Totally out of practice!

So, I'm totally out of practice in regards to blogging, and/or I have prego brain!  I remember telling myself yesterday to get my camera out to be ready to take pics of tonight's meal, but did I do it?  Nope!  Oops! 

Like I said, I've been trying to make meals that we can also freeze for post-baby quick/easy meals, but also I've been trying to make easy enough meals so I'm not on my feet for too long.  Hence, a lot of crockpot use, which I love even when not prego:)  Tonight was BBQ kielbasa in the crockpot with sides of mac and cheese, cornbread, and green beans!  Here's the closest picture I could find:

So easy - buy an uncooked piece of kielbasa, about 1 lb or a little more, slice it just like above, and put it into the crockpot.  Cover it with 1 cup bbq sauce, 12 oz Coca Cola or beer (Coca Cola in our case for now, even if it's just for cooking!), and 1/2 cup brown sugar.  Cook on low 6-8 hours and enjoy!  So easy, not only because there are limited ingredients, but also because it involves ingredients you most likely already have!  Also perfect for a day where I was busy like a bee making our holiday cards for friends and family!

Today's craving of choice - Papa Ginos' Cheesy Breadsticks!  I am usually not a fan of Papa Ginos (sorry to my bff and husband who love PG's!) but after another friend mentioning she was having it for dinner last night, I craved them so bad I could smell them!  Oh pregnancy!

Off to get my fill of my nighttime snack - Friendly's Jubilee Roll - yum!!!  Please help with crockpot meals, and also some more meals I can freeze:)   Also, we have a housewarming party to go to this weekend, and I'm bringing a dessert - any recommendations for a large, possibly spread out time-wise crowd with some holiday cheer? 

Glad to be back!

Slow cooker Sunday! Kielbasa!

Happy Sunday, everyone!  My stomach is finally feeling pretty much back to normal, now I'm just in the tired zone - hopefully with resting today (besides a Wii workout and some cleaning!) and a good night's sleep tonight, I'll be back to fully "normal" tomorrow:)

So what's cooking over here you're wondering?  Slow cooker kielbasa!  Kielbasa was on sale this past week buy one, get one free, love those!  So last night, while we watched Pride and Prejudice, I defrosted a pound of kielbasa.  I think we both could've eaten it, once defrosted, and since it's bought pre-cooked, just like that but we held ourselves back:)

I read soooo many different recipes online about how to make it - with beer, with soda, with different jellies, different sauces, etc etc etc.  So I first decided to make it with these ingredients:

Yup, a jar of grape jelly, a cup of brown sugar, and a jar/12 oz of chili sauce.  Once I put these ingredients into the slow cooker, I wasn't fully satisfied, it needed something more, but what!  So I added these:

A tablespoon or so of horseradish mustard and about 1/4 cup bbq sauce.  After mixing up all of this, I added the cut up kielbasa, crossed my fingers, and said see ya in 5 hours (on low) and I hope mixing these tastes/textures together works out!

Well, it worked!  About 4 hours in I added a 1/2 cup more brown sugar to try to give it a gristly texture, and in the end it was amazing - flavorful, nice to look at it, and different!

I hope everyone has a great rest of their weekend!  I'm off to read for a bit before, hopefully, a great night's sleep to start the week off on the right foot!  

Also, hopefully  you'll share your own kielbasa recipes with me - I'd love to hear about them!