I am in this kitchen. Look at this look. Look real life, We’re gettin’, ready to Go for many many hours over the river through The woods to church we go, I’ve got ta, we’ve just Got ta do stuff after church. You know how things add up. Especially when you have to drive as far as we do to Go anywhere or do anything So we’ve got quite a list All that to say I am Going to share with you three nights of super Easy slow, cooker meals, All of my recipes are Always large family style, So that means, if you are a larger family, like my family, is you Should have enough for dinner and maybe even some Leftovers for tomorrow, If you are a smaller Family we’ll say two four sixish size.
My larger recipes should definitely be Enough for two dinners – and maybe some leftovers after that – and I don’t know about you – But I’m the leftover queen – and I love reusing my leftovers, So tonight we’re going to do An easy sausage baked ziti Tomorrow night, we’re Going to do chicken gravy over rice and then the third night we are going to do a kielbasa And potato slow cooker meal, So so many good things coming up.
But let’s get this baked ziti going now Just a kid running in From the van no big deal, How do you like my baby? Maybe this will be baby number nine. Today’s article is sponsored by Panda Pop Jamerrill. Why are you playing Panda Pop When you download this Game you’re going to see It’s a mama, Panda and Every level is this: mama fightin’ for her babies and Saving her babies and I like it It’s a lot of fun.
You can download Panda Pop for free, Just use the link down. In the description below – and you can play with me – So go ahead and click That link and we’ll play some Panda Pop Okay. So for this easy Slow cooker baked ziti, the first thing you need to do: Is get three pounds of meat, preferably meat, that already Has about a tablespoon of minced garlic and a sliced onion Ya cook that up and ya drain It but here’s what I did I’ll tell you what you Should do what you could do and then I’ll show you what I did? Okay Last night, I cooked six pounds of sausage in the slow cooker overnight.
I used three pounds of That to do egg sausage and cheese bakes this morning I did one for breakfast this morning. One is cooked ahead for Breakfast tomorrow morning, Then, I have just taken The other six pounds I’ve broken it up, You’re, going to see it in my slow cooker. You don’t have to use sausage. Those of you who would like You can use ground turkey, You can use ground beef, You can use meat from Wal-Mart.
You can use grass-fed meat. Whatever you have available. That’s what you use So here is my three pounds: Of pre-cooked sausage already broken up Now, we’re going to add in The spices and the different tomato sauces Also there’s a couple: Different ways you can do this, You can add some ricotta cheese to this. I don’t have any ricotta, but I have. This is probably about a Fourth of a cup of feta, So I’m going to add some feta Crumbles to this baked ziti, Just a reminder that if I miss Saying anything’cause, I do then look at the recipe On largefamilytable.
Com, So there are of course tons Of slow cooker baked ziti recipes out there, A lot of em call for Spaghetti sauce, pasta, sauce We’re doing a little bit of a version of a homemade spaghetti sauce Because I don’t have any, of course, how it goes, But with the canned tomato Sauce that we’re using and then all the herbs and Spices that are going into this we’re doing the same of Making spaghetti sauce Two tablespoons of minced garlic, So I’m doing this baked ziti on low It’ll, be on low for about Seven to eight hours, Then, when we get home I will Need to add in the dry noodles for about the last 30 minutes.
But it’ll be dinner for us It’ll be ready to go, I would have chopped an Onion and let it cook overnight with the sausage, didn’t do it So I’m doing a tablespoon of minced onion, because I have it Now, I’m going to do a tablespoon of basil, Then we’re going to do A tablespoon of oregano, Oh, let me show you my nice Little shelf organizer, I got So you all have seen in my cabinets, you’ve seen the messes, but look I got this nice little.
Organizer Makes my heart happy So now I’ll put in a teaspoon of salt and a teaspoon of pepper. These are the tomato sauces. I had got marked down at Sharp Shopper and they Were two for a dollar Then they were three for a dollar, So I have a couple cases of em, So I wan na use em up, So I am using two 15 ounce. Cans of tomato sauce, Then I am using two 28 ounce cans. These are organic petit, diced tomatoes Again got em marked Down at Sharp Shopper Got a whole case of these as well Want to use them up Going to use two cans of these Also spice wise, I’m going To do a tablespoon of parsley and a tablespoon of garlic powder, Then we’ll mix all this Up here in a minute, Because we need to do Dishes I think this came in our little fry, daddy or something a million years ago.
Don’t even have it anymore, I’m going to also go ahead. And dump in the feta, We will of course put More cheese on it later So now we’re going to do four cups of water. Thank you, Amelia for your service, Not that is that, and it’s going To just cook on low all day, We’ll check it out again later tonight. Okay, so we went to Church we did our things. We had a lunch out with some more family Came home, took a nap, went on a big hike.
That’s why I got my # JamerillsFunkySummerHat on, I did not wan na put the Noodles in the slow cooker, while I went on my hike ‘Cause it takes over an hour So now I’m going to dump these noodles in leave em in for just about 30 minutes, and it should be perfect. My slow cooker is extra Bubbly’Cause, it’s like “, Woo, Jamerrill, you’ve left Me on low a long time,.” Now we’ll pour these noodles in This is one 16-ounce box of ziti.
We got another box going in And then I’m going to stir em up. You know I like to push it. Doesn’t that smell yummy [, Child ] Yep, So this baked ziti has to Sit here with the lid on it for about 30 minutes, So I’m going to play a little Panda Pop Okay. This is how far I am. This is the level I’m on. So I’m going to click that [ Child ] You’ve played this [ Jamerrill ]. I have been playing Amelia’s like “, What you’ve played it?”.
I have been playing this When I had my break day the other day I sat there and played some Panda Pop, So I’m going on all these little roads. I love it because read what I’m going to do, I’m the mommy, Panda and I’r going to save my babies You’ll see what the little babies do See. They parachute down. [ Amelia ], Oh yeah! Isn’t that cute? Okay! So then we don’t Wan na hit the mines, It’s a new level.
I haven’t had the metal balls before, But I think they don’t break. I have the game, My kids are so amazed. I have this game and I’ve been playing it. I think I’m on level 11 or something now. This mommy panda is saving all her babies, See they parachute down, isn’t that cute [ Amelia ]? She has a lot, It says baby saved. She does have a lot. Does she remind you of your mama? Look babies saved yay.
You can look down in the description below and click my link to get Panda. Pop for free on your phone and even play with me, There we go there’s one baby: We’ve got ta get 20 babies, We got 18 19 20 of our babies, yay, Oh she’s, so happy and Her little children say “ Where’s, our baked ziti Mommy?”, OK guys so I just took The lid off to check on it, It was perfect. I added two Cups of shredded cheese, The noodles are perfect.
The Cheese I put the cheese in shut. The lid for ya know like a minute and it was just fine, but there we go Easy, baked ziti in the slow cooker. We are back going to Costco To load up on all the things We want dinner, ready for when we get home So another easy, slow cooker. Meal that is a family favorite. Is this chicken broccoli, alfredo Gon na dump a bunch of Chicken in the slow cooker I’m going to put in a block of cream cheese, I’m going to put in some Heavy whipping cream today and some butter, I know, that’s a whole lot of fats.
This is low carb, a trend Healthy mama-esque meal, It would also be keto friendly. Is your Panda Pop bear dancing And when we get home later tonight, I will add in a whole bunch of broccoli. I will do some steamed Brown rice for the kiddos – If you are doing this at Home and keeping it more low carb, you could do it. Over those zucchini noodles or over spaghetti squash, And then you could also do It with whole wheat noodles for the kiddos or whoever Would like it that way! So, let’s get this all Dumped in the slow cooker and let’s head on out ( light music ) All right.
So now we’re Going out shopping, The slow cooker is on low, See ya in eight hours, slow cooker and we’ll finish this up. ( light music ). So we are back from our Costoing today, back from all of our running around When we got home, I did a few things. I got some rice in this instant Pop so that we could have this chicken broccoli alfredo over it, and I added the broccoli in Also. I was out of sour cream this morning whenever I left.
So I added In a cup of sour cream, So whenever I added Broccoli to the slow cooker you notice, I did not put Broccoli in this this morning, I put the full 52-ounce bag. Of broccoli in the slow cooker about 30 minutes ago – and I just recently turned the power off Unplugged it all of that, So here we go here is how it looks I’ll. Have this recipe linked? In the description below, but I did, brown rice in the instant pot No brainer And I had got some of these Already ready to go zoodles zucchini noodles at Costco tonight, So I cooked those up for myself.
So now we’ll serve this out. So this is Zion’s plate He’s 16. We got carrots, cotton, candy grapes and the chicken broccoli Alfredo over brown rice And here’s Gabriel’s plate Liam’s plate, he also Wanted carrots and dip Here’s Benjamin’s plate and then Daniel’s? He did not want any rice or grapes. So he’s got carrots and just The chicken broccoli alfredo Okay friends, so the Sink is full of dishes, but that bag right there, it Is packed to go to the lake That is right, 100.
Other things we could do, but instead, let’s just go to the lake We’ve had a ton of rain. We’ve missed our lake days recently. I don’t wan na miss no more So we’re going to hit it Before we head over the River and through the woods to the mountain lake, we go I am going to get a sausage and potato quick and easy Meal in the slow cooker and I’m going to show ya right. Now, what I’m throwing together So I have a five pound bag of potatoes.
What I am going to do is Just put whole potatoes in the slow cooker. This is going to cook on low. You can, of course, do this recipe on high, but I’m going to be gone. It’ll Be at least eight hours before I get back to touch That slow cooker again So I’m going to put whole Potatoes in the slow cooker, I am going to chop my onion And some peppers real, quick and we’re just going to Lay the kielbasa on top and then we’re going to also put some oil in put some quick spices in too So I just put the equivalent Of about two tablespoons of oil on the bottom of my slow cooker With the potatoes, as I Mentioned we are just putting whole potatoes, ( squeal ), Woo baby’s squealing He’s running behind me Whole potatoes, in the slow cooker I do put cut potatoes in the slow cooker, but not for when it’s going to be this long, You do run the risk of Course of your potatoes turning all black and we don’t want that, But whole potatoes cook perfectly No problems whatsoever.
So there you go Five pounds of potatoes. This is my seven or Eight quart slow cooker Now we’re going to do the Kielbasa and cram a bunch of onions and peppers on top Shake some spices around Let it bake all day, Don’t forget, download Panda Pop today for free Go ahead and use my link. In the description box and start playing with me, It’ll be lots of fun. We’re going to save all The little panda babies ( light music, ), Okay.
So now that all that is Chopped in the slow cooker it is going on. I’r going to give you a quick look at it. Okay, so here we are There’s the slow cooker got it on low. I went ahead and sliced down the kielbasa, So in this slow cookin’ Bad boy, we have five pounds of red potatoes. Almost three Pounds of pre-cooked kielbasa, one large onion, three colored peppers. I also put in basil Oregano some minced onion, because I had it even though We had that other onion, Let’s just have all the Onions and then also just a little bit of rosemary, So there ya go it’s All in there in layers, Slow cooker lid on Dinner will be done now when We’re back from the lake Okay, so we are back from the lake Dinner.
Is done, I’m going to show you what this looks like Okay, so here we go. We take the lid off, There’s all the kielbasa that have cooked all day on low and the potatoes are done And under this layer of kielbasa there are, of course, We’ve got all the spices We have peppers, we have onion, It’s all in there, So you can do this. A Couple different ways: I’m going to just work: With this and serve it outta, the slow cooker Here is Liam’s plate.
Here is Amelia’s plate, It’s a small place, but it’s One medium baked potato and about half a hot dog Worth there of the kielbasa and she’s got ketchup to dip Unless anyone thinks we’re Lacking on fruit and veggies, with dinner, we’ve got the Big thing of blueberries out, We just got baths and stuff From the lake didn’t we And then we have some Raspberries we’re finishing up from Coastco and then of Course, big dinner plates There you go Outta the five pound bag of potatoes.
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We have five left and a little Just a few of these peppers, onions and kielbasa, So there may be a few who Want a second small potato, I’m going to eat! What’s left Of the kielbasa and the peppers – and there ya go that’s that Also our friends at Panda. Pop are providing the prizes for me to host a Panda Pop giveaway. How fun is this So after you download the Panda Pop app through my link and play some Panda Pop With me, you can head over to my Instagram and enter My Panda Pop giveaway Panda Pop is giving Away some Panda Pop swag, like these cute shirts, And little plush toys, which, let me just give you some insight Liam and Amelia, and Daniel – cannot wait for this article to be done.
So they can have their Panda Pop plush toys They’ve been looking at these all week and let them visit with them a few times, but they want to take possession of these Okay, Okay, So I’m sure some of you would Love some Panda Pop swag and Panda Pop is providing A $ 100 prepaid gift card, So that’s certainly worth entering to win So additionally, go onto Instagram and look for that ( light music ) Go to Pandapop.
Me/Jamerrill. I love this game because It is fun and engaging and who doesn’t love a mama panda trying to save her baby pandas. Now I will admit, as I have Progressed in Panda Pop, there are some levels where The mama panda ends up cryin’ and she doesn’t save all Her babies and it’s sad So we just have to keep On progressing in the game and save all the babies each time What I do on those levels, That I struggle with, I just keep starting them over So on this evening.
In Particular I was worn out mama tired how most mamas are at night, and I got my shower and my pajamas on and Travis and some of The kids were reading The World’s Strongest Man, Competition because that’s just a big one at our house, haha And I was relaxing with My feet up and enjoying playing Panda Pop, And I appreciate Panda Pop For being such a fun free and easily accessible game on my phone, I actually don’t have any Other games on my phone except Panda, Pop and Helping this mama panda join over 110 million Panda Pop players, who are already enjoying This adorably addicting bubble shooter game Panda Pop is the perfect game for you and your family to play.
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And share this summer, Download from Google Play or the app store and play for free and don’t forget check over on my Instagram Where I am hosting a Panda Pop giveaway Go to pandapop.Me/jamerrill, And if you want some more Insight into my life I’ll show ya over there See how my dishwasher Is in like two pieces We bought that new dishwasher. I think I even showed It or I’m going to show it A few days ago.
We bought it The brand new dishwasher box, Is sitting in the garage I think tomorrow I Think tomorrow is the day it’s going to be amazing: The old funk dishwasher Is gettin’ out of here? We literally take it. Apart, like puzzle pieces, It’s so ridiculous. Brand new dishwasher’s going in Super excited so be sure. To check out the next article, Hopefully you get to see That action going down. Thank you so much for making These three easy, slow cooker recipes with me All of the recipes will be Over on largefamilytable.
Com – and I will see you next time – With another brand new article, Bye, bye,
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