#crockpot lamb chops

[dloburns]

Slow Cooker Lamb Chops Tender crockpot lamb chops, perfectly seasoned with Dijon mustard, honey, and herbs. The lamb is slow cooked in red wine for a delicious dinner.

[bergzerk]

Slow Cooker Lamb Chops - Meat and Poultry Lamb chops that are perfectly seasoned with Dijon mustard, honey, and herbs in the crockpot. To make a delicious dinner, the lamb is slowly cooked in red wine.

[bonefall]

LAMB STEW & BUTTERNUT SOUP RECIPES. GIVE

THE LAMB STEW RECIPE IS MINE. MINE ALL MINE

BUt I will actually teach you the butternut soup one, people don't realize how cheap butternuts are and how easy this recipe is. I had to teach my partner's family how to properly prepare butternut and they thanked me for it because it's ALWAYS on sale and SUPER easy to make.

You need a metal baking tray, a crockpot, and a blender. The blender is optional, but it makes the perfect creamy consistency

Other ingredients you're gonna need; Garlic, shallots, pepper, turmeric, curry and chicken stock

(though I remembered the recipe wrong when I was over there and used beef stock, fam still loved it though, soooo pick whatever stock you like best tbh. This is a super forgiving recipe, I promise if you're a beginner cook this is a great place to start)

ALSO FAIR WARNING: Idk how to measure anything. I do not actually have a written recipe.

Step 1: Cut the Nut

Cut it longways, like a canoe, and scoop the seeds out. Coat the fleshy-side with cooking oil and sprinkle some pepper on it if you like-- nothing needs to be done to the skin-side. Place it FLESH-DOWN on the baking tray and pop it in the oven, 425 degrees Fahrenheit, 40 - 50 mins

When it's done it looks like this (half-eaten babybel snack optional. bbq sauce not used, it was just there for emotional support)

You can actually eat it just like this.

Like if you're not looking to make soup, this compote can actually be made into all sorts of things. You can stick a spoon right in that and eat it. I've made like... fried butternut latke-things out of it, I have some compote in my freezer just for experimenting with.

If you're smart, you wait for it to cool down before you scoop the flesh out with a spoon. Im not 💗

Step 2: trust your heart to tell you how many fucking onions are in there

My partner is the one who's able to measure things, I simply put my faith in the claws of Velociraptor Jesus tell me what the ratio of garlic to butternut is. I am not allowed near baked goods. I do not cook by the book. I put too many ashes in my middle school volcano project and smoked out an entire classroom once.

This came out great though, and for it I used 2 white onions (about a cup), 4 cloves garlic, and some chopped shallots. All minced as much as possible.

Once that was all in I (think you're gonna see a theme here) kinda just eyeballed how much stock and spice was gonna go in, just doing taste tests until it was yummy... I think it was 2 cups stock water and 3-ish tablespoons of turmeric and curry? Next time I make it'll actually measure how much I use.

I really do just kinda taste-test things until it's good.

I would apologize that I don't have the family recipe actually written down for exact amounts but I don't think I will ✨Bless this mess ✨✨✨✨Welcome to living inside of my head✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨

Anyway through some magic later you get a mash that looks like this, I stirred it up real good.

Step 3: This is where the blender comes in

This is the most tedious part tbh, but it's worth it because you can't get it super creamy if you don't feed it through a blender.

At this point me and my partner grabbed the pot and poured it in because we had 4 hands between us and felt lazy, but if you're alone you should scoop it manually so you don't spill shit everywhere

And once you have that, portion out what you'd like, and add milk. When you first get the soup out of the blender, it's real thick. You add milk to get it to the consistency you want-- DO NOT ADD MILK TO THE WHOLE THING AT ONCE

IF YOU ADD MILK TO THE WHOLE THING AT ONCE, IT GOES BAD FASTER

This stuff can be frozen or fridged and it tastes just as good as it was when fresh, as long as you only add fresh milk when you're ready to eat it.

I usually eat it with a grilled cheese or some other kinda bread. And that's really it.

[imlauren]

Slow Cooker Lamb Chops Lamb chops that are perfectly seasoned with Dijon mustard, honey, and herbs in the crockpot. To make a delicious dinner, the lamb is slowly cooked in red wine. 3 tablespoons honey, 1 tablespoon ground thyme, 1.5 pounds sirloin lamb chops room temperature, 1/2 sweet onion roughly chopped, 1 teaspoon salt, 4 garlic cloves minced, 1 teaspoon coarse ground black pepper, 1/2 cup red wine, 2 tablespoons lemon juice, 2 teaspoons ground basil, 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard, 1/4 cup tapioca starch, 1 tablespoon dried rosemary

[laurelwright]

Slow Cooker Lamb Chops Lamb chops that are perfectly seasoned with Dijon mustard, honey, and herbs in the crockpot. To make a delicious dinner, the lamb is slowly cooked in red wine.

[the-one-who-lambs]

Okay, it's going on tumblr, better late than never.

It's a beautiful morning. I'm up at 8:15 in the morning preparing dinner, because I am an Extremely Busy Graduate Student who should probably know better than to write fanfiction instead of my master's thesis while at work. Basically every moment of my life for the next six months is either blocked off or precious recovery time, so I absolutely ADORE my crockpot for three reasons: I am busy, I need to eat well-balanced meals, and I love trying new recipes. I can do 10-15 minutes of prep time in the morning and come back to a slammin dinner after letting it simmer all day. It's an absolute treat.

Except my morning dinner prep turns out to be more of a trick, appropriately, because it's Halloween and I'm already decked out in my costume. I'm going as the Lamb from Cult of the Lamb, and I'm preparing a delicious feast for my flock. I start to chop my vegetables for the most delicious-looking lemon chicken orzo soup I've ever seen. The carrots are fine. The celery is fine. Cutting onion is the continued bane of my existence. While I'm handling the knife, it slips, and I slice right through the top couple millimeters of my fingernail at a pretty shallow angle. This probably wouldn't have been too concerning if I didn't also take the top bit of my fingertip with it. It's not a concerning amount of fingertip, but it's definitely a removed little bit, and I've cut through four layers of skin, probably. Hopefully.

I get annoyed because in two seconds my onion is bloody. I wash my hands, put on a bandaid, and wash and chop the rest of the cleaned onion. The bandaid is no longer sticking after like a minute. I put on another. It lasts two minutes so I put on another and it lasts two minutes as well. I use a washcloth to stop the bleeding mostly, and after about fifteen minutes I get a bandaid to finally stick and hold well. But I'm still bleeding kind of a lot and I don't know where my small chunk of fingertip went. I don't want to call my mom to ask how much fingertip is acceptable to have cut off but I wonder if I might have to go to the emergency room for stitches or something. in my lamb cosplay with a wooly tail and everything.

Problem for later. Soup is now. I put in the herbs and chicken stock and NO white wine into my crockpot because I forgot to buy it. I open the garlic and the container burps when I screw off the lid that my roommate didn't close properly last night and it smells a little different. I wonder if it's poisoned but then I look online and it's just a little fermented which apparently "unlocks the natural benefits" of garlic. As long as it tastes good I don't care. I take the chicken out of the freezer and change my bandage for what I think is the last time. I'm still bleeding a lot. Oh, wait. Fuck, i forgot to defrost the chicken last night. I take it out of the package in one big chunk and run it under water for a few minutes to defrost it just enough that I can remove the chicken diaper (you know, the absorbent pad with gel in the bottom of the package) without it sticking.

Spoiler alert: the chicken diaper tears as I'm trying to peel it off and it explodes its gelly substance all over the place. I pick off the white plastic coating that's frozen onto the chicken, which takes like 5-10 minutes, and run it under water again just to make sure there's no clear gel stuff stuck to it. I put it in the Agony Soup. I'm still a little worried that the gel touching my chicken somehow contaminated it or something, so I look up what it is and it's non-toxic so at least I have that going for me. I realize I probably shouldn't have touched raw chicken breasts with an open wound even if it's under a bandage. So I clean my hands REALLY well and go to disinfect the wound with hand sanitizer and prepare for the sting.

I'm pleasantly surprised that it doesn't sting, but five seconds after I realize that's NOT supposed to be a good thing, it hurts like hell. The One Who Waits is going to kick my ass for how I've been providing for my flock and I'm worried my soup is going to suck complete donkey dick.

It's been about 40 minutes at this point. The recipe as prepared on the stovetop takes 50 minutes, so I've actually saved no time because I have to make the orzo separately since the rest of the soup is going to be simmering all day. I have class in 20 minutes, I live a 25 minute walk away, and I still haven't had breakfast which I need to take with my medicine that I almost forgot to take. I don't want to bike because finger still goes ow. Instead of going to the emergency room I decide to pack 8 more bandaids and suck it up. I call a lyft, make a steaming hot bowl of oatmeal at my work desk, go to class in full costume, and eat my hot breakfast right in front of my professor. He is not at all fazed by any of what I'm doing.

You'd think this would've set me up for a terrible day but I had a BLAST and was not going to let that ruin my Halloween. At least the soup was good, and I remembered to bring my little recruitment pamphlets to the university to go with my costume! But, in retrospect, I probably should have just gone to the emergency room or at least student health services. I'm fine now, but there's a definite change of slope on the tip of my left pinky finger where it should be curved.

Did I tell y'all about the time I almost went to the emergency room in my lamb cosplay

[slowlycooking]

[aparticularbandit]

Finding Family: Part Five: Chapter Twenty-Eight

Summary: When America begins universe-hopping again to try and find her moms, she realizes that’s too much scope for her.  She looks for smaller scope, and instead she finds Wanda.

AO3

This time, Wendy doesn’t follow the sense of someone having a nightmare to Hook’s room; she follows the amazing smell of something cooking, something quite like the stews they had in Neverland, roasting the meat over a spit until it just fell from the bone, then stirring it into—

She’s nearly drooling by the time she makes it back to Hook’s room, and her knock is almost timid.

“Come on in,” Hook says from the other side of the door, followed by a lower murmur that sounds almost like, “You all do anyway.”  She turns her head as the door opens, smile slowly spreading across her lips.  “My little Wendybird,” she purrs.  “You came back.  Good girl.”

Wendy positively beams at the encouragement.  She knows better, and yet being told she’s a good girl makes her feel all warm and happy inside.  She shuts the door behind her easily enough and skips into the room, eyes roaming the kitchen for whatever smells so good.  “You’re cooking!”  It isn’t a question, although it should me, so much as it is a way to convey her excitement without being an incorrigible mooch…or at least without seeming like one.  She can be a mooch if she needs be, and she will ask for food if she must, but it’s better to just be excited and see what comes of it.

“Mutton stew,” Hook murmurs with a quirking twist to one edge of her lips.  “I told – Ash, was it? – that I could make enough for everyone if Wanda would let me fix that flock she has out there, but,” and here she sighs as though concerned, “she thought it was best to let the poor things alone.  How sad.”  Her gaze flicks out the window just long enough as though to focus on the flock itself and then returns to Wendy with that same twisted smile.  “There’s cinnamon pudding, too, just cooling. Perfect thing for two pirates like us.”

It’s impossible for Wendy to keep her stomach from rumbling, which doesn’t make any sense.  She’d had dinner.  It’d been a pretty good dinner, too, if a little too normal for her tastes.  Not even bland, just…normal.  Scarlet and Ash aren’t ever going to make mutton stew. The closest she’d get to that is if one of them decided to throw lamb chops in a crockpot and left it for a few hours, and that just isn’t the same as what Hook is making.  It’s all in the smell.  This is better in a way that her Neverland heart has been wanting for months and never quite been able to put her finger on.

She should be correcting Hook. Wanda’s not Wanda; she’s Scarlet. But somehow, that is of less concern to her right now.

Hook leans up against the kitchen counter.  She looks better than she did the last time Wendy saw her – not as hollow, not as carved out.  There’s a bit of color to her porcelain cheeks, and her eyes don’t seem quite as sunken in.  Her head tilts to one side curiously.  “Will you help me with something?”

Wendy’s eyes widen.  “Sure! Of course.  I mean, uh.”  She tries to regain her cool, but there’s no cool to be regained.  Still, her arms cross, and she tilts her head back.  The appearance of not caring when really, she does care.  Very, very much.  “What do you need?”

“My hair.”  Hook tries to run her fingers through her hair, but they snag almost immediately on one of its many, many tangles.  She presses her lips together and tries again in another spot, only to run into the same issue.  “I keep trying to brush it out, but it’s gotten so matted.  I don’t think I can do it on my own, and birds like yourself are so good at making nests, I thought maybe you could help me untangle it.”

“Oh, that’s easy!”  Wendy grins and leans forward slightly.  “It isn’t a poisoned comb you’re using, is it?” she asks, head cocking to one side.

Hook sits on her bed.  “Not at all.” She stretches her long legs across the mattress and then pats a spot next to her.

It takes a second before Wendy moves.  Hook’s dressed differently than she was last time; her indigo sweater has been exchanged for an oversized pastel lavender t-shirt that looks even bigger on her than it should, given just how thin she is, and her pants are....  Well, she isn’t wearing pants, which hadn’t been that much of a problem until she’d stretched her bare legs out across the top of the bed, one of them bent up just enough that the oversized shirt is almost – almost – not oversized enough.  Wendy can’t help the way her eyes follow Hook’s exposed skin, and she bites her lower lip, head tilting to one side.

“Enjoying the view?”

Wendy’s gaze returns to Hook’s face, only to notice that one of her brows is raised, and that quirky twisted smirk still lingers on her lips.  “Mmm,” she hums, nodding once.  “You’re really hot.” Her eyes meet Hook’s brilliant blue ones, and she smiles easy.  “But you already know that, don’t you?”

Hook concedes a nod and holds her hands out in a half-bow of a gesture.  “I don’t dress for any of you.”

“I hope not.”  Wendy crosses the room.  “Ash has John and Michael, Scarlet’s a bit preoccupied, and I’ve got Starlight.  Your seductive charms are no good here, villain.”

“You can’t blame a girl for trying,” Hook murmurs.  She scavenges in her bedside table as Wendy clambers onto the bed next to her and pulls out an ornate silver brush studded with small jewels on its back.  As she holds it aloft, Hook rolls her eyes.  “Wanda must think so little of me, giving me this.”

“Scarlet,” Wendy takes the time to correct her this time.  “She uses Scarlet now.  So that we don’t get confused.”

Hook just smiles.  “If I use your name, my dear Wendybird, and Ash’s name, then you know who I mean when I say Wanda.  Then no one is confused.”  Her eyes sparkle with brilliant mischief as she hands the brush over.  Then she glances around the bed, pretending as though she’s lost.  “Do you need me to move?  I just sat against the headboard without even thinking.  That’s no way to brush out hair, is it?”

Her cadence is off.  Wendy hears that Hook’s cadence is off, notes that there’s something ringing false and higher pitched in it, like she’s someone’s old housewife in one of those sitcoms she used to love.  It’s unnatural.  Forced.  “Are you okay?” she asks immediately.  “You sound weird.”

“I’m fine, dear.”  Hook lets out a sigh.  “I suppose I just spent so long playing at being Agnes that I can’t really be rid of her.”  A corner of her lips quirks back up.  “Father Darling, if you will.”

Wendy gives a solemn nod.  “It’s easy to get the roles confused.”  She situates herself against the lavish cherrywood headboard, spreads her legs out on either side, and then pats the space on the mattress between them.  “If you’ll just sit here.”  She glances up just long enough to meet Hook’s eyes. “And no funny stuff.  It’ll just be easier to get your hair this way.”

“Of course, of course.”  Hook gives her own solemn nod, although it feels intentionally feigned without feeling like a mockery.  She slowly moves to the space between Wendy’s legs and sits as she had before, then shifts, hunching over instead of leaning back against Wendy.  “Is that better?”

Wendy nods, although she knows Hook can’t see it.  “Much.”  She holds the hairbrush against her chin, considering where to start first, examining Hook’s tangled, matted hair like a knotted ball of yarn.  “This may hurt.”

“May?” Hook echoes.  “Don’t be so garish, dear.  It will hurt.  I know that.”  She takes a deep breath in and lets it out with a sigh, and Wendy imagines her eyes closing in silent preparation for what’s about to happen.  Then she flinches and presses a hand to her back. “Can I lean back, or would that get in your way?”

Wendy considers this for a moment.  “Would leaning to the side help?  We could turn?”

Hook presses her hand harder against her back as she glances to the headboard.  It’s only with her face turned that Wendy can see the grimace, the lines of pain etched into her face.  “Yes,” she hisses.  As Wendy shifts, Hook rearranges the pillows and leans heavily against them, moving her hair off of her shoulder, making sure that it isn’t pressed too terribly against the pillows, and tucking her legs underneath her.  “Can you still—?”

“Of course.”  Wendy moves her right leg between them, sole of her foot propped against her outstretched left leg.  She takes the hairbrush in one hand and slowly begins to brush through the tangles in Hook’s hair, starting with the edges and carefully working her way up.  Every now and again, when she pulls a little too hard, Hook flinches or lets out a soft hiss through her teeth.  Other than that, though, there’s silence.  Eventually, though, Wendy says, voice gentle, “Pixie didn’t have back problems.”

“I’m not Pixie.”

“I know.  You’re Hook.” Wendy separates out a part of Hook’s hair as much as she can, bites on her lower lip, and then continues, “Would she have?  Eventually?”

Hook snorts.  “Not like this.”  Her head starts to lower, but that pulls on her hair, and she flinches again.

“Sorry.”

“Don’t you worry about it.”

There’s silence again, broken only by the occasional bubbling of the mutton stew.  The scent doesn’t grow as Wendy works, but she can feel her stomach rumble every so often.  It’s easier to focus on what she’s doing, on trying to be as gentle as possible as she slowly, slowly brushes out the nests in Hook’s hair.

This time, Hook breaks the silence.  “Did Wanda tell you I was here?”

“Scarlet,” Wendy gently corrects again.

There’s a moment of hesitation before Hook repeats in a tone tight enough to suggest that her teeth are gritted, “Did Scarlet tell you I was here?”

“See?  That wasn’t so hard.”  Wendy maintains her gentle tone, although it has less to do with appeasing the woman seated in front of her and more to do with what she’s doing.  It’s the tone of a mother gently correcting the child in front of them, suggesting through gentle discussion that perhaps it would be best if they cease the behavior that leads to – well, to tangled hair.  Only they aren’t speaking of her hair.  “No,” she says finally.  “No one told me.  I just knew. You had a nightmare, and I knew.”

Hook starts to nod and then stops herself as soon as she feels the tug at the base of her scalp.  “Nightmares, huh?  Is that everyone, or is that just me?”  She turns her head just the smallest bit so that Wendy can see her wolfish grin, so that she can see her wink.

Wendy giggles, smile bright, and presses a hand gentle on Hook’s back.  That stops the giggling all at once; Hook’s oversized shirt is too thin, and she feels the unnatural rippling across her skin.  She flinches away all at once.  “Sorry. I didn’t mean to—”  She cuts herself off.  “That didn’t hurt, did it?”

“Oh, no.  A little thing like that?  I’m fine!”  Hook says that, but her head is still slightly turned, and Wendy can see the way she tugs her lower lip between her teeth to hold back a hiss of pain.

That’s okay, though.  She won’t pry.

Wendy hesitates, then asks, “Does it matter?  If Scarlet told me, I mean.”  She runs her fingers through a separated lock of Hook’s hair, checking for any tangles remaining, and finding a very small one that the brush won’t help with, begins to try and brush it out with her thumbnail.

“No.  No, of course not.”  Hook glances down towards her lap and in the slightest shifting turns her face away again.  It doesn’t matter; what little of her face Wendy can see is unreadable.  She fidgets with the sheets, flattening out the wrinkles of them with one hand.  Then, with an almost bitter tone to her voice, she asks, “Has she ever mentioned someone named Agnes?”

The name sounds familiar, although Wendy doesn’t admit it at first.  There are a lot of places she could have heard the name – at the orphanage, for instance, or from one of her Lost Ones, before she’d renamed them.  She thinks back to the story that Scarlet told her, the one she had restructured and, in turn, told to Ash’s boys shortly after Starlight left.  “Yes,” she says finally, eyes lighting up with recognition.  “The witch from Westview!  Scarlet said she beat her.”  She glances around Hook’s shoulder so that she can see her face.  “Why?”

Hook’s jaw is clenched tight, lips pursed together.  “No reason,” she lies.

Without thinking, Wendy reaches out to try and feel Hook’s surface thoughts, but she feels nothing.  Her eyes search out the runes carved into the crown molding, and she scowls up at them. Then she takes a deep breath. “Was she important to you?  Agnes?”

“No,” Hook lies again, although this time, there’s less bitterness in her tone and something more…confusing.  Not quite sadness, but not something she can put her finger on. Regret, maybe.

Wendy shrugs.  “You don’t have to tell me.  I don’t mind.”

“There’s nothing to tell,” Hook starts to lie again with that brisk, higher pitch to her tone, “except that Agnes wasn’t the witch.”  There’s a moment of silence full of heavy things unsaid before she says, voice softer, “Agnes deserved better.”

It takes a moment before Wendy asks, voice gentle but otherwise unchanged, as she remembers just what Hook said about Father Darling earlier, “Are you the witch from Westview?  Is that why she has you locked up in here?  Is that why they have the runes?”

“You’re the one who named me Hook, sister,” Hook replies through gritted teeth.  “You tell me.”

Wendy doesn’t say anything at first.  She just continues to brush the tangles from Hook’s hair.  Most of it is so matted that she has to take time with chunks at a time, and when a chunk is done, it’s all frizzy and frayed.  She pauses for a moment and holds the ends in her hand, rubbing them with her fingertips.  “We have some of those super sharp hair scissors.  Would it be alright if I—”

“No,” Hook interrupts, firm and angry.  She whips her head around, winces, and glares daggers from blue eyes that are suddenly ice cold.  “If you don’t want to brush it out, we’re not—”

“That’s not what I meant!”  Wendy holds up her hands between them in a defensive gesture.  “I was just—  Your edges are frayed and split, and that’s not good for your hair, so I just, when the tangles are all out, I just thought....”  Her face flushes, and she lowers her gaze and her hands all at once.  “You’d need to, um, wash it first, because it’s really oily and everything, or I could wash it, maybe, if you trusted me enough for that, but I wasn’t…I would never.”  She glances up again, meeting Hook’s eyes, and finds that they are still hard and cold.  “You don’t have to believe me, but I would never.”  Instinctively, she reaches around and grabs locks of her own hair, brushing her fingers through it.  “When the orphanage took us, Pan and I, we’d been on the streets for so long, and they…with my….”  She can’t even finish the words, gaze dropping again.  “I would never,” she repeats again, voice softer but no less insistent.

Again, nothing, and in that space, Wendy is afraid, although she couldn’t say what of.

Then Hook reaches out, slender forefinger brushing along Wendy’s cheek as though to wipe away tears that aren’t there, then finally, gently, ever so gently, cupping her face, thumb sweeping along her skin.  “You really are a good girl, aren’t you?”

Wendy’s breath catches in the back of her throat.

Hook leans down and presses a soft kiss to Wendy’s forehead.  “I don’t deserve your kindness.”

“No,” Wendy says, hesitantly, “but Agnes does.”  She glances up, meeting Hook’s eyes just in time to see the pain flinching across the woman’s face.  Her lips curve in an easy smile.  “Right?”

“I’m not Agnes.”

“Of course, you aren’t,” Wendy replies, head tilting gently to one side.  “You’re Hook.”

Hook stares at her.  For a moment, it feels more like she’s examining her, eyes probing into her, looking for any weakness, any flaw in what Wendy is saying.  Then she seems to relax, lips twisting.  “Alright,” she says, voice only just higher than a purr. “I’ll be your Hook, then.”

 It’s later – although still early in the morning, when it is still dark outside, stars just poking through a haze of clouds – while Wendy works her fingers through Hook’s dark hair, slowly massaging her scalp, hoping the water in the plastic basin is warm but not too overly hot, that Hook murmurs, voice so relaxed as to be the purr it naturally should be, “You don’t know runes either, do you?”  She doesn’t lift her hand to point, doesn’t even open her eyes.  “That’s a basic protection spell, and you didn’t recognize it.”

“I know some runes,” Wendy says, fingers still working their magic that isn’t really magic as she washes Hook’s hair, “but Scarlet isn’t a very good teacher.  Ash tries, but it’s not the same.  Scarlet says it’s all about intuition; Ash tries to focus on her book learning, but she doesn’t have any of the books.”

Hook hums, and it’s a mixed sound of pleasure and sympathy.  “That’s rough.”

Wendy nods.  “I just want to fly.  Scarlet and Ash – and the others of us, in my dreams – so many of us can fly, but I…I can’t.” She pauses, half-cradling Hook’s head in her lap.  “Someday, maybe.  That’s what Scarlet says.  But I’m…honestly getting tired of waiting for someday.”

“I could teach you,” Hook murmurs.  “It isn’t hard.”

For the second time, Wendy’s breath catches in the back of her throat, although this time, it’s for an entirely different reason.  “Could you?” she asks, nearly breathless.  “Could you really?”

Hook opens her eyes, looks straight up, and meets Wendy’s eyes.  “Course. Can’t be my little Wendybird if you can’t fly, can you?”  She closes her eyes again, settling.  “Besides, you aren’t the first witch I’ve trained.  You’ll be the next Scarlet Witch in no time.”

[surveys4ever]

35.

Have you ever been to Australia? I have not! The heat and the bugs are a large deterrent, haha.

Who was the last person you know to have a birthday? My mom’s was at the beginning of this month and then a friend from high school had a birthday last week.

Are you wearing a necklace? If so, describe it. I’m not but I was, it’s a gold chain with a simple little (fake) diamond in the middle.

Do you know anyone who is left-handed? My little sister is.

Ever wear out a CD? What was it? Metaphorically, sure, but not actually. I listened to Metamorphosis by Hilary Duff a shameful amount of times as a kid.

What’s your favorite card game? Skip Boooo. I am a beast at Skip Bo.

What’s your favorite fast food meal? It really depends on my mood.

Where is the best restaurant you’ve ever eaten in at? I just love Longhorn. Their parmesan crusted chicken and firecracker wraps are legitttt.

Lamb chops or pork chops? Neither. I remember my mom cooking pork chops as a kid and she would just toss them into a crockpot with baby carrots and potatoes and a can of mushroom soup....the woman doesn’t use salt. That was always my LEAST favorite meal.

If you HAD to pick ONE song to listen to for the rest of your life, and that would be the only song you ever heard, what would it be? I’d rather never listen to music again than pick only one song to listen to forever. 

Ever heard of Shinedown? I have not.

What size is your bed? Queen!

What is the first meal you remember eating? I don’t know if I remember that. Maybe a happy meal? My mom didn’t cook back then lol.

What was the first movie you ever saw? Something to do with Barney I’m sure.

What percentile of your class were you in? I don’t know the exact percent but I was always on the high honor roll.

Can you name every place you’ve ever had sex? Well. Obviously my husband’s bedroom, a travel trailer on the couch and the bed, several hotels, all over our first, second, third, and current house, the stairwell of our building, the back of our car, the fitting rooms in Kmart and JCPenney, andddd...I think that’s it?

What forms of birth control have you used? Condoms and then vasectomy.

Do you use sponges or dishcloths when doing the dishes? A sponge. It works so much better than a cloth.

What’s your favorite song on the top twenty right now? I honestly couldn’t tell you what’s on the top twenty rn.

Ever punched a wall? No, I’m not a teenage boy.

What was the last bug you killed and what did you use? A mosquito, my hand.

Ever get pulled over by the cops and get away without a ticket?  I’ve been pulled over a handful of times but only gotten a ticket once.

What was your first legal alcoholic drink? I don’t totally remember...I know it was at Longhorn and it was very sweet and it was funny because I wouldn’t share with my husband because I’m 3 months older than him and he technically wasn’t allowed to have alcohol yet hehehe.

What’s the most expensive things your parents ever bought you? A laptop for Christmas one year.

What’s the most expensive thing you’ve bought? Our car or my MacBook.

What is your favorite cover song? I love Sleeping With Siren’s version of Iris and Miley Cyrus’ version of Heart of Glass.

Did you ever drop out of school? Nope.

Ever raise a child that wasn’t your own for more than 3 months? Babysitting them every day, yeah.

Strangest medical procedure ever performed on you? I don’t think I’ve ever had any weird medical procedures lol.

Does the place you work have music playing? What sort? I play whatever I want haha.

Do you use Windows, Mac, Linux, or something else entirely? Mac!

Do you cut tags out of clothing so they don’t itch and bother you? If it’s bothering me, yes!

How many times a year do you go on vacation? Usually twice a year.

What is your favorite time period in history to learn about? I don’t know if I have a favorite!

What’s the saddest report you have ever seen on the news? I don’t watch the news for exactly that reason.

In your honest opinion, what is the scariest sea creature you know? Omg that massive fucking squid that just hangs there and stretches out its massive arms and has super long feelers that hang to the ocean floor? That thing is T E R R I F Y I N G.

What superpower do you think would be the most handy in times of trouble? Shape shifting.

Do you believe there is just one love for everyone, or…? Noooo. The world is far too vast for there to only be one outcome.

Why are you best friends with your best friend? Because he’s got a nice penis. Hahaha jk. But he does.

Do you world peace is truly a possibility in the future?  Oh no way. Humanity has always and will always be at war with one another.

Pretend you are a really good cook, what meal would you make? I am a good cook actually but I always manage to blow people’s socks off with my mac & cheese.

What do you think of when you look at the stars? It’s just wild that we’re so small and that there are whole other worlds out there that we haven’t even begun to dream about touching.

If a turtle doesn’t have a shell, is he homeless or naked? Theyyyy would be dead. Their shell is part of their body, not their house. 

What’s one thing you feel you must do in your life before it ends? Learn to be happy.

What Disney princess are you most like? Does mEGARA COUNT?

What do you think is the most important thing in this life is? Finding a way to be happy despite all the awful in the world.

Do you use any acne medication? When I get pimples, I use these star acne patches that are very cute and very effective.

Have you ever tried to learn another language? How did it go? Spanish and French. I still only speak English so uh...you can guess how well that went.

Do you still have a landline phone in your home? Newp.

Throughout a typical week, which places are you likely to go? Thrift stores, a grocery store or two, maybe some garage sales, a craft store if we’re feelin’ it. We’re not very exciting haha.

How often do you use your webcam, if you even have one that is? Raaaarely. I prefer to facetime on my phone.

Do you have a lock number or pattern for your phone? A passcode but I usually use Face ID.

What was the last thing you bought from a liquor store? We were going to buy some beer and cider but we got there 6 minutes after it closed lol.

Is there any cereal in your house? What kind? My husband just bought honeycombs!

What's the most number of people you've ever lived with? 5. My parents and 3 siblings.

Do you celebrate St. Patrick's Day? I might wear green if I’m feeling super festive but that’s literally it.

Do you have any pets? How long have you had them? Yup! We’ve had her since she was 4 months old and she’s 7 1/2 now.

What's your favourite kind of cheese? Gruyere.

Have you danced in the rain? When I was really young, yeah!

Who is your favorite person to text? Tbh I don’t love texting but if anyone, my husband. I much prefer to talk to him in person tho.

What’s your favorite brand of jeans? Torrid.

Do you enjoy Mario games? Overall, yeah! There are a few turds in the bunch tho.

What’s your favorite online game? Among Us I guess? I haven’t played it in a long time but it’s the only game I really play online ever.

Have you ever been hit with a ball in gym class? Every fuckin sport. My head is a ball magnet...and I do mean that in both ways.

Who was last to cook for you? A cook at a restaurant lol.

Would you ever wish to explore a cave? Ummm..if it was safe and guided I guess?

You see the person you fell hardest for. What do you do? ...Hug him? He’s my husband, so.

Have you ever ridden in a car with someone who was high? Nope.

Did you ever date the last person you kissed? I married him!

Have you ever held a snake? I have! They’re very smooth.

How often do you have friends over to your house? All my local friends have moved away sadly. But I met a new friend last week and we’ve hung out a few times already and she’s coming over for dinner tomorrow night.

Have you ever had a boss who acted unprofessionally? Ugh yes.

Who was the last person who cried around you? Why did they start crying? Was it unexpected? I honestly can’t remember. Beebs physically can’t cry because #trauma and I don’t really feel like I spend enough time with other people to see them cry haha. Maybe my sister?

Do you have any exercises you do everyday? Nope.

Are you more of a dog or cat person? Absolutely dog!

Have you ever had a dream of stabbing someone? I have, actually.

Would you ever have a bird as a pet? Noooo thank you.

Have you ever had to speak at a funeral? Nope. I don’t think I’d be good at it.

Do you know someone who’s been cremated? My grandparents’ dog lol.

What is your favorite animated movie? I can’t think of one at the moment!

Did your grandparents teach you anything? My grandpa taught me a lot about how to hold your tongue until you have something meaningful to say as opposed to just talking to hear yourself speak and to be kind and gentle. My grandma taught me how to be tenacious, funny, thoughtful, a great gift giver, and a top notch thrifter.

Do you want/have a Bachelor's degree? Nope.

Are you into superheroes? Who's your favourite? Not really tbh. Deadpool is pretty cool tho.

Have you ever played Cards Against Humanity? Did you like it? I haven’t, actually!

Have you ever played a drinking game? Which ones? I’m not a big drinker!

Did you ever play Neopets when you were younger? I did!

Have you ever been to Mexico? Nope!

Have your parents ever worked in medicine? My dad currently does. He shouldn’t tho, considering he’s a covid denier who’s refusing to get the vaccine, openly criticizes people who take medication for mental illness, and is a very unsympathetic hypochondriac. He’s literally the LAST person I would ever want working on me if I was in the hospital.

Is there anything unusual about your house?  I don’t think so! It’s pretty regular.

How many serious relationships have you been in? One.

Do you listen to Rise Against? I think I listened to a couple when I was in high school but I couldn’t tell you what they were haha.

When was the last time you congratulated someone? My sister graduated this weekend!

Have you ever taken care of a newborn baby? I have! It’s honestly pretty chill. They only cry when they need something and they only need like 3 things.

How old were you when you got your ears pierced? I first got them pierced when I was 8 and then they got infected and I had to take them out, got them repierced when I was 10, and then got my second holes when I was 12.

Do you snore when you sleep? Haha my husband tells me I do sometimes.

What was the last type of burger you ate? A veggie burger!

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Student Cooking: Easy Slow Cooker Recipes

Ah... winter! I love love love looking up crockpot recipes at this time of the year. These recipes are fuss-free, simple, cheap and you can stock up for days! (And a lot healthier than getting a Chinese takeaway....!!!)

Read on to find some recipes for my favourite crockpot food!

1. Chickpea Quinoa Stew

This is a stupidly easy but tasty stew. You can add any veggies you have on hand (I usually throw in ones about to expire). I eyeball the measurements so don’t feel you have to follow this to a T!

Ingredients

4 cups water, 1 can diced tomatoes 1 can chickpeas 1/2 cup red lentils 1/2 cup quinoa (rinse it first!) 1 cup chopped turnip (peeled or unpeeled - up to you!) 1 cup chopped sweet potato 1/2 cup chopped celery (leave out if allergic) 1 stock cube (any type, chicken, lamb, vegan, etc) 1 tsp turmeric, 2 tsp masala, salt.

Instructions

Chop veggies, chuck everything into the crockpot, pour in the water, and turn on low. Cook 6-9 hours (i’ve done 10 before). Taste, and add salt if you want (not usually necessary for me).

This is a great recipe because you can turn on the cooker in the morning and come back to it at night! YUM!

2. Slow Cooker Lasagna

You will need....

1 pound lean ground beef

1 onion, chopped

2 teaspoons minced garlic

1 (29 ounce) can tomato sauce

1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste

1 1/2 teaspoons salt

1 teaspoon dried oregano

1 (12 ounce) package lasagna noodles (cheap from Tesco!)

12 ounces cottage cheese

1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese

16 ounces shredded mozzarella cheese

Instructions Brown beef in a pan, along with onion and garlic. Add tomato sauce, paste, salt and oregano. Stir until well-incorporated. Cook until heated. Mix together all the three cheeses in a bowl. Spoon one thick-ish layer of meat mixture onto the bottom of the slow cooker, add lasagna noodles. Top noodles with the cheese mixture. Repeat the layering until everything is used up. Cook with the slow cooker on at LOW setting, 5 or 6 hours should do it!

3. BBQ Pork.

This is a simple recipe - so simple, it’s only going to take a paragraph. You’ll need a 6 lb. pork loin. Cut it in half, place in crock pot. Pour 2 bottles of BBQ sauce (I like Heinz). Turn the slow cooker on, cook for at least 6 hours (1 hour per pound) or 7 if you have the time. You can tell it's ready when the meat is tender, falling apart, and saturated by the sauce. When done, take a fork and pull it apart. Make a sandwich, adding whatever veggies you desire. Easy and yummmms!

4. Mongolian Beef - an absolute favourite in my flat!

INGREDIENTS

1.5 pounds Steak (any kind will do - i usually use rump)

1/4 cup cornstarch

2 tablespoons Olive Oil

1/2 teaspoons minced garlic - I usually add more though, I like garlic!

3/4 cups Soy Sauce

3/4 cups Water

3/4 cups Brown Sugar

1 cup grated Carrots

INSTRUCTIONS

Cut steak into thin strips. In a ziplock bag add flank steak pieces and cornstarch. Shake to coat.

Add olive oil, minced garlic, soy sauce, water, brown sugar and carrots to slow cooker. Stir ingredients. Add coated flank steak and stir again until coated in the sauce.

Cook for high 2-3 hours or on low 4-5 hours until cooked throughout and tender. EAT!

5. 2-Ingredient Smores Cake for dessert!

This is an amazingly easy cake that will make you want to cry. No lie!

What you’ll need:

1 box of Chocolate Cake Mix (any kind - I typically get Betty Crocker) 1 container of Marshmallow Fluff Self Control!

Directions:

In a bowl mix up the cake mix according to the box directions. Pour the batter into the Slow Cooker and turn it on “Low”..judge your size of Slow Cooker and if it’s a large one…add a bit more liquid to your batter, just so it has enough moisture to cook without getting dry!  If it’s a little too dry, simply add a few drops of Milk or water as you fluff up the Cake. Cook it on low for approx.  6-8 hours, but use your judgement depending on the size of your slow cooker.

When you’re reaedy to serve, swirl in the Marshmallow Fluff, gently breaking up the moist Cake as you add the Fluff. That’s it. ENJOY!

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CrockPot Thai Curry Recipe

(originally posted July 9, 2008) see entire listing of recipes, in order, here.) Day 191.

Okay. So remember when I WAS ON THE RACHAEL RAY SHOW LAST WEEK?!?!?!?!

When I filmed the segment, Rachael gave me two curry recipes. She had heard through the producers about my sad attempt at making a coconut curry recipe, so gave me two recipes that her kitchen staff perfected for the Crock-Pot--one Thai, and one Indian. I finally (it was so hard to wait!) made the Thai version yesterday. I'm going to make the Indian version today, and will post that recipe tomorrow.

The Ingredients.

1 (13.5-ounce) can coconut milk 1 tablespoon brown sugar 1 tablespoon soy sauce (La Choy is gluten free, and so is Tamari wheat-free) 1 tablespoon Thai red or green chili paste, or more to taste (I used red, and went with 1.5 T) 1 teaspoon fish sauce (optional. I put it in because I was thrilled to have another use for fish sauce!) 1 yellow onion, chopped 2-3 cloves garlic, chopped 1 red bell pepper, seeded and chopped 1 green bell pepper, seeded and chopped 1/2 large eggplant, peeled and chopped 1 sweet potato, peeled and chopped chicken thighs (I used 5 frozen boneless, skinless)

And! 1-inch knob of ginger, peeled and grated. I bought this. I totally forgot to use it. It's probably for the best, since we aren't huge ginger people.

The Directions.

Combine the sauce ingredients: coconut milk, soy sauce, brown sugar, chili paste, and fish sauce in the bottom of your crockpot stoneware.  Taste. If you think you need more chili paste, add some, carefully. It's hot stuff!

Add the chicken pieces to the sauce, flipping them over a few times so they get nice and saucy.

Wash and cut the vegetables, and add to the crock. (PS. There's a lot of peeling and chopping here. I highly recommend you doing this the night before so you aren't standing in the kitchen swearing in your bathrobe at 6am. Trust me on this one.)

Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours, or on high for 4-6. This is done when the chicken is fully cooked and the vegetables have reached desired tenderness.

I cooked ours on high for 5 hours. The vegetables were soft, but not squishy, and the chicken was cooked, but still had shape.

Serve over white rice.

The Verdict.

This is good, very good!  Rachael and her staff know what they are doing!  The prep time was more than I'm used to, and although it looks like a bunch of ingredients, it came together easily.  If you are assembling the night before, put the chicken in the sauce to marinate, but keep the vegetables separate until the morning when you plug in the crock.

This dish is full of flavor that is so on-the-money.  It was not too spicy, and the kids ate a good amount--mostly the chicken.  And one of them dipped it in bbq sauce, but whatever.

I'm excited to try out the Indian, and do a side-by-side comparison! Indian Curry Indian Chicken Vegetarian Curry Thai Coconut Soup Lamb Vindaloo Tomato Curried Potatoes Indian Spinach with Potatoes

Source: https://www.ayearofslowcooking.com/2008/07/crockpot-thai-curry-recipe.html

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CrockPot Thai Curry Recipe

(originally posted July 9, 2008) see entire listing of recipes, in order, here.) Day 191.

Okay. So remember when I WAS ON THE RACHAEL RAY SHOW LAST WEEK?!?!?!?!

When I filmed the segment, Rachael gave me two curry recipes. She had heard through the producers about my sad attempt at making a coconut curry recipe, so gave me two recipes that her kitchen staff perfected for the Crock-Pot--one Thai, and one Indian. I finally (it was so hard to wait!) made the Thai version yesterday. I'm going to make the Indian version today, and will post that recipe tomorrow.

The Ingredients.

1 (13.5-ounce) can coconut milk 1 tablespoon brown sugar 1 tablespoon soy sauce (La Choy is gluten free, and so is Tamari wheat-free) 1 tablespoon Thai red or green chili paste, or more to taste (I used red, and went with 1.5 T) 1 teaspoon fish sauce (optional. I put it in because I was thrilled to have another use for fish sauce!) 1 yellow onion, chopped 2-3 cloves garlic, chopped 1 red bell pepper, seeded and chopped 1 green bell pepper, seeded and chopped 1/2 large eggplant, peeled and chopped 1 sweet potato, peeled and chopped chicken thighs (I used 5 frozen boneless, skinless)

And! 1-inch knob of ginger, peeled and grated. I bought this. I totally forgot to use it. It's probably for the best, since we aren't huge ginger people.

The Directions.

Combine the sauce ingredients: coconut milk, soy sauce, brown sugar, chili paste, and fish sauce in the bottom of your crockpot stoneware.  Taste. If you think you need more chili paste, add some, carefully. It's hot stuff!

Add the chicken pieces to the sauce, flipping them over a few times so they get nice and saucy.

Wash and cut the vegetables, and add to the crock. (PS. There's a lot of peeling and chopping here. I highly recommend you doing this the night before so you aren't standing in the kitchen swearing in your bathrobe at 6am. Trust me on this one.)

Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours, or on high for 4-6. This is done when the chicken is fully cooked and the vegetables have reached desired tenderness.

I cooked ours on high for 5 hours. The vegetables were soft, but not squishy, and the chicken was cooked, but still had shape.

Serve over white rice.

The Verdict.

This is good, very good!  Rachael and her staff know what they are doing!  The prep time was more than I'm used to, and although it looks like a bunch of ingredients, it came together easily.  If you are assembling the night before, put the chicken in the sauce to marinate, but keep the vegetables separate until the morning when you plug in the crock.

This dish is full of flavor that is so on-the-money.  It was not too spicy, and the kids ate a good amount--mostly the chicken.  And one of them dipped it in bbq sauce, but whatever.

I'm excited to try out the Indian, and do a side-by-side comparison! Indian Curry Indian Chicken Vegetarian Curry Thai Coconut Soup Lamb Vindaloo Tomato Curried Potatoes Indian Spinach with Potatoes

Source: https://www.ayearofslowcooking.com/2008/07/crockpot-thai-curry-recipe.html

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Meet The Manufacturer: #2410: Mama Pat's Lamb Stew Flavor Instant Ramen Noodles - United States

Finished (click to enlarge). Added a lamb chop I cooked with a sous vide immersion cooker with crushed garlic, rosemary, thyme, salt and pepper at 140 degrees for 2 hours, thin carrot, sweet onion and black pepper. The noodles yet again hydrated very well. Indeed, the quantity is great and they have a soft tooth. The broth was a slightly peppery, savory one. Reminded me of the flavor of a something that stewed in a crockpot, yet with a light thin texture. 3.75 out of 5.0 stars. UPC bar code 728028430943.

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Lamb curry stew. This lamb curry is made by slow cooking lamb shanks and chunks of lamb shoulder in a flavorful curry base This curry will keep in the fridge for at least five days, and like many stews, the flavors. This is a video tutorial on how to make curry lamb stew. Boneless lamb shoulder works best for lamb curry or chopped lamb stew meat.

A perfect stew, bringing together flavors of curry and coconut with lamb so tender it falls right off of the bone. Slow Cooker Lamb Stew with Herb DumplingsJenniferNorbury. CURRY POWDER: Grind all spices in a mortar and pestle or in a spice grinder.

Hello everybody, hope you're having an amazing day today. Today, we're going to prepare a special dish, lamb curry stew. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

This lamb curry is made by slow cooking lamb shanks and chunks of lamb shoulder in a flavorful curry base This curry will keep in the fridge for at least five days, and like many stews, the flavors. This is a video tutorial on how to make curry lamb stew. Boneless lamb shoulder works best for lamb curry or chopped lamb stew meat.

Lamb curry stew is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It's enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. Lamb curry stew is something that I've loved my entire life. They are fine and they look fantastic.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook lamb curry stew using 16 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Lamb curry stew:

{Prepare 1 of onion chopped.

{Get 1 of tomato grated.

{Get 1 tsp of ginger paste.

{Prepare 1 tsp of garlic paste.

{Prepare 2 tbs of Canola oil.

{Get 1 tsp of vinegar.

{Get 1 tsp of mixed herbs.

{Prepare 1 tsp of coriander.

{Get of Few leaves of curry.

{Get 1 tsp of cumin.

{Make ready 1 tsp of rajah.

{Make ready 1 tsp of lamb spice.

{Get 1 of lamb stock.

{Take 600 g of lamb chops or lamb stew.

{Get 2 tbs of all purpose flour.

{Take 125 ml of water.

This Lamb Curry Stew Recipe is my new spring fling. Right now, we are creating lots of hearty one-dish Sweet and savory all at once, this Clean Lamb Curry Stew is loaded with extra vegetables. If you enjoyed this Crockpot Lamb Curry Stew recipe, then try our Lamb Ragu recipe next time. Looking for even more delicious Paleo crock pot and slow cooker recipes?

Steps to make Lamb curry stew:

Pour oil in a pot and brown the meat that have been seasoned with flour for few minutes.

Stir the meat until it's all browned, then pour a dash of water and cover the pot..

Let it cook then after a while pour your lamb stock stir and after some time the season your meat with, cumin, rajah, lamb spice, coriander, curry leaves, mixed herbs and teaspoon of vinegar..

Stir again the as it's starting to fry then pour that chopped onion, garlic, and ginger then stir and add the tomatoes..

Lower your heat now cause the lamb it's changing it's starting to thicken then you can simmer meat..

This lamb chop curry will be serves with rice and broccoli and carrots as side dishes..

Anjum Anand's recipe for this Indian lamb curry is slowly stewed for melt-in-the-mouth meat and a. Lamb is marinated in yogurt and garlic overnight, then slowly stewed with curry spices, almonds and currants. Add vegetable broth, tomatoes with juice, lentils, carrots, and zucchini; bring to a boil. Follow these simple instructions to make a delicious and healthy lamb and sweet potato-curry stew for an easy and cozy dinner. All Reviews for Lamb and Sweet Potato-Curry Stew.

So that is going to wrap it up for this exceptional food lamb curry stew recipe. Thank you very much for your time. I am confident that you will make this at home. There's gonna be more interesting food in home recipes coming up. Remember to bookmark this page on your browser, and share it to your loved ones, colleague and friends. Thank you for reading. Go on get cooking!