Fix-It and Forget-It

Cheap cutting boards are easy to buy anywhere. But if you want a beautiful, durable board with a great back story, we’ve got some to recommend!
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We haven’t had many cold winter nights this year in Southeastern Pennsylvania. Our winter has been unseasonably warm and very mild, with only two significant snows thus far.
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Check this out: a Charlotte newspaper says that slow cookers are trendy again. We know we love our slow cooker for the heavenly smells, time-saving recipes, and easy family meals, but now we’re trendy too!
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We just finished a cooking class today titled “Healthy Start Lunch.” It’s easy to be sedentary in winter, so we’re trying to trim fat whatever way we can.
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About two hours ago, snow began to fall. We have not seen snow since late October when a freaky storm thundered through this area and left us all stunned into worrying about whether winter had something vengeful in mind. Since then, we’ve been going out in sweaters and opening the windows while driving. Buds are out in our backyard.
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…is through a spatula? Well, maybe not. But if you are preparing a special Valentine’s Day meal for your loved one, this spatula might brighten your day!
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We challenged ourselves recently to see how many recipes we could list involving frozen chicken breasts. Specifically, we were thinking about the large bags of frozen chicken breasts, like the ones you get at Costco or Sam’s Club.
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On Wednesday, we posted a giveaway for a Hamilton Beach 5½-Quart Slow Cooker and a full set of the Fix-It and Forget-It cookbooks.

We asked: What’s the best gift anyone has ever given you?

And the lucky, random winner is…
#211 Kayla Sanchez

“The greatest gift i've ever received were my two children!”

Congrats, Kayla! We hope you enjoy your new slow cooker and cookbooks!

Contact prizes@fix-itandforget-it.com to claim your prize.

Where’s the balance between family favorite recipes and being stuck in a rut? On hectic days, it’s so easy to turn to familiar recipes that we know our family already likes. But it does seem like we’re just cooking with the same tomato sauce, pasta, and cheese over and over again. We’ve talked about this before.
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We are offering a class in March and April on diabetic cooking, so we’ve been looking for recipes. Ideally, these recipes are friendly for people who are eating a diabetic diet, but yet so flavorful that they seem indulgent. We found many great recipes in the Fix-It and Forget-It Diabetic cookbook - too many, in fact, to include in one lunch class.
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