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Are You Getting Takeout More Often Than You’d Like To Admit? These Stupid-Easy Recipes Will Change All That

Have you ever come back from work and just sighed at the thought of cooking dinner for your family? It happens to me all the time. Occasionally things just get a little overwhelming and cooking is the last thing on my check list (or it doesn’t make the check list at all…) I know it’s fine to opt for takeout but if you do that several times a week, it tends to get expensive. And often, a bit unhealthy, too. Enter – these super easy crockpot recipes!

I fell in love with my slow cooker the day I got it, and it has made me feel like a better mom. Seriously, a kitchen appliance that makes you feel good about yourself – how awesome is that!

I used to make mostly meat stews and soups in the slow cooker but it can do so much more. These days I use it to make desserts (cakes, even) and all kinds of exotic dinner recipes. I bet there are several recipes on this list that you didn’t even know you could make in a crock pot!

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Old Order Amish have some of the best recipes in the land. This macaroni salad is one of them.

Macaroni salad is one of those foods that can be eaten over and over again. Every picnic or BBQ that I have ever gone too always has a big old bowl of mac salad sitting on the table in all of its glory. My mother would always make macaroni salad when I was a kid. She’d use different recipes from time to time and sometimes put tuna in her mac salad. As a child, I didn’t enjoy that ingredient very much but as I got older I learned to like it. My little sister, Amanda, always liked the tuna fish so she happily ate it whenever mom made the salad that way.

Anyway, enough reminiscing, the recipe we are chatting about today is from an old Amish cookbook. You’re gonna love it!

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Quick Tip: Add tuna or canned chicken to the mix. Yum!

People Can’t Stop Sharing These Mouth-Watering Recipes

Let’s all take a deep breath and prepare ourselves for these wonderfully tasty, easy recipes. Life is hard, but cooking shouldn’t be – it’s what I always say when someone asks me how I manage to serve my family home cooked meals every day of the week. My secret is, I only make easy recipes – but when they are filled with so much flavor, no-one realizes they were a cinch to make!

These seven recipes have been in my family’s dinner rotation for so many years, I can’t even remember. Some of these my mother used to make when my sisters and I were just little girls. Sure, I tweak these occasionally, just to keep things fresh – but I’ve noticed my family enjoys these the most when I make the recipes just as they are.

If I had to name my absolute favorite of these, I would have to say… ummm… honestly, I’d have to say all of them. But I especially love the soup recipe you’ll find as #4 on this list. It’s super easy, and so delicious! Which one of these is your favorite?

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Grandma had been hiding her famous scalloped potato recipe from us for decades and then… grandma passed away.

Are you curious as to what that twist may be? Well, I’ll tell you: ham! These scalloped spuds are made just like your mother or granny would make them except that ham is also in the mix. Talk about a yummy addition! The chunky ham adds so much flavor and texture to the dish that you can easily eat it as an entree instead of a side. I am seriously considering making these spuds during the holidays. They would make an excellent addition to Easter dinner. The recipe says to use russet potatoes but feel free to use any variety that you have on hand or prefer.

This recipe is for the oven but you can easily make these yummy scalloped potatoes in your slow cooker, too. I’ve tried it before and they turn out quite nice. However, you won’t get that browned layer on top like you would if cooked in the oven.

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Quick Tip: If you don’t like ham you can easily omit it from this recipe…but who doesn’t like ham?

You’ll Make These Fast And Devour Them Even Faster!

It seems to me people are always in a hurry these days, or maybe it’s just the way things are at our house… That’s where 30-minute recipes, such as these, come in handy!

I would love to serve homemade meals every single day but sometimes it’s just totally impossible to find time for cooking. My crock pot has become my best friend lately – thanks to it I haven’t had to opt for takeout, every day of the week! But occasionally I really feel like making something for my family, without using the slow cooker.

And that’s when I move to the opposite direction; instead of slow cooking, I find recipes that can be made really fast! I’ve written all of these down in a separate little cookbook that I titled “Super Quick Recipes”. Not a very fancy title, huh? At least it’s accurate!

Whether you’re looking to make an appetizer, dinner or dessert, there’s a recipe for that on this list. You can make all of these in 30 minutes (or less) but I guarantee it won’t take that long for them to disappear! What is your favorite, quick-to-make recipe? I’d love to read about it, in the comment section below!

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When it comes to creamy chicken macaroni salad my family is crawling with people who go crazy for the stuff.

Seriously, we can’t have a picnic or family dinner without creamy chicken macaroni salad. Now, the way I learned to make mac salad was with a more savory sauce as that’s the way we midwesterners do it. However, my darling husband is from Pennsylvania and the way folks over yonder make mac sauce is with a ton of sugar.

I don’t particularly like this method. Ok, I HATE this method lol! So, I needed to come up with a compromise to appease both of our tastes. Plus, I now live in PA so whenever I make macaroni salad it better have sugar in it or nobody will eat it haha!

This recipe I am sharing with you all today is for creamy chicken macaroni salad. I really don’t care if you are a savory or sweet mac salad lover you are going to chow this salad down so quickly that you won’t even have time to burp.

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Quick Tip: I like to toss in some broccoli and cauliflower florets from time to time when making this salad.

Hey, guess what?! Creamed corn is here to stay! Hooray!

Creamed corn is always a hit with my family, so when my daughter-in-law (and trusty kitchen assistant), Krissi, saw this recipe she couldn’t wait to prepare it!  This would be a wonderful recipe to multiply for family reunions or potlucks. And would you believe it if I told you that at one point my family and I hated creamed corn? Then, I came across this heavenly recipe and that all changed. I know serve creamed corn quite regularly and my family couldn’t be happier.

I think the reason why this creamed corn is so good to me is that of the texture. it is not soggy like so many creamed corn recipes are. The corn stays crisp and firm and I like this as does my family. You could never, ever buy something like this in the store or in a can. Trust me, ladies and gentlemen, you are going to want to try this creamed corn recipe!

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Quick Tip: This recipe is very easy to double when feeding a crowd.