items to make it all a cinch. Follow me on my Instagram for more practical ideas and tips @heynayheyyy
A few months ago one of my social media friends, Angie the orchid whisperer, posted that she was making Lasagna in her crockpot. I was intrigued and asked for the recipe. She sent me a link which I skimmed over quickly and then forgot to save it. My daughter, who loves Lasagna, has been waiting on me to make it. Well not exactly this recipe but Lasagna period.
I figured today would be the best day to try it out in my crockpot. Basically all I was going to do was use my tried and true recipe for Lasagna but with the cooking techniques I remembered from the link I read about making it in the crockpot and forego the oven.
LET.ME.TELL.YOU…..it was friggen yummy. When everyone in my family says it’s yummy then I know I’ve got a winner! The best part was my daughter said she prefers the crockpot method over the oven because when baked, the noodle edges tend to get burnt and hard. I don’t know about you but somehow that burnt edge always mangles the roof of my mouth. This method kept everything soft & delicious.
I will admit in advance, it’s not exactly the quick crockpot recipe i’m accustomed to, as it does take some prep time BUT on the flip side, it is incredibly delicous. A huge saving grace is that you don’t need to pre-boil the noodles if you use “Oven Ready Lasagna Noodles”. Serve it with nice crusty French bread, a salad or both. By all means substitute the items for healthier options like ground chicken, turkey or silken tofu for the Ricotta cheese. Make your own sauce if you’re feeling ambitious but if you’re like me and lean toward a crockpot meal, that usually means you’re looking for something decently easy that can cook so you can do other things.
As we say in Hawaii, this is super Ono (aka delicious). When you make it, take a pic and tag me #heynayheyyy…let me know how you liked it!
xoxo
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Trust me when I tell you this is the best most delicious cornbread you will ever eat, hence the name Kick-ass Cornbread. Mind you, I’m not biased because it’s my own recipe but because when I make it for other’s this is the feed back I get. Let me tell you the story behind this cornbread, back when my two younger kids were babies 22 months apart to be exact, I was looking for an easy cornbread recipe.
My neighbor, Eva, an older lady the same one who taught me to knit, told me to buy the cornbread mix in the blue box and follow the directions so I did. I did as she instructed but felt like it was missing something. I have this weird thing with food, if I taste something I like I can almost always replicate it with my own little twist. OR if I make something and feel it’s missing a thing or two, I can usually figure out what that “thing” is after a few tries.
I remember making the cornbread 3 days in a row & on the 3rd day, I added a few ingredients that weren’t on the box and BAMMMMMM I had this recipe. I remember like it was yesterday because when I made the cornbread for the third day in a row my hubby wasn’t exactly thrilled to be eating it again. But he knows I get obsessed when trying to figure something out.
Below you will find my recipe for the Kick-ass Cornbread. I hope you love it as much as we do. Don’t forget to take a pic & tag me when you make it #heynayhey
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