Reynolds Slow Cooker Bags

I have recently been given some slow cooker bags, by Reynolds, through CrowdTap.

Let's just say that I highly recommend these for any busy mom on the go, who loves her slow cooker (or dad for that matter).  Who couldn't use something to make their life easier, right?

I set out to make some yummy chicken tortilla soup.

Ingredients:

32 oz of Chicken Tortilla Broth
1 lb boneless chicken breasts
1 can black beans
1 can diced tomatoes
1 can mild rotel chilis
1 can tomato paste
1/2 red onion, chopped
1/3 chopped, seeded jalapeno
2 cloves of garlic
cumin
salt
pepper
1 slow cooker liner

Toss everything into the slow cooker, put on low.  Walk away for 8 hours.  Try to shred the chicken WITHOUT tearing the bag.

Ladle into bowls, top with shredded pepper jack cheese, sour cream, a squeeze of lime and cilantro and enjoy.

Divvy up leftovers into freezable containers, throw the bag away.  Rinse the slow cooker and VIOLA! You are done.  Super easy.  Definitely time saving.


Who doesn't love a time saving adventure?

Be careful.  I did tear my bag while shredding the chicken.

Crunchies: Healthy Snacking and Mom Approved

I have recently received a sample of some Crunchies freeze dried fruit in the mail.  I actually had to email the company to request it, because I had seen someone else with them and I was super curious.

As a busy mom, I try to keep healthy snack options in my house.  I've raised my Monster to love and appreciate his fruits and vegetables.  I often times buy fruits in bulk and either freeze or dehydrate what's left of them.

Freeze drying would be PERFECT.  It makes an amazing snack.  But I'll leave that to the makers of the Crunchies.  They seem to have this art perfected.

I had received a package of Strawberry Banana crunchies.  My son and I ate them during our Pinewood Derby Race, for Cub Scouts.  They were gone in a matter of minutes.

These are a tasty snack.  They are literally just freeze dried fruits.  No added ingredients or artificial flavors.  I could come up with a lot of ways to use this stuff.  Once the fruit was all gone, there was some freeze dried powder in the bottom of the bag.  I seriously had to lick my finger and get every last bit of the powder out.  It was THAT tasty. I could see crunching the whole bag up and using it as a dusting powder on some baked goods like cakes and cookies.  I feel that with these crunchies the possibilities are endless for healthy snacking.

Here's the link to their website: https://www.crunchiesfood.com/

I've also posted the Amazon links below.

#Crunchies

This Post is copied from my http://randomlyham.blogspot.com Post.

Reynolds Cookie Baking Sheets

As a single Mom, who doesn't love items that make your life easier?

I've pretty much used parchment paper to bake on, for almost as long as I've been baking. I heard about it pretty early on in my baking career. They eliminate scrubbing cookie sheets and they eliminate having to grease the cookie sheets. Reynolds has taken the parchment paper a step further.



They have pre-cut, cookie baking sheets. Just grab a cookie sheet out of the box, throw it onto the baking sheet, bake your cookies. Throw the sheet away, wash/rinse the baking sheet and you're done. I have been able to get a box of these free for review, through Crowdtap. (The link for Crowdtap is posted in my blog).

I plan on baking more cookies tonight, but here's just a quick view of what went down, so that I could write my initial review.





From the picture, you can see that the cookies on the parchment paper cooked more evenly, whereas the ones not on the parchment paper are darker around the edges and look less cooked in the middle. I've lost a bunch of pictures on my phone. If I can locate them, I'll them to my blog as well.

I copied this from my http://randomlyham.blogspot.com blog.