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Editorial
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Hi there and welcome to the next edition of the HBHW newsletter. Today is the first day of school around here. I can't believe my little girl is starting 6th grade. Time has been flying by lately. This is always such a bitter sweet time of the year. I miss being able to spend all day, every day with her... but at the same time, I'm ready to get back into a routine and have a little quiet
time in the morning to sit down and get things done. I'm still doing well on the whole eating clean thing and am starting to feel a lot better. Losing 10 pounds in the past month is helping as well. This week we'll talk a little more about back to school on Facebook and since we're all getting super busy again, I thought I'd share some crockpot cooking tips and recipes with you. This week's featured recipe is a keeper for my family and comes from Tracy
Roberts' latest cookbook " Simple Crockpot Dishes For Busy Moms". I had a chance to look at it and try some of the dishes and highly recommend the eBook. Tracy is kind enough to offer us a special deal on the book. Through Friday 8/22 you can pick it up for $3. Last but not least, don't forget to check out the latest "Tasty Bites". You can find
these quick little posts here: http://www.hillbillyhousewife.com/category/tasty-bites I'm having fun and have been posting a new Tasty Bite every single day. How do you like them? Are the fun reads? Do you enjoy discovering new blogs? Susanne I started my day today by dropping her off at
school and then swinging by the local farmers market. There weren't a lot of vendors present, but I found some fresh eggs and some interesting new veggies. I can't wait to cook some of this up, especially the red okra. I'll let you know how it turns out. Take a look at my farmers market finds: |
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"The secret of getting ahead is getting started." - Mark Twain
Featured Recipe of the Week |
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Slowcooker Curried Pork Stew
Ingredients: - 2 lbs pork stew meat cut in cubes
- 1 cup water
- 3 TBSP curry powder
- 1 Granny Smith apple, cut into 8 wedges
- 1 medium sweet onion, cut into 8 wedges
- salt and pepper to taste
- Approx. 2 TBSP oil for browning
On stovetop in heavy skillet, heat oil
on medium high. Brown pork and transfer to crockpot. In small bowl, mix water and curry powder. Once pork is removed from skillet, pour curry mix into that skillet and whisk to loosen brown bits from bottom and sides of pan for flavor. Stir mixture well. Sprinkle salt and pepper over pork in crockpot. Add apple and onion
to meat. Pour curry mixture from skillet over all of the ingredients. Cover, cooking on low temperature setting for 7 to 9 hours until pork is tender.
Serve over hot cooked rice. Serves 4-6 and to see recipe variations.
A Few Related Recipes
You're welcome to share the recipe on Pinterest, Facebook etc. I'm also sharing a lot of recipes on the HBHW Facebook
page. Click on through to check it out. As always, likes, comments and shares are much appreciated. :)
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Kindle News
Keeping The Chaos At Bay - Simple Weekday Routines Your Family Can Stick With After a summer full of fun and freedom, it can be a
bit of a challenge to get your family into a school day routine of any sorts. We both struggle with it as well, but have found over the years, that starting off with a fairly strict routine (that's been written down) makes those first few crazy days go much smoother... and it helps throughout the rest of the school year. In this little book we'll talk about why routines are so important (both for the kids and us parents) and then dive right into the
routines themselves. To make it easy to keep track of things, we've broken things up into Morning, Afternoon and Evening Routines. Along the way we're sharing what's working well for us and give you a glimpse into our households and our routines. Getting into a routine isn't easy at first, but well worth the effort. You end up spending a lot less time tracking down lost items or reminding the kids to hurry up. In
other words, you have more time to spend with your kids and a happier family. Making lunches and after school snacks is a part of our daily routines and we know it can be a bit daunting at times to stare at an empty lunch box. To make things easy, we've included some of our favorite lunch box items and snack recipes. To round things out, you'll find some downloadable routine worksheets and printable versions of
the recipes. Order the Book on Amazon |
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Tracy is a busy homeschooling mom who loves to create meals from scratch, but also realies on simple, easy meals frequently. There's nothing easier than throwing ingredients in a slow cooker and, a couple hours later, putting something delicious on the table that everyone in the family loves. She put this ebook together to help women achieve
the success of feeding their family real food that doesn't require hours of slaving over the stove to make. It's a great guide and ebook full of helpful tips and yummy recipes. Take a look at Simple Crockpot Dishes For Busy Moms |
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Frugal Fun on Facebook
We're having a lot of fun talking about all things frugal and homemaking on Facebook. Join in the discussion at the Hillbilly Housewife Facebook page. Be sure to like the page so you don't miss a thing. Here's just one of this week's topics. |
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Plan Crockpot Meals For Busy Days
If you had to guess, how much extra money do you spend on take out or convenience meals picked up at the grocery store last minute because your day just got away from you? With fall here, after-school activities seem to pick up and I quite often find myself home just before dinner with no cooking done yet. Sure, you can whip up some scrambled eggs and toast or cook some plain spaghetti in a pinch, but I'm finding I can create
much better and more versatile meals for my family with the help of my crockpot. All it takes is a little bit of planning ahead. |
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On the weekend, take a look at what your coming week looks like. You'll know what days will be busy. Dig out the crockpot and come up with some meal ideas for those days. Soups and stews are simple to do and you'll find plenty of crockpot recipes here on the HBHW website. Pick a couple of recipes, find out what you
need from the grocery store and make a plan to get them started before you head out for your busy day.
Featured Article of the Week |
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Quick And Easy Crockpot Recipes
I thought I'd share some quick and easy crockpot recipes with you. The term may be a little misleading though. While they don't necessarily cook very quickly (nothing in a crockpot does), they are fast and simple to put together. Then just leave the actual cooking to your slowcooker. What I like about the recipes below is that I don't have to think too much about them and there aren't dozens
of ingredients to hunt for to get the meal started. I was talking to my good friend Tracy yesterday and since I just finished my crockpot cooking guide, the topic of using a slowcooker came up. She mentioned that her biggest challenge is to plan ahead and actually get something cooking in this nifty little appliance. That's what got me thinking about
these recipes. You don't have to do a lot of planning and shopping. You just add everything early in the day and cook it until it's time for dinner. Crockpot Chicken This is my favorite way to cook a whole chicken. Just add it to your crockpot, along with some water and a few chicken bullion cubes. Cook on low for about 8 to 10 hours or on high for about 6 hours or until the meat starts to fall off the bone. Take out
the meat and shred. Simple Beef Roast This beef recipe is just as simple. Pick up whatever beef roast is on sale that week, add it to your crockpot along with some beef broth (water and bullion is fine as well) and a package of dry onion soup mix. Cooking times vary depending on the size of the roast but are similar to the chicken ones. You'll know it'd done when the roast falls apart. Pinto Beans When you're not in a rush, but don't want to babysit a pot of beans cooking on the stove, put the dry beans (no soaking needed) and plenty of water to cover them in your crockpot. If you'd like add a piece of ham or a few slices of bacon. Cook all day on low. By the way, you can find more crockpot recipes here. Read the rest of the article, comment, share and bookmark. |
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A Little Something Inspirational...
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Final Thought
That's it from me for this week. I hope you have a wonderful a week . I'm getting used to having my mornings to myself again. While it seems a little too quiet today, I'm sure I'll get used to it in no time and have a lot more time and energy to dedicated to the HBHW website.
Is there anything in particular you'd like to see on the site (or the Facebook Group for that matter) that I'm not doing right now? |
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