Fix-It and Forget-It

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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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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So, the big game is decided and it will be a North-East event. It’s almost here! Yes, we are talking about football. Many of us here at The Good Cooking Store are waiting with anticipation for the big day, though we admit that we aren’t quite as excited as we would be if the Philadelphia Eagles were playing!
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One of our staff at the Good Cooking Store recently got married. Her new husband is a vegetarian, so she has been searching for great recipes that are filling, full of protein, and easy to make. She came across this recipe recently and told us all excitedly. This soup met all her expectations.
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This time of year it feels like we all gravitate towards our comfort foods. It is cold in our neck of the woods and sometimes we just want that special casserole that we sniffed when we walked in the door from school long ago. We knew supper was on the way, and all was right with the world.
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The title of this recipe caught our attention recently. We’re betting it’s a family tradition to have this tasty soup after a frosty day of playing in the snow. Or maybe the recipe title comes from the potatoes floating in the slow cooker. They look a lot like snowmobile tracks to us.

Wherever the name came from, this very hearty soup is just what you want when you come in from the cold. It’s thick enough to be called a stew – add a little more milk if you want it to be soupier.
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Here in Lancaster County, many people have roots in Pennsylvania Dutch traditions. It’s considered good luck to eat pork and sauerkraut as the first meal of the year on New Year’s Day.

And, honestly, with a side of mashed potatoes and applesauce, we don’t really care about the good luck. We just know that eating this will give us great pleasure, so that is good enough! Thank goodness pork and sauerkraut are standard restaurant fare the rest of the year, too.

Here is our slow cooker version of this time-honored tradition. Happy New Year!
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It’s smart to have a reliable, delicious appetizer when you are hosting friends or family - something we all do quite a bit this time of the year! This is a go-to dip for several Good Cooking Store staff.

Make this dish, then simply put your slow cooker in the middle of your coffee table, surrounded by dippers like tortilla chips and fresh vegetable sticks. Then your guests can socialize, while you finish any other last minute prep that you are doing for the main meal.
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One of the best things about a slow cooker is that you turn it on, and it does the work for you. And, this is so true with this recipe!

This is a homerun as a side dish for any holiday meal. It takes a bit of planning ahead—you should ideally cook the potatoes the day before you want to serve them—but that just means you have less to do the day of your big event.

The potatoes are rich and creamy and …well, writing about them is making me hungry! They are plain-down comforting on a cold winter day.

Into the slow cooker they go, and that’s the last you’ll think about them until you serve them alongside your turkey or ham this holiday season.
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We love to add dried cranberries to our oatmeal, granola, and even our salads anytime of the year. The sharp, sweet tang of these little berries brightens up our everyday foods with a burst of flavor. During the winter holidays, they really add a festive spirit to our traditional breads and desserts.

Here is an unusual recipe that we found in our search for new holiday treats. This “pudding” is more like a cake than a creamy, milk dessert. Perhaps it takes its name from the English tradition of calling the dessert course a pudding. Regardless of what you decide to call it, we call it good.

Give it a try. Perhaps it will become a new cranberry tradition at your house!
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