Gobble, Gobble!

One of my goals this fall was to attempt to cook a turkey...my mom ended up making the turkey this year and my boyfriend's family had a fish fry for Thanksgiving so I thought my moment was shot. However, I love turkey and don't mind eating it after Thanksgiving! So, that's what I set out to do and of course it was made in a crockpot. I had my parents over for dinner and this was a total hit. I was so worried I would mess this up but it is seriously so simple there is NO WAY to ruin this turkey. Have fun with it, use other spices if you wish!

Ingredients:
4-5 lb Turkey Breast
3 Stalks/Ribs Celery (chopped into 2 in. pieces)
1 Carrot (cut into 2 in. pieces)
Garlic Powder
Kosher Salt
Coarse Black Pepper


Chop up all of your veggies and place them in the bottom of your crockpot.

 

Wash and pat dry your turkey breast and place on top of veggies. Sprinkle with Garlic, Salt, Pepper to taste.

That's it! Set your crockpot on Low for 4-5 hours and leave it alone! Internal temp MUST reach 165 before consuming. If you want that "crispy" skin you would get from roasting, feel free to throw it under the broiler for a few minutes to toast it up once it is done cooking.

Enjoy!

Steak Dinner For Two

Over the weekend I had purchased some steaks on sale and we finally got around to making them for dinner last night. I had the longest day subbing for a junior high special ed class and I didn't want to have to come home and make some huge dinner. Luckily my amazing boyfriend whipped these up for us and all I had to do was make the sides (bought on sale of course!) About 10 minutes later we had an awesome dinner and barely any dishes to do.

We spent the rest of the evening at my parents introducing Sam to my mom's dog, Cinco. All the dogs were playing so well together ane being silly and it was definitely an evening well spent. Bailey and Sam even managed to tree a opossum and of course went NUTS trying to get it down and kill it. Definitely beagles!!

This November I am very thankful for everyone I have had the pleasure of having in my life so far, and of course I'm thankful for my perfect fur babies.