y’all these are AMAZING and were such a hit at my house this weekend and in fact I had to make them twice.
You’ll need to be sure to get the cinnamon rolls that roll up- not the cheap Pillsbury ones that are solid biscuits.
Slow Cooker BBQ Chicken
When a friend shared this BBQ chicken recipe with me I thought NO way….but when I tried it… it was AMAZING. This is the best Slow Cooker BBQ Chicken I’ve ever had!
Slow Cooker BBQ Chicken
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Serves: 6
Ingredients
- 4 boneless chicken breasts
- 1 bottle BBQ Sauce
- ½ cup Italian Dressing
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- 2 tbsp Worcestershire Sauce
- 1 tsp Paprika
- 1 tsp Garlic powder
- Salt & Pepper to taste
Instructions
- Place chicken in slow cooker crock.
- Whisk together all the other ingredients
- Pour mixture over chicken.
- Slow cook on high for 4-6 hours.
- Remove chicken from sauce, shred and return to crock.
- Serve on rolls.
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Easy Chicken Tostadas {Using my Instant Pot}
These are a HUGE hit in my house. Tostadas can look hard to make but really they are like layered up tacos on top of a flat crispy taco shell. I love that you can add anything you want- my recipe below is just a starting point.
You can swap the chicken for ground beef or even leftover pulled pork. You can add grilled veggies, onions or peppers or swap the queso fresco for shredded cheddar cheese.
The Instant Pot makes the chicken so easy. The most time consuming part is shredding the cooked chicken!
Air Fryer Baked Potatoes
We wanted baked potatoes but it was too hot to run the oven (and it takes too long) and the Instant Pot was busy….so I pulled out my trusty Air Fryer and viola – perfect baked potatoes with CRISPY skin in under 45 minutes. Air Fryer Baked Potatoes are my go-to now.
The air fryer is AMAZING to getting crispy foods without actually frying. And if you love bacon on your potato like I do…you can cook it in the air fryer too! See how to cook bacon in the air fryer here.
Here is how to make perfect baked potatoes in the air fryer.
Baked Funfetti Donuts
I am all about a little fun right now. The little things bring such happiness and honestly rainbow sprinkles are the essence of happiness!
These silicon baking pans should make it so easy!
p.s. over a pound of sprinkles? Yes please!
Baked Funfetti Donuts
Author: MoolaSavingMom
Recipe type: Breakfast
Cuisine: Breakfast
Serves: 12
Easy Baked Donuts
Ingredients
- 2 eggs
- 4 Tbsp. butter melted
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- ⅔ cup sugar
- 2 cups flour – you can use white or wheat
- ½ tsp. salt
- 1½ tsp. baking powder
- 1 cup skim milk or almond milk
- ¼ cup rainbow sprinkles
- Glaze Topping:
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 4 Tbsp. milk
- Food coloring for your glaze – I used pink (this is optional)
- Rainbow sprinkles for topping
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350º. Spray 2 donut pans with cooking spray
- Using a mixer, beat the eggs in a mixing bowl until blended. Add butter,
- vanilla and sugar and mix until smooth.
- Add to your egg mixture, flour, salt and baking powder , combine until all
- ingredients are fully mixed. Add milk and stir until smooth. Stir in rainbow
- sprinkles.
- Add batter into prepared donut pans. Bake for 12-15 minutes or until
- toothpick comes out clean. Let cool and then remove donuts and allow them
- to fully cool .
- While donuts are cooling, mix glaze by combining powdered sugar, vanilla
- and milk together and whisk until smooth. Add food coloring if using. When
- donuts are fully cooled, dip in glaze and top with rainbow sprinkles.
How to Cook Frozen Ground Beef In the Instantpot Pressure Cooker
I really really wanted chili for dinner the other night. Really wanted chili. I had forgotten to take a package of beef out of the freezer last night so I was stuck between making something else or cooking it from frozen in a pan (which I hate to do- all that flipping and scraping and it comes out clumpy).
So I thought- why not try it in the instantpot? Worst case- the dog gets a really great dinner and we have mac n cheese. It turned out AWESOME. The meat had nearly all of the fat drained out so it is better for a meal where it’s in a flavorful sauce rather than used on it’s own. Most of the natural flavor from the fat is gone- used for tacos, a spicy sauce, or chili is perfect though!
How to Cook Frozen Ground Beef in Pressure Cooker
I LOVE my InstantPot – it sautes, slow cooks and pressure cooks. It’s my new favorite kitchen appliance.
First- place the trivet that comes with the Pressure Cooker (I couldn’t find mine and was in a hurry so I used a metal fryer pan- it had the drainage holes necessary and kept the meat out of the water). Place 1-2 pounds of ground beef on top.
Add 1 -2 cups of water to the bottom of the crock. Don’t let the water touch the beef.
Cook on high pressure for 25 minutes. The ground beef will cook and the fat will drain into the water.
Granted, it doesn’t look too pretty when it’s done but it crumbled beautifully. I removed the beef, trivet and water from the Instant Pot and turned it on saute, broke it up with this awesome ground beef tool. It was a tad pink in the very center coming out of the instant pot and I wanted to be sure it was 100% cooked!
Then I added all the chili makings- turned it back on pressure for 18 minutes and viola- dinner!
Air Fryer Whole Chicken
I LOVE my air fryer…but I’d never tried making a whole chicken in it and now I’m kicking myself for waiting so long.
This was the most tender whole chicken with a crispy skin I’ve ever made….ever!
Did I mention that it was the super easy?
I used a home made rub with poultry seasoning, oregano, salt and pepper. I really didn’t measure but this rub looks AMAZING
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Slow Cooker BBQ Chicken
Guys this pulled chicken in the slow cooker is SO good! With both BBQ Sauce AND Chicken being Buy 2 Get 3 FREE at Harris Teeter 3/11 – 3/17 this is the perfect recipe!
Using a slow cooker liner is really important with this recipe because the sauce thickens and sticks to the sides.
Whole Chicken Cast Iron Chicken Recipe
y’all we are LOVING this chicken in my house! It’s so delicious and it’s easier than you expect. It does have a few steps BUT it’s all done in one pan!
If your pant is big enough- you can roast it with some root vegetables (potatoes, carrots, radishes..).
The biggest tip I have for this is: BIG pan, small chicken.
Whole Chicken Cast Iron Chicken Recipe
Author: MoolaSavingMom.com
Recipe type: Cast Iron Chicken
Cuisine: Chicken
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Ingredients
- Whole Chicken (Smaller is better)
- Olive Oil
- Spices (I used a Morton herb Mix)
Instructions
- Heat a cast iron pan on the stove top with a small amount of olive oil.
- Cut the backbone out of the chicken
- Flip the chicken over and press down the breastbone to flatten it
- Drizzle with olive oil and Sprinkle with spices
- Place the chicken breast/skin side down in the hot pan.
- Cook 5-10 minutes until the skin crisps and browns.
- Carefully flip the chicken over and place it skin side up and bake in 400F oven for about 1 hour or until the chicken reaches 165 degrees.
Sweet Potato Bites
y’all…these were SUCH a hit that I had to make a second batch!
In fact you’ll be shocked that these are made of vegetables and aren’t candy.
Sweet Potato Bites
Author: MoolaSavingMom.com
Recipe type: Oven
Cuisine: Oven
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Ingredients
- 4 Sweet Potatoes
- 2 tbsp butter, melted
- 1 tsp maple syrup
- Salt
- Jumbo Marshmallows, cut into three slices each
- Pecan Halves
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400F.
- Peel and slice sweet potatoes into even slices (approx. ¼" thick)
- On a large baking sheet - place the sweet potatoes.
- Mix the syrup and melted butter. Spread over the sweet potato slices.
- Sprinkle with salt to taste.
- Bake slices about 20 minutes, flipping half way.
- Remove sheet from oven and top with a marshmallow slice.
- Bake another 3-4 minutes or until marshmallow puffs (you could broil but i found that make the marshmallow spill over the slides of the slice)
- Remove from oven and top with a pecan half.
- Serve hot.
