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Slow Cooker Balsamic Pork

This wasn’t a bad crock pot recipe, and is worth trying again.  It originally came from Skinnytaste, and needed some extra seasoning.  But through no fault of the recipe, I managed to grab the wrong kind of roast by accident.  So it was a lot saucier/more watery than originally intended.  If I hadn’t been so lazy, I probably would have bothered to thicken the sauce, but it was fine as is.  Definitely has potential with more seasoning – I think some veggies in with the roast would be great as well.  We served this with steamed asparagus.

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Grilled Flank Steak with Corn, Tomato, and Black Bean Salad

This was a very tasty and quick grilled meal that definitely made a few leftovers – always nice.  I used Skinnytaste’s seasoning on the steak, and went to my go-to corn and black bean salad recipe, which you can find here (though leave out the Cojita and olive oil for this).  Steak was great as is, wouldn’t change anything.  It’s not as low carb as it could be, with the corn and the beans, but they’re mostly useful carbs which I don’t tend to worry about too much.  Even on a lower carb diet, I’d make again.  You could serve this with a green veggie on the side, but it was plenty filling on its own!

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Spicy Honey-Brushed Chicken Thighs

This was a super fast, easy, and tasty dinner…would be perfect for a weeknight (or a Friday night when you’re pretty crispy fried 😉 ).  This was a Cooking Light recipe that I picked on a whim since I needed something quick for dinner this evening.  A definite make again.  We made no changes to the recipe other than to cook it on the grill, and served it with steamed broccoli.

 

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Slow Cooker Cilantro Lime Chicken

In an attempt to get control of eating out so often when we are pressed for time, we decided to give the whole freezer meal thing a try.  It’s a little challenging when low carb is involved, but there are definitely a few recipes that looked like they were worth a try.  We pulled this one out and had it for dinner tonight and thought it was very good.  A little cheese or low fat sour cream would dress it up a bit, and some tomatoes or other color, but as a shredded chicken bowl on its own, we still enjoyed.  Definitely would make again, and you can’t argue with having meals ready to go in the freezer.

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Ham with Pea and Leek Pan Sauce

We were driving home from NYC on Easter Sunday, so what is usually an excuse to make a huge, elaborate meal ended up just being a nice, easy dinner.  The one thing that’s easy to forget about ham is that it really is brain dead – stick it in the oven for a couple of hours and you’ve got a ton of food for 3740278907 bajillion meals.  I had saved this recipe from Food and Wine, and a ‘quick’ Easter dinner was a good excuse to use it.  I didn’t change much; we used Smart Balance instead of butter, and I cut the water in half for a thicker sauce.  We loved this!  It would probably be quite good as a side dish anytime.  We had this with some mustard-roasted fingerling potatoes.

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Slow Cooker Pork Chili Verde

So I hesitate to call this a recipe, but really, it’s delish.  And you could make your own salsa verde and then it’s a LITTLE more recipe-like. 😉  Regardless, it’s awesome, jars or homemade or whatever.  I would say this just became a favorite for both of us.

 

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Pepper Steak

This was pretty quick and easy, and definitely did well with an overnight marinade.  Next time, I’d double the marinade, but wouldn’t make too many other changes.   We actually served it over shirataki noodles rather than rice this go-round and it was good – but rice would be better as leftovers.  That said, the steak and peppers are fine on their own as leftovers!

 

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Hoisin Cocktail Meatballs

We recently hosted a dumplings, ramen, and games night and thought we wanted something…well, not wrapped in a dumpling wrapper or part of a noodle bowl.  Or really, I saw these, thought they looked awesome, and they were. 😉  We kept these warm in a slow cooker during the party, which worked well but I’d advise making sure you stir them now and then, which I forgot to do.  I would definitely make these again, especially for a party – I might double the recipe next time as well.  Leftovers were pretty good. 😉

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Snap Pea Salad with Thai Vinaigrette

This was a really fun side salad – we had it with some Teriyaki wings.  You could definitely add some chicken or other protein to this to make it a full meal.  I think it would do well with noodles, too.  Either way, versatile and very tasty!  This came from Chow, I changed very little – subbed sesame oil for vegetable in the dressing, and Sriracha for chile garlic paste (I was out).  Made a ton, and stored separately from the dressing, it will be great left over!

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Pork Tenderloin with Salsa Verde

This was an awesome weeknight meal!  I happened to have a jar of Trader Joe’s salsa verde on hand (my favorite jarred salsa!), so this was a done deal.  The pork we had in the freezer was a loin roast, so a bit of a pain to butterfly (largely because I’m not that good at it), but worth the trouble.   Very simple and really, really tasty.  We had this with some simple steamed green beans tossed with the Penzeys Ruth Ann’s mix – we’re addicted to this one on *everything.*  The combo was great.  The pork recipe came from Chow and I didn’t do anything differently. I might double the mustard next time, just because we love mustard, but really it’s not necessary.

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