Sundays are meant to be enjoyed.
How you enjoy them are completely on you.
I tend to spend mine doing the things I do best.
A low key workout… Catching up with my dvr… Reading…
And consuming every single cookie in my sight.
After making another giant cookie for just myself, like I did last week, my friend Annie called to see if I wanted to go out and grab something of a sugar-infested nature.
Who am I to turn that opportunity down?
My just “going along to grab some coffee” turned into picking up a small butter cookie and then helping Annie finish off a giant piece of carrot cake.
Never say no to dessert.
No really, I mean it.
That philosophy is also one of the reasons I spend so much time at the gym. But whatev.
Another philosophy of mine is to spend as little time in the kitchen on a Sunday as possible.
Enter more crock pot greatness.
Funny how I just said I never eat steak and here it’s making a second appearance in less than a week.
Straight from the farm. It’s how I like my beef but not my boys.
The cookbook was broken open once again- we used a steak dumpling recipe as a guideline for our own concoction.
Minus the celery, of course. Because no one actually likes it. Fact. 
We also switched out the “dumpling” part for noodles. Because noodles look fun. We had them on hand. And the point is to be lazy. They won out by a landslide.
While I was out getting coffee and cookies, this bad boy did work. And I came home just in time for this:
From what I’ve experienced, 4 hours seems to be the magic time for potatoes and onions to cook to perfection.
And yet again, a successful meal that required little more than throwing together a bunch of things from the refrigerator/pantry. A successful meal to be enjoyed while watching 4 football teams you could care less about.
Yeah. I said it. My focus has already switched to basketball. Go Bulls.
Happy Monday everyone! I’m especially happy because the snow is slowly disappearing and the temperatures don’t make me hate life. That single digit crap was really working my last nerve. As was seeing all the yellow snow in my dog friendly neighborhood.
Is it Spring yet?
Filed under: Cooking Randomness Tagged: | crock pot creations, healthy balance, Lazy Sunday, slowcooker Sunday, steak and potato soup, Weekend
question: when you say 4 hours do you mean the high 4 hour setting? or a low 8 hour setting but turning off after 4 hours? because i tend to over cook potatoes (and almost everything else) in the crock pot.
That’s a good point! We usually end up doing 2 or 3 hours on high and then turning it to low for the rest of the time. I’d say whatever we’re making is usually turned off and put into gladware after 5 or 6…
Can I adopt that philosophy? I think I better… because I’m really bad at saying no. Especially to dessert. And peanut butter.
That bowl of potato-y goodness sounds amazing!
I love celery. I just thought you should know that.
I hate celery also. I ate no less than 7 double chocolate cake bars over the weekend. Fact.
I am getting really jealous of your slowcooking adventures- I’ve got to head into the cave of my cabinet to fish mine out!
Dessert is a serious staple in my diet. I’ve told my husband on more than one occasion that it’s something that I just can’t live without.
I also love celery, though.
This confirms that I need to buy a crockpot.
I like celery. Fact.
I like celery, but I didn’t always feel that way. I use it in pretty much every soup I make now, and I think it’s adds lots of flavor, but whatever, potato/pototo.
And carrot cake is probably in my top 3 favorite desserts, so you made the right call by helping your friend out.
I like celery. What do you have against it? It’s not a fruit, Amy.
I need to make a trip to Dinkel’s with you one of these days. Their cupcakes ARE AMAZING AND OMGIWANTONERIGHTNOW.
Ohhh, Dinkel’s. There to tempt me on every walk to and from the gym.
Ugh, celery. I am with you. There’s nothing worse than digging in to some chicken salad or a bowl of soup and finding it loaded with that crap.
That soup looks delish! I have been trying to find some good crockpot recipes to try and found a bunch on SkinnyTaste.com. I’m planning to make something next week when I’m back from San Antonio!
yes to snow going away! I love when mother nature cooperates and melts it quick. Also, any coffee or treat in a pink container automatically seems more delicious, for some reason.
My brother requested a cookie cake for his birthday yesterday. They make one size: ginourmous. So now I have a double layer chocolate chip cookie cake – with two layers of icing – sitting innocently not 20 feet from here. I need to get back to the gym.
I wish it were spring. It’s cold and rainy here, but at least I brought comfort food for lunch. (Wish I had some carrot cake though, that’d make Monday much easier.)
NFL is so boring. I’m over it. This is going to be an awful super bowl.
That soup though? Definitely not boring. And you’re right, one must never say no to dessert!
I keep eating desserts and am not working out. Yeah not a smart combo. Ugh.
haha you crack me up. seriously.
How about this awesome warm weather? Although I gotto admit, having lightning in January kiiiind of freaks me out. haha
And you are so right, Go Bulls
Tell that Crock Pot to get its visa. dang girl!! YUMO!
Ha, every time I say I’m going to get coffee, I end up getting something yummy like a Chai Latte, oh well.
You are getting good with that crockpot! Tony loves ours, but I never think to use it. Sounds like you had a nice Sunday. I hope your week is starting of well too!
Love your slow cooker magic. I’m actually a big fan of steak so this recipe is right up my alley. Minus the celery. And the onions. Sorry, I can’t do either. I think it’s a texture thing…Anyway, I”m also happy to see the single digit temps and yellow snow disappear. How long do you think we have left? 90 days tops, right?
Noodles > dumplings.
I love lazy Sundays…mine are always a hockey game a whole lotta reading
Agree with Nicole– Noodles > dumplings. I’ve never done the uncooked pasta thing in the crockpot so I’ll have to give this a shot sometime. I also bought a bag of potatoes this week so I think a stew is in my near future…..
Fact: I love any business that has pink in it’s logo.