January crockpot report card

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For the past three weeks, I've been loving to cook in my crockpot and have easy meals with leftovers. I love exploring to find new recipes online and start off with easy ones with ten ingredients or less. Here's the list of my first three meals with my commentary notes on it. 1. Cheesy Rotini---Though used as a side dish for a family of three or more, I've made it a main dish. It was delicious and yummy. I would give it a A-, since I think I needed the Velveeta cheese to melt for a few minutes more. Since I had one helping of it, I had no leftovers. Good news! I do have leftover ingredients to make it for this Thursday night's dinner. I had frozen leftover rotini in the freezer for three weeks now. 2. Crockpot Creamy Mushroom Chicken--A fulfilling yummy dish to add with any side dish. Two weeks ago, I've had it with corn. Though I had leftovers last week, it went spoiled before I could see use. I did have ingredients and picked up a can of cream of chicken soup for tonight's supper. I would give it an A+. I do have leftovers to have for Tuesday's dinner. 3. Crockpot Hawaiian Chicken--Another delicious and easy dish I've found on Pinterest. I had leftovers from last week's dinner and had it last week to replace the creamy mushroom dinner. Once again, it was scrumptious. I would give it a A, since I think it would've better with crushed pineapple than with chunked pineapple. Note to self for making it later this year. For February, here's what I'm planning to make: Zuppa Toscana soup (both recipes found on Pinterest and Recipes that Crock website), Baked Spaghetti with Meatballs (both recipes found on same site, though I did find a turkey meatballs recipes that's not for the crockpot and baked in the oven separately), and Chicken Marsala (only on Pinterest). I hope to do side dishes, breakfast and desserts in the spring. I also plan to swap ground beef recipes with ground turkey and maybe swapping pork with a vegan meat alternative like tofu and beans. Pork chops and pot roast may be hard to do with a meat exchange. What's your favorite crockpot recipe you've made this month? What dishes are you planning to make next month? Bon giorno!