Last week I cooked up this recipe.
It is off the Crock Pot Girls website and was a top choice of readers apparently. So I figured it be a winner in our house.
Sadly, it wasn’t.
While it wasn’t BAD… our kids wouldn’t touch it sadly :( – not even Owen.
I didn’t mind it, but the chunks of pine apple cooked in a slow cooker just had a strange texture IMO, and the red onion, which are typically a fav. of mine (esp in salad!), were just not appealing in this recipe. The carrots came out to sweet too. So yea, besides the great tasting chicken, rice and teriyaki sauce, I wont be cooking this again.
Sooooo, this is just to let those out there, who may be ladies who fail at a recipe, know they are not alone :)
In fact my neighbor (I’m hoping sure she doesn’t mind my revealing this) messed up a recipe this week too. And if I am super honest, I would confess that I messed up 2 3 this week. This one was HORRID… and these :( – failllll
It may of been something I did :)
Or it may be the recipe was just being a dud.
Possibly my own tastebuds? although on these it was more than just my picky pallet that turned these away.
I am at this point however that I wish I could find like 5 more great meal ideas to feed my family. I have some recipes we love… and my kids eat well, but it gets boring eating the same thing over and over… and like I told Travis the other day “Why bother…” – when he askd me “whats for dinner” – and I just sigh and say “pancakes?”, because if theres one thing my kids love to eat, its pancakes! :) Im sure I am not alone in this battle. We do encourage our kids to try the foods, and we are pretty strict at it… but it is just very unenjoyable for me to have the battle… night… after night… esp. on those nights I try and try.
So when I laid down in bed for a great sunday afternoon nap with Taite… I was watching QVC, something I NEVER DO – and saw a Cook’s Essentials 4 QT Pressure Cooker advertised… and boy did they do their job well. I wanted to order it in like 5 minutes :) – but refrained. I’m curious…
Do any of you ever use a pressure cooker like it?
How do you like it?
It looked amazing!!
This btw isnt a complaining post :) – Im just being honest with a struggle Ive had lately. Not a HUGE struggle. This isnt consuming me :) – but I think its something many moms deal with. So why not talk about it? :)






























