This video made me so emotional. I'm a 28yo new mom of twin boys (they're one) and when your son came in on the screen at the beginning I just thought it was the sweetest thing. And then when your husband came on to stare at you lovingly I was like omg I can't handle this. I started crying once you all were at the table eating the first meal and your husband was giving a review. It was so incredibly wholesome. I live in Canada and politically am not loving where things are going and I would love to move to the American South. Just hearing about you coming back from church and just the evident love between you all is so beautiful. What an absolutely lovely video. ❤️
Mandy, when adding cornstarch to for thickening also mix in cold water first, never warm or hot water. It will prevent lumps and enhance thickness if the liquid you add it to. Just a helpful hint. 😉
Mandy, the next time you make a recipe that calls for sun dried tomatoes, use sun dried tomato pesto instead. You won’t have to put them in the blender first. You can find it right next to the jarred basil pesto in your food market. 😁
To easily slice your chuck roast thinly without shredding it, begin slicing before it’s completely thawed. It will slice off just like it was done at the deli counter. 😊 9:46
Think you'll like this. I was cleaning my grandson's bedroom and tried to pick up a piece of paper. There was a lure hooked in the carpet and the treble hook went into my hand. I could go nowhere because I was hooked to the carpet. My daughter was asleep. I screamed at her for a half hour without waking her. I finally found some fingernail clippers which I used to cut myself free. By that time I had peed in my pants! Woke her and went to ER to get hook removed.
I found your channel while searching for Hawaiian roll sliders. I never liked crock pot meals, but I am trying to make them more. My (1 and only) coworker often brings her crockpot to work so she can keep an eye on her food. The office smells so good!
Mandy moves beef around with knife. Mandy doesn't notice the small hole in the liner till she goes to remove it. Colorful language, and cleanup follows.😉🤣 Another great vid.
@Daphne-cp8ss Wow...a true fuster cluck! Meanwhile here on the VA coast we're getting some temperature relief thanks to tropical storm Ophelia. My windows are open for the first time in months and they won't close until it starts to pour rain.
We've had several tastes of fall this summer (which I consider blessings 😊). I love summer, but it's been lovely having little bits of cooler temperatures to remind us of what's coming soon. Living in the south, we expect the heat. ❤
Takes a pickled red onion juice you have left over from your jar and just add more red onions to it let it sit in the back of the fridge for a week and you're good to go
If you are ever in the frozen hash brown situation again, instead of stabbing & struggling just put the chunk on a plate in the microwave for a minute. 🔪🚫🥔😅 Definitely will try the beef and 🥦
Mandy we have definitely saved these recipes they look amazing! I would like to mention that we noticed that you didn't save the bacon grease from your last video... OH my goodness that is liquid gold in our house! 😊 we use it for other recipes 😊
Hi Mandy. I found the best pickled red onion recipe in a magazine. Its so delicious. In a small saucepan bring 3/4 cup apple cider vinegar, 1/4 cup water, 1tsp salt and 1tsp honey to a boil. Thinly slice a red onion and add to a jar and pour the hot mixture over the onions and marinate for at least 30 minutes. It can be refrigerated for up to 2 weeks. 😊
We make that with sausage and after finished we stir in lightly scrambled eggs and we use it all week for breakfast burritos! I lightly brown tortillas with butter! Then wrap straight like an enchilada! Wrap in sheet of foil n place in ziplock bag! Then as you want 1 or 2 in the morning we throw in air fryer while dressing and grab as we walk out! Perfect throw foil out after done n bam! Breakfast burrito!! I usually scramble a dozen eggs! We have chicken n more eggs than we know what to do with! I add a dozen eggs, salt, pepper and about 1/2 t of baking powder to make them fluffy! Add cream or milk to you choice! At least 1/2 c! Enjoy! We put our avocado in s paper sack! It will be soft by dinner!
Hi There! Comfort food indeed. Cooking in a crockpot is a comfort to start out with, then throw in your yummy no muss, no fuss meals and it takes comfort to a whole new level. : ) Thanks! A favorite cooking tip of mine .... when cooking with (dry) seasoning/spices, before adding them to your dish, try sprinkling them into a dry fry pan on med. high heat and toast them for (a min.?) or so, obviously before they start smoking Lol. Toasting them really brings to life, the flavors of each spice. I learned that tip several decades ago, while watching a beautiful Indonesian woman cooking over an open fire.
Oh, fall vibes are here! 🍂 These crockpot dinners look incredibly comforting. Can't wait to try them out, especially the Tuscan chicken - that creamy sauce has me drooling! 😋 Thanks for the cozy recipe ideas, Mandy! 💖
I am definitely going to make the beef and broccoli recipe. I have a daughter that doesn't eat beef and my husband doesn't eat chicken. So I am going to make 1 pot with chicken and chicken broth and 1 pot with beef and beef broth. I'll let you how it works.
Hi! I’m a new subscriber and just wanted to say how much my family has enjoyed your recipes. You both are a blessing! By the way, Steven sounds so much like Andy Griffith! You have a celebrity in your house! lol! Keep bringing it! Thank you for being a great witness! Never be ashamed of the gospel!
Keep better than Better Than Bullion on hand. I most often use it instead of the big cartons of broth. It just as good and maybe even better. The best by date is extremely long and once it’s opened it is kept in the refrigerator.
I always keep a chicken and beef one in fridge, especially in Fall and Winter. I’ll freeze soups without the broth to save room and always know I can quickly make some when needed.
I always have Orrington Farms Broth Base & Seasoning Chicken on hand, just in case I find that I have run out of chicken broth. Thank you for all the awesome recipes.
I made the Tuscan Garlic Chicken. Steve did not exaggerate that sauce. Because he loved it so much I doubled the sauce part and made a slurry at the end to give it a more gravy-like consistency. We served it with glazed onions & carrots, and mashed potatoes. Love love loved it! Tonight (Wednesday night) I am putting together that easy "Taco Hash-brown Potatoes". Two for dinner, so I am going to cut that recipe in half. I'll let you know how it turns out. Next Sunday we will be making the "Beef and (fresh) Broccoli." I have a feeling you will have to rename this video, "3 Grand Slams! Can't wait!
The trees are turning colors and leaves are starting to fall, so I definitely will be trying these recipes unfortunately probably sooner then later! Ya gotta love Minnesota ❤️
On you last meal. A suggestion on the peppers. You can do what Latinos do with dried Chile peppers. Blend with water then put the mix in a sifter and drain the juice in a bowl. So you don't have the seeds and skin in it. You only have the juice flavor. They do that in alot of recipes.
My grandfather always made pickled onions and cucumbers. I absolutely loved them and now make them myself. Sometimes red onion, sometimes brown and different vinegars depending on mood. Pickles are a great way to cut through a rich meal.
Great to extend salads with. I use sweet and low to sweeten the mixture, sometimes adding thin slices of zucchini. The mixture can make your salads seem a bit more substantial without added calories.
I would have put the strips of beef in a Ziploc bag with a quarter cup of flour and given it a good shake to coat it all, and then place it in the crock pot. Also to add some color I would have placed baby carrots in the Crock-Pot about 45 minutes before the end of cooking, and then about 30 minutes before the end of cooking I would have added the broccoli.
Mandy, the "bad" onion in your first segment was probably just fine. It looked like it was just an anomaly where there was some skin inside the onion. I get that frequently and just peel it away. No need to throw it out.
I made the “Everyone’s Favorite Baked Ziti, from Subby Supper, the other day and we loved it. It’s only the two of us but I can freeze the rest for another day. I watch your videos almost all day to get more dinner ideals. Thanks to you and your family for what you do. P.S. Another lady I love to watch cook calls her burners “Eyes”. So cute.
Oh+hh, I have a lb of burger in the fridge and hash brown in the freezer.... This is my dinner for tomorrow. It's in the 60s here, and our leaves are turning colors... It may not be official fall, but it sure feels it. I make pickled red onion regularly for a side with anything! Yummy yummy.
Wow thank you. I took out a chuck roast and wondered what I would do with it and here was your recipe. Yum. Did mine in the pressure cooker for 60 minutes and a natural PR. Used all your ingredients and oh yes. Delicious thanks you all are the Best 🙏🥰
Yum!! I made a different recipe of the Tuscan chicken and I think it had Steven’s dreaded cream cheese in it, lol. I served it with pasta and it was quite delicious. Ready for autumn too here in Southeastern Virginia. 🍁
I’m a high school teacher who is looking for some good crock pot recipes since I’m always tired when I get home and these are three that I want to try! Thank you
For the sundried tomatoes texture issue try sundried tomato powder. Works perfectly and the flavor goes throughout the dish easily I get mine at Central Market or Whole Foods in the bulk section.
Hi Mandy, I am a Texan living in England! I love watching your videos for a taste of Home! There is always an ingredient I can't get here like sundried tomatoes! I love it here bust miss southern food! Thanks for all your hard work! God Bless! 🥰
Cannot wait to make these. Have made several from previous videos and have never been disappointed. Speaking of lures. I cleaned out a drawer recently. In be known to me I had throw a lure in the trash bag. When I picked it up to take it out it had poked through the bag and snagged my leg. I couldn’t get it out. Calle for my hubby to help. He tore the bag so I could move and tried to get it out. It hurt so bad I actually cried. Wound up going to urgent care 30 minutes before they closed. They had to numb my leg and make a slit in it to get it out. So please be careful with lures. They hurt like heck. Poor fishies.
I made your beef and broccoli tonight and it is a WINNER for my family!! Even my pickiest little guy loved it. It's absolutely a new favorite in our monthly rotation. ❤
They all look delicious. Can't wait to try them all. Big ty for leaving in the bloopers. Because things like that happen. So glad the glass didn't break🙏❤
Mandy I can't tell you how many times I've messed up in the kitchen, it does throw you off. All of those crockpot recipes look great and yes you need to make some homemade bread. Could be a good challenge for ya!!! It's really not that hard and it's so delicious.
I am so happy to have found your videos. Your family is a joy to watch and the dinners are real comfort food, everything I’ve tried I have liked. So many people want to be you tube “chefs” with gourmet meals. Give me homemade goodness every time, with no weird ingredients or odd cooking methods. Thank you.
The method of soaking sun dried tomatoes in water would only apply to the dried version. What you showed us is already soaked in oil so the water wouldn’t do much. Stick to the blender or food processor method.
The recipe @10:30 Ooooh, you could get a "2-fer". If you use 1 can of the beef consume, but sub. the other with a can of French Onion... you'd get this delicious dish PLUS... your amazing rice. All in one! :) YUM
Mandy I lost my husband 1 yr ago a got my daughter Kate a Jesse a 5kids so we cook alot She a Jesse like to cooka like for the kids..new ideas is good like chicken ideas Mandy you did good to have hubby help a like what you do is great.❤
I have texture issues too with sun-dried tomatoes. I use the dried, halved ones in the ziplock package, slice them up myself and let them sit in a little olive oil for a little while to soften them some. They are always tender after they've simmered in the recipe, and have a much better (never slimy or hairy) mouth-feel.
Tip, I always buy hamburger in bulk and spend a few hours browning it and separating it into one pound and two pound bags. That way when I’m in a hurry like on Sunday mornings I just pull out a bag, throw it in microwave for a couple of minutes then make my recipe. It’s saves so much time on those in a hurry moments.
I have pickled onions in the fridge at all times...they go on and with everything. I do 2 large red onions, 1 cup of sugar, 1 cup of red wine vinegar and a sprinkle or two of salt and pepper. Slice the onions as thinly as possible, ram them in the mason jar. Put the sugar and vinegar in a pot, bring to a boil with the salt and pepper. Pour the hot syrup over the onions, cover them and let rest overnight in the refrigerator before use.. Because sugar and vinegar are such great preservatives, these pickled onions will last indefinitely in your refrigerator. They're at their best after a day or two in your fridge, once their flavors have had a chance to mature. Hope you give this recipe a try...I'm sure you won't regret it!!!
Oh, my jaw just dropped when the spices fell in the chicken! I was making a batch of sausage gravy a few months ago, it was finished and I was grinding pepper in it and the whole thing fell apart right in my gravy. I just dug the peppercorns out and we ate it 😆
I love watching y'alls channel. It is just absolutely so relaxing with a bit of laughter & learning!! Your son is so handsome!! He looks like a movie star!
Pam here….YUM on the taco hasbrown one…your hubby was SPOT on with the breakfast bowl..a scoop of this and 2 over easy eggs to ooze in to this..would be FANTABULOUS!!
Oyster Beef with Broccoli is a favorite from childhood! I gotta have water chestnuts, bamboo shoots, sliced mushrooms, carrots… and Oyster Sauce, of course. My mouth is watering….🤤
This is the first RU-vid video I have seen in which I would make all three of your meals. Very excited to try these especially since they are crockpot dump and go meals. I have a two month old and a half year old so life is busy. Thank you!
I love how your boys love on you. You are truly the queen of the house. Love your family. By the way I love that you guys are having supper on the porch, it just gives me a kind of homey comforting feeling.
