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Wordless Wednesday

Posted in Home, Nature, Photography, tagged , , , , on January 8, 2014|

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Menu Plan Monday

Posted in Menu Planning, tagged , , on January 6, 2014|

Brrrrrr!  I hope you are somewhere sunny and warm and I wish I could join you.  The high today in our neck of the woods is in the single digits and tonight’s low is supposed to be below zero.  Yuck!  We are not used to these kind of temperatures and all I want to do is curl up on the couch with a warm blanket.  Can you tell that I am not a fan of winter? 

I have received a few seed catalogs in the mail and I just love to sit and look at the bright sunny photos to dream about Spring. It can’t get here fast enough to suit me.

I didn’t make it to the grocery last week so I am using the opportunity to clean out the fridge/freezer/pantry before I go.  There are several bloggers doing a “pantry challenge” to save money and use ingredients they have on hand already.  I am not actively participating, but I do want to make use of what I have before spending a ton at the store.

Salsa sloppy Joes with chips

Sausage bake with fresh fruit

Enchilada beef dip with salad

Italian stew (new)

Pizza night

Grocery night out (Maybe.  No, I really need to go. I just don’t want to.)

Please join me at I’m An Organizing Junkie for Menu Plan Monday.

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Slow Cooker Cranberry Orange Pork Loin

Posted in Cooking, tagged , , , , , , , on January 4, 2014| 7 Comments »

I know Christmas is over, but bear with me for a little while because I tried so many new and tasty recipes over the holidays that I can’t wait to share with y’all.  This was the main dish for Christmas Day supper with C’s parents and the flavors went together so well.  I threw this in my slow cooker before we left for Christmas lunch and it was perfectly done a few hours later. 

My recipe is adapted from this Kraft recipe.

Slow Cooker Orange Cranberry Pork Loin

2 tbsp. vegetable oil

1 boneless pork loin (approx.. 4 lb.)

1 14oz. can whole berry cranberry sauce

1/2 cup Catalina salad dressing

1 tbsp. low sodium soy sauce

1/4 cup orange juice

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Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat.  Cook the tenderloin in the skillet for 4 to 5 minutes on each side or until lightly browned.  Transfer meat to a slow cooker.

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Combine the remaining ingredients and pour over the tenderloin.  Cook on low for 4 to 5 hours.  Let the loin rest for about 20 minutes then slice and enjoy.

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Slow Cooker Orange Cranberry Pork Loin

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Book Beginnings

Posted in Books, tagged , , , , , on January 2, 2014|

Well, guess what?  You know how I wrote on the last Book Beginnings post about being stuck on series?  I still am.  This week’s subject is the next installment of the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon entitled “An Echo In the Bone”.

“The pirate’s head had disappeared.  William heard the speculations from a group of idlers on the quay nearby, wondering whether it would be seen again.”

Doesn’t that sound ominous?  It is, especially for the pirate involved.  While reading these books, I have wondered if the life and times during the 18th century leading up to the American Revolution was very much like the descriptions in these books.  If so, I am very glad to live in this time and not then!

Please join me at Rose City Reader for Book Beginnings.

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