Menu Plan Monday - Slow Cooker Cooking

So it's been a really long time since I shared a Menu Plan with all of you.  Truth is I've been busy creating some new weekly menus centering around a wonderful, miraculous time saving device - my slow cooker.

I am sure if you've been reading my blog you have noticed I do A LOT of slow cooker cooking. Just check out some of my recipes here, here,and here.

This Friday is Halloween and what a great night to test drive your slow cooker.  You can prep everything the night before, pop it in the slow cooker in the Am and when you get home from work just serve the Littles dinner and you are out the door.  No drive-thru windows, no frozen pizza, just fresh, homemade goodness to fuel their Trick-or-Treating.  My family will be enjoying my Slow Cooker Chili (recipe here).

Below is this weeks menu.  Note I have also "Halloweenafide" our afternoon snacks at daycare, you can follow along on Instagram (here) as I share our Spooky Treats each day. 

Hope you all have a wonderful Halloween and enjoy Slow Cooking this week.

For recipes follow these links: Slow Cooker Indian Chicken Stew; 

Slow Cooker Chili

To me there is nothing more Fall-Like then a big old piping hot bowl of Chili.

I love making my Chili in the Slow Cooker as it gives me the day to sit back, relax, go pick some apples, enjoy a stroll through the woods to admire the leaves or play in a pumpkin patch, you know typical Fall things.  When I return home from my busy day of Fall fun guess what dinner is done!

I like to serve my Chili with a dollop of sour cream (plain Greek yogurt is also a good stand in), some guacamole, shredded cheese and some tortilla chips to scoop it all up.

I simply love all thing Fall and this Chili is something I consider part of Fall.  My family will even be enjoying this recipe on Halloween Night like we do every year, that's how "fall" Chili is in our house.