Gardanne Winner!
Hey guys! We are back from our trip to DC to see the family and the sites! We had a great time and I'm sure you'll be hearing all about it soon enough... but as for today, I'm sure all you want to know is who the winner of our awesome Gardanne giveaway is (and about the next giveaway)!??
First off go check out Anne's store again, she's updated it with a ton of new beautiful pieces!! GO CHECK IT OUT!
Secondly... the winner was chosen using random.org and that lucky lady is....
Natalie of Natalie's killer cuisine!
Here is what Natalie says about herself in her blogger profile:
"Hello, I'm Natalie and I write Natalie's Killer Cuisine. I live in Dallas, TX with my boyfriend Kyle and we are slowly starting our own catering company. I bake a lot so you will see that on my blog, along with healthy meals for myself, gluttonous meals for Kyle, and some catering food. Before starting my blog I went to culinary school and have worked in restaurant back of house and front of house. "
Congrats Natalie! Drop me an email at stephchows (at) gmail (dot) com with your address so I can pass it along to Anne!
No fret if you didn't win... because if you remember, I mentioned this was the first of two giveaways.... Want a sneak peak of what the next giveaway will be...
Slow Cooker Lamb Chops Recipe
Day 5.
We are housebound due to the crazy storm outside.
It's so cold and stormy we had to resort to making a real fire in the real fireplace with a real Duraflame.
But, no worries. We have frostbitten lambchops at our disposal. This is my favorite way to use my slow cooker. I find a piece of forgotten, pretty much unedible meat and plop it in to cook all day long with
either some bottled sauce, or with a spice rub. Since lamb is flavorful all on it's own, I used a bottle of spice rub purchased over the summer for barbequing. It contains salt, garlic, cracked black peppercorns, rosemary and crushed red pepper.
either some bottled sauce, or with a spice rub. Since lamb is flavorful all on it's own, I used a bottle of spice rub purchased over the summer for barbequing. It contains salt, garlic, cracked black peppercorns, rosemary and crushed red pepper.Directions:
Coat all sides of the chops with seasoning rub and place into the bottom of a stoneware insert that has 1 tablespoon of olive oil smeared around.
Add a 1/2 cup of water, close it up, and push the low button.
Sing Baa Baa Black Sheep (optional).
That's it! I plugged it in at 7:20am, and cooked the meat until 5pm, flipping once at about 1:30.
I served it with some leftover stir-fried rice and drizzled the broth from the crock over the top.
The lamb was tender and very flavorful. The kids each had 2 bites before requesting Macaroni and Cheese---which means it was a very successful meal.
Slow Cooker Apple Crisp Recipe
It was stormy and icky outside today. We're all still sick and were stuck inside---I had a bunch of work I was trying to get done and the kids seemed fine playing with cardboard and tape. So much for the thousands of dollars worth of Christmas toys.
When I emerged from my computer fog, I started poking around the kitchen. After last night's cooking disaster, I was determined to make something that everyone would like. Or at least eat.
I scoured the fridge and cabinets and came up with enough ingredients to make an apple crisp. I also hoped the smell would put us in good spirits and warm the kitchen a bit.
Ingredients used:
--9 smallish apples
--1/4 cup butter
--1/3 cup brown sugar plus another 2 tablespoons for crumb topping
--1/4 cup orange juice
--1/4 cup orange juice
--2 tablespoons vanilla extract
--1 cup crumb topping:
since we're gluten-free, I used GF gingersnap crumbs mixed with crushed Perky-O's. You could use anything that you normally use for a crumb topping---smashed cereal, graham crackers, oats, cookies--whatever.
Preheat your crock on high, and butter the inside of the stoneware. Chop up the apples and plop them in the bottom and cover with the remaining ingredients. Cube your butter.
Toss the orange juice, cubed butter, brown sugar, vanilla and apples together.
Smash up your topping of choice and add 2T of brown sugar. Layer on top of apple concoction.Cover and cook on high for approximately 3 hours, or until apples are sufficiently tender.
If you like your crumb topping crunchy (I do!) broil the uncovered stoneware on the lowest rack of your oven for 4-7 minutes.
huh. I need to clean the oven. Serve with vanilla icecream.
Amazingly good.
I look forward to eating the leftovers for breakfast before anyone else wakes up.
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