Peanut decided to find a comfy spot on the stairwell this morning! Keenan immediately found her as we were walking down the stairs. He usually holds onto the rail as he walks down the stairs and when he saw Peanut, he immediately took his hand off, to make sure he wouldn’t touch her! It was too funny!
Happily siting on the stairwell!
Before I share my new slow-cooker recipe, I’m excited to be featured as a guest blogger on Around the Plate for their 12 Day Healthy Holiday Challenge series. Around the plate is a wonderful online community that brings together nutrition experts and interested individuals to improve the way the world eats one plat at a time. I had the privilege to write a post for Day 7 of their challenge: Holiday Activities to Keep You Moving and Burning Calories. It was a fun article to write, since I love doing all of the various holiday activities that usually aren’t around the rest of the year. As an added bonus, most of the activities provide great exercise! Please take a moment to check out my post and share it with your friends and family members! Thanks!!
Now, on to my new slow-cooker recipe that I made for tonight’s dinner! It smells SO good; I can’t wait to eat it!
Slow-Cooker Sweet and Spicy Pork Chops: (serves 2)
Ingredients:
– 2 frozen pork chops
– 1/4 low sodium soy sauce
– 1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce
– 1/2 cup ketchup
– 2 tsp honey
– 2 small cloves garlic (minced)
– 1/2 tsp pepper
-1/4 tsp garlic powder
– 1/2 tsp garlic no-salt seasoning
– 1/4 cup chicken broth
Directions:
1. Mix all ingredients together, except for pork chops.
2. Place pork chops in your crock pot and pour sauce on top, making sure to completely cover the pork.
3. Cook on high for 4 hours (if you use thawed pork, change as you need). Enjoy!
*Notes: I updated the recipe with 1/4 cup chicken broth and cooking for only 4 hours, because our pork chops were a little too dry, but the flavor was excellent!
Should be yummy!
This week is busy (to say the least!) in getting things done before we leave for Montreal next week to spend the holidays with my brother and his family, so I’m keeping today’s post short and sweet to finish up some projects. Have a great rest of your afternoon!
Questions: What holiday activities do you enjoy doing? What is your favorite slow-cooker recipe? I love looking at Christmas lights, going to Nevada City’s Victorian Christmas and of course, snow skiing and tubing (though, those can be done at other times during the year!).
REMINDER: There is still time to win a box of the BEST popcorn EVER!! Angie’s Popcorn giveaway ends tonight at 8 p.m. PST!! Click here to enter!
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