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Are you reading the title and thinking, "What is so easy about making this? I can buy it at the store." I did too the first time I tried to make this. Ever since I made this, I have never looked back. You can make your own chicken in the crockpot for dinner. I usually do that. I use  100 Days of Real Food 's The Best Whole Chicken in a Crock Pot recipe. I like it, but sometimes the chicken turns out dry, and my family complains. Sometimes I made the chicken just so I could make the chicken stock suggested with this recipe. Yesterday, I bought a rotisserie chicken while grocery shopping in the morning for last night's dinner. I had an idea. I reheated it about a half hour/45 minutes before dinner in the crockpot on high. I put the whole chicken with all of it's juices in there. I have never heard of doing this before, and thought I would try it! If you have, hats off to you! And why didn't you tell me? ;) Let me tell you, it worked out great!...

The weather FINALLY feels like fall!  One of my favorite traditions is going to the pumpkin patch with my family.  We went today and had a great time.  There is something satisfying about snapping the pumpkin off of the vine.  My girls get really competitive and try to find the "best" pumpkin.  We left with some great ones! We also did some fall baking this weekend.  I love most anything with pumpkin in it.  I know that Sara already made something pumpkin for our fall bucket list, but there cannot be too many pumpkin baked goods this time of year! #FallBucketListMCD I have made pumpkin muffins using many different recipes, but I decided to try a new one this time.  Here is a link to the  recipe . My girls were excited to help me make muffins and bread using this recipe.  We were happy with the results.   I was able to get 12 muffins and 3 small loaves of bread from the recipe.  We will be eat...

WHAT WE'RE EATING THIS WEEK... T-It is back-to-school time, so I have been busy getting things ready for my girls and my K classroom and kids.  This means that I have less time and energy to put into our meals.  My solution to this problem is my slow cooker!  I use it all of the time in the fall and winter!  My family's favorite is Chicken Tortilla Soup.  I will post this recipe later this week.  It is AWESOME! S- This is always a tough question for me to answer! I am really trying harder to be more prepared!! My kids first week of school was Monday, so I am trying to make our evenings simple as we ease back into the routine. Sounds like a couple of crock pot meals, salads and pasta! We did make homemade pizza the night before school started. Always a hit! I will share with you our recipe soon! We will also be eating  oatmeal chocolate chip cookies  this week! I am even thinking about sending some to the kids teachers on Friday as a Thank...