Pot Roast In The Slow Cooker This Pot Roast In The Slow Cooker is a total comfort food dinner that cooks low and slow all day while you do other things. A rich gravy is made from using onion soup mix, cream of mushroom soup, Worcestershire sauce and white wine vinegar. The potatoes and carrots are added in the last hour so that they are the perfect bite. This is a Fall recipe of your dreams. The full, printable recipe is at the end of this post. If you are the type to have questions and need visuals, I suggest…
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Continue ReadingA Chicago Classic I love a good Italian Beef Sandwich, even better if it is a Slow Cook Italian Beef. This recipe for Slow Cook Italian Beef uses a beef chuck roast, some dry Italian dressing, some pepperoncini, butter, and beef broth. The steps are simple and you can slow cook this in the oven or in a crock pot. The one thing I hate about eating an Italian beef is the smell of beef on my hands for the rest of the day. That’s why I started making this Italian Beef and serving it open faced. I use these…
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Continue ReadingAn Easy Dish Packed with Flavor This is, hands down one of the easiest recipes you will ever make. Even if you cannot cook, you can make this Crockpot Smoked Kielbasa and Kraut recipe. At the same time, it feels like a dish you’d have to shell out a lot of money for at a German or Eastern European restaurant. It’s simple but tastes complex. Your family will love it! How Long Does it Take to Cook Kielbasa and Kraut? It takes less than ten minutes to assemble the ingredients and can cook in as little as three hours in…
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Continue ReadingA Modern Approach to an Old Classic If you’re in the Midwest like me, you are probably sweating to death while reading this. Even though it is hot and the humidity is at 150%, fall will be here before you know it. Regardless of the heat I have nothing but fall comfort foods on my mind. It’s funny, but I think sometimes the foods we hated as kids can become our favorite. Kids tend to be pickier, but as adults we’re often nostalgic for the smells and tastes of our youth. For example, as a child I despised pot roast…
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Continue ReadingI recently was contacted by Crockpot to try one of their new products. I had a choice between the Crockpot Five In One Cooker and the Express Cook. I chose the Five In One Cooker because I was very interested in all the options it had to offer. For the longest time I only thought of using a slow cooker in the cold months. I had never thought about how slow cooking is a great option for the hot summer days when you don’t want to heat up your house. The Crockpot isn’t just for fall anymore! The best thing…
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Continue ReadingBeing from Chicago, Italian Beef Sandwiches are a staple in our diet. I have so many favorites and I like each one for different reasons. Everything makes a difference in the making of a good beef. The seasoning, the quality of the meat, the spice, the heat and the bread are all vital. The main reason why I love Italian Beefs are because of the gravy soaked bread. There are even some beef stands in Chicago where you can JUST get a gravy bread. They take the Italian bread and soak it in the beef au jus and it is…
Hi! I’m April, AKA The Tipsy Housewife. I’m Chicago born-and-raised and I love creating delicious and affordable recipes that taste just like home. Plus they’re easy enough to make with a cocktail in hand! Get ready to find your new fave meal.
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