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Five Ingredient Valentine's Menu

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It's really amazing what you can do with just five ingredients. All of these recipes use five ingredients or less and all are decadent, wonderful, and easy too. Your sweetie will love this menu, and you'll love how simple it is! Enjoy your dinner.

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Everyday Menus: Completely Crockpot Spaghetti and Meatballs

Tuesday February 9, 2010
Do you hate toting around a huge pot of boiling water when you want to make spaghetti and meatballs? Do you get impatient waiting for that water to boil and constantly checking on the pasta to see if it's done? If so, this is the recipe for you. The pasta cooks right in the sauce. In the crockpot. I love the texture and flavor of the spaghetti when cooked this way. It's al dente and well flavored because it soaks up the sauce as it cooks. There are two ways to make this recipe: I used the method of adding the pasta at the end of cooking time. Serve it with some toasted garlic bread, a beautiful spinach salad, and an easy toffee to nibble with coffee after dinner. Yum.

Photo © 2010 Linda Larsen, licensed to About.com, Inc.

Everyday Menus: Crockpot Sour Cream Bacon Chicken

Monday February 8, 2010
Bacon and chicken are obvious partners. The salty, smoky flavor of the bacon pairs beautifully with tender, mild, and juicy chicken. This super easy crockpot recipe uses both of them in a delicious result. Serve with a rice pilaf, some tender broccoli, a crisp green salad, and easy no-bake bar cookies for dessert.

Photo © 2010 Linda Larsen, licensed to About.com, Inc.

Step by Step: Chocolate Icebox Dessert

Sunday February 7, 2010
Learn how to make this easy yet fancy no-bake dessert with step-by-step photos. If you've never made anything before, you can make this. All you do is stack cookies with cream, then chill overnight. There are a few tricks, like stacking the cookies correctly and cutting the finished dessert on an angle, which is why there are pictures! This is perfect for Valentine's Day. If you'd like, make Chocolate Chocolate Icebox Dessert.

Photo © 2010 Linda Larsen, licensed to About.com, Inc.

How Are You Adjusting to Hot Crockpots?

Saturday February 6, 2010
According to the responses I've received, the new hotter cooking crockpots are not a success. But they are here to stay. So how are you adjusting to this change? I'm reducing cooking times, watching food more carefully as it cooks, pampering my old cooler crockpots so they last longer, and buying a new crockpot with a built-in temperature probe. When my older crockpots finally give up the ghost, I'm going to eBay to find a good used appliance.

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