Comments on: Slow Cooker Sammies {Gracious Girl}

By: Martha Stewart & other crafting & culinary geniuses. | Make Myself at Home

Mon, 18 Apr 2011 09:27:27 +0000

[…] than a great recipe is when one great recipe makes two great meals. I started with these fabulous barbecue chicken sandwiches from the Reluctant Entertainer. (I skipped the broccoli slaw this time, but doesn’t it look […]

By: courtney

courtney — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 20:23:25 +0000

So excited because I have this cooking in the crockpot and my home smells so yummy.

By: rachel

rachel — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 00:30:29 +0000

this would be great for a night with our youth leaders! I do pulled chicken in the crock pot a lot. It’s so easy and pretty fool-proof!

By: lisa

lisa — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 04:49:59 +0000

Mexican stacki upis is a family favorite go-to…because we keep a lot on hand and font hesitate to ask others to bring s topping. Easy for us…our company and for those with food allergies and picky palates. ;)

By: lisa

lisa — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 04:44:45 +0000

Broccoli slaw…great idea.

By: kirstin

kirstin — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 01:50:48 +0000

I was just thinking…one thing we do when it’s a busy soccer weekend is to pack food in a cooler and eat together, whether in the car or at some tables, it’s relaxing and we’re saving money by not eating out…sometimes the teams will even coordinate to BBQ at a park together. It saves everyone going to a busy restaurant and we’re all building relationships as we eat together. We’ve really gotten to know families so much more in times like these. Their teams are really about doing things together, which makes it nice!

By: kirstin

kirstin — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 01:46:55 +0000

In reply to Jennifer in VA.

Sometimes I feel like I go crazy with just two in sports…can’t imagine what 4 would be like. In fact hubby and I were talking about this with a friend of ours who has 4 boys all playing sports. Crazy!!

I would venture to say in regards to the crockpot that if you put it on high before you left the house, it would probably be done by the time you got home. When I’ve done these things in the crockpot I find that 4 hours is pretty good for chicken breasts..

By: Jennifer in VA

Jennifer in VA — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 01:07:59 +0000

We’ve got all four kids playing sports this spring too and we do love it. We still manage to get in at least 4-5 whole family dinners per week.

BTW, did I miss the cooking time on your Crockpot chicken? I’ve got the ingredient list – can’t wait to try it but don’t see how long to cook it in the slow cooker. THANKS!

By: april

april — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 23:31:02 +0000

This looks super-easy and SUPER-yummy. I bet the kids would eat it, and it even contains VEGGIES! :)
Yes, busyness and FATIGUE get in the way of having people over or just making the effort to connect when in other places. I’m not sure what the solution is.

Thanks for your encouragement to lighten up on our perfectionism and just BE with others!

By: Kirstin

Kirstin — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 20:30:26 +0000

Love this post. I made some BBQ pulled chicken last week as well as some frozen homemade burritos to keep in the freezer for crazy days or nights. We too are a busy soccer/golf family and finding time to connect over dinner with others let alone ourselves can be tricky! We were so excited a weeks ago when it sunk in that we had no weekend games and could actually go home after church and eat lunch!! Whoo hoo!!! I’m going to incorporate a few of your other ingredients into my pulled chicken sammy mix!