Hosting Thanksgiving dinner is manageable if you use ABK’s guide to plan and carry out this otherwise overwhelming task! How to Host Thanksgiving Dinner is an easy to follow, step-by-step recipe guide that will make you look like a pro in the kitchen! WHAT. It’s your turn to host Thanksgiving dinner? And you’ve never cooked… Read More
Slow Cooker
Homemade Baked Beans with Ham and Peppers
Every weekend barbecue should include a good pot of baked beans. This recipe for Homemade Baked Beans with Ham and Peppers will be your favorite side dish this summer! Traditionally baked beans are made with beans, meat, something saucy (ketchup, tomato sauce, mustard), something sweet, something tangy, a bit of spice and an onion or… Read More
Take-Out Homemade Sweet and Sour Chicken
This Chinese take-out inspired dish is the perfect way to bring a family favorite to your own kitchen. Slow Cooker Take-Out Homemade Sweet and Sour Chicken is made with sauce you whip up in a flash and all white meat. No deep fryer needed! Take-Out Homemade Sweet and Sour Chicken is a great option if… Read More
Slow Cooker Beef and Broccoli with Rice
Slow cooker Beef and Broccoli with Rice is easy to throw together early on a busy day! When dinner time rolls around, turn on a pot of rice and dinner is ready. It’s a quick and easy meal everyone will love. Whenever we place an order for Chinese takeout, some type of beef and broccoli dish is included… Read More
Slow Cooked Beef with Apple Cider BBQ Sauce & Pickled Purple Cabbage
Everyone needs a simple, no fail recipe for slow cooked beef! Slow Cooked Beef with Apple Cider BBQ Sauce & Pickled Purple Cabbage is a perfect filling for sandwiches, tacos, enchiladas or any other dish calling for tender cooked beef. No need to brown before throwing in the slow cooker. All you’ll need is beef, seasonings and… Read More
Family Favorite Slow Cooker Spaghetti Sauce
Slow Cooker Spaghetti Sauce is one of the most simple and popular dinner dishes in my recipe files. It takes just a few minutes to prepare and can be served in less than 30 minutes start to finish. All of my family loves spaghetti with meat marinara and I love the simplicity of this delicious… Read More
Turkey and Fresh Veggie Chili
Turkey and Fresh Veggie Chili is a one pot wonder! Quick and easy and healthy too. Gluten free, dairy free and a great way to cut back on red meat, but still enjoy a filling meal. Sugarbuttereggshamturkeypiecookiescookiescookiescandygravymashedpotatoesrollschocolatenutspumpkin is where I was living for the past two months. It’s time to make an effort to eat… Read More
Slow Cooker Mashed Potatoes
If you are like me, no matter the size of your kitchen, when Thanksgiving rolls around, it never seems big enough. There are never enough cooking surfaces, oven space or counter space to fit all of the dishes you are hoping to serve piping hot, at the same time for your Thanksgiving feast. So many… Read More
Slow Cooker Chicken and Wild Rice Soup
Sometimes, I get funny little texts or emails or phone calls from friends about cooking. My friend Jo sent me this text a few days before Christmas: Dear Si, I need new soup recipes. Please. Help soon. A month and a half later, I’m coming to her rescue. Good thing she didn’t fall into quicksand. Dear… Read More
Slow Cooker Tomato Basil Soup
Every year on Halloween, it was a trick to get the kids to eat real food before going out in the neighborhood to collect treats. My rules on Halloween (besides stay in the neighborhood, don’t run, say “thank you” after screaming trick or treat, and don’t eat the candy till we inspect it). Those were… Read More
Brisket Tacos with Mango Barbecue Relish
People often ask where I get ideas to make all of the recipes I post on ABK? Besides my enormously huge and creative mind (eheheh) some of my ideas come from: 1. My cookbook collection (over 300 at last count) 2. I’m a cooking magazine addict. Have I ever told you how difficult it is… Read More
Southwest Slow Cooker Chicken
Have you heard? We’re on a roll at A Bountiful Kitchen. Super simple. Quick and easy. Last week I postedSlow Cooker Honey Sesame Chicken, andBaked Taco Rollups. This week, Southwest Slow Cooker Chicken. It doesn’t get easier than this. This is a dump-and-cook-in-the-crockpot recipe. You can serve it over rice, on tortilla chips, on a… Read More
Slow Cooker Honey Sesame Chicken
We are now two weeks into the new school year. Adjustment time. As in- get my act together and figure out what I’m making for dinner before 6 pm. I’m always looking for quick-fix dinner ideas. Slow Cooker Honey Sesame Chicken takes a little thought ahead of time, but you’re set when the “What’s for… Read More
Candied Crockpot Yams
If you are short on space in the oven for Thanksgiving, and have a crock pot, our Candied Crockpot Yams is for you. I’ve never made yams in a slow cooker before today. The texture of the yams is different than if using the traditional boil and bake method. They are a little more firm…. Read More
Crock Pot Chicken Noodle Soup
When my kids were little, and their favorite holiday was Halloween, I thought- if I make something the kids really like, they will actually eat dinner before they go out and fill up on sugar. They all loved home made chicken noodle soup and scones. So began the tradition. I don’t use a recipe- just… Read More