I have been working again towards my goal of trying new recipes. I have no idea what number I'm on. I will say that I just bought a new crock pot - sized just right - I have a small one and a really big one now I have one that is just right at 4 quarts. I looked through a few cookbooks and came up with some things I want to try next so we're going to get crocking again!
My most recent experiments in cooking were Hungarian Gulash and Strawberry Nut Bread out of the Better Homes and Garden cookbook. It wasn't very strawberryish but it had a decent flavor. I'm glad I made it. It made a great weekend breakfast having said that, I doubt I'll be making that one again. There are too many others out there that are tastier... Hubby was happy that I made regular banana bread as well. I would search the net and find the exact recipe I used to link to it but seriously it wasn't all that and a bag of chips so don't go there...
The next thing I made was Hungarian Gulash in the crock pot. My oldest son is a VERY picky eater. He will not even eat ketchup and after the last McDonald's burger fight where his had ketchup on it I am not going to push it again. Too bad it happened. It would have been his very first burger - and he's 10.... No pictures though. It just didn't photograph well at all. I guess you can say that it had looks that only a 10 year old would love...
Anyhooo... He won't eat anything that has the word sauce or gravy in it pretty much - although he loves pizza. I served him this Hungarian Gulash and he loved it. He pushed his fork about in the gravy and told me that the flavoring was really good. I told him it was gravy. He went pale for a moment and then said that it was really tasty. He finished his plate. We will definitely be making it again...
What's up next? Today we're going to try a new dessert I saw using a Betty Crocker chocolate cookie mix - to make turtle bars. I'll work on those around lunch time as well as dinner... I'm going to try a cheesy corn noodle crockpot concoction that is in one of the Fix it and Forget It cookbooks and make some sort of chicken thing... What's for lunch you ask? Frozen lasagna. My oldest son's request.