Bay Leaves – KIMBERLY BOUTIN https://kimberlyboutin.com Life is the market, let's be prepared together. Sun, 11 Apr 2021 11:47:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://kimberlyboutin.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Logo.png Bay Leaves – KIMBERLY BOUTIN https://kimberlyboutin.com 32 32 Crock-Pot® Chicken Noodle Soup https://kimberlyboutin.com/recipe/crock-pot-chicken-noodle-soup/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=crock-pot-chicken-noodle-soup Sun, 14 Oct 2018 21:27:13 +0000 https://kimberlyboutin.com/?post_type=recipe&p=2825 Soup weather in New England might just be my favorite time of year! And there is nothing tastier or hands free as a nice Chicken Noodle Soup where the Crocker does most of the work for you!

Chicken Noodle Soup, It's about "thyme".
Chicken Noodle Soup, It’s about “thyme”.

Crock-Pot® Chicken Noodle Soup
Ingredients
Instructions
  1. Put chicken breasts; carrots; celery; onion; thyme; bay leaves and salt and pepper in the Crocker. Pour the chicken stock over all the ingredients and combine. Set your Crocker cooking time to high for 6 hours.
  2. 1 hr before cook time ends, remove the chicken and shred it with 2 forks. Put the chicken back in the Crocker to absorb the wonderful cooking liquids and all that fabulous flavor. Remove the bay leaves and discard.
  3. When cook time comes to an end, keep your soup on warm. Taste the broth and add salt and pepper if needed. Cook the pasta according to package instructions. I do this because if you cook the pasta in the soup, it absorbs all of the liquids and you are left with more of a stoup-stew soup.
  4. Drain the pasta when it is done cooking. Add a dollop or two of butter of course for richness. Put some pasta in a bowl and ladle the sumptuous chicken, veggies and broth over. Sprinkle with a little Parmesan cheese, if you want. Serve with garlic bread if you like and maybe a glass of wine. That my friends is purely optional. Enjoy!
]]> 2825 Faux Lasagna https://kimberlyboutin.com/recipe/faux-lasagna/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=faux-lasagna Wed, 14 Sep 2016 22:27:50 +0000 https://kimberlyboutin.com/?post_type=recipe&p=1793 I was toiling between making a pasta bake or just serving my crockpot spaghetti sauce with the angel hair pasta my 9 year old loves so much. While in my pantry contemplating this arduous task I saw an opened box of lasagna noodles with about 6 full noodles in it and a few broken pieces. Eureka, the idea of Faux Lasagna manifested itself just as if the universe was saying “how much longer are you going to leave that open box in here?!” So as one to never question the universe, out that box came!  🙂

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

Crockpot Spaghetti Sauce

  1. In a crockpot or slow cooker (whichever term you prefer) place your ground beef. Add the jar of spaghetti sauce, bay leaves, dried oregano, garlic powder, pepper, onion and 3 whole cloves of garlic.
  2. Mix all the ingredients together and set the timer to cook for 4-6 hours. Stir every hour or so if you are home. The garlic will start to soften and just permeate the sauce.
    Crockpot Spaghetti Sauce
    Crockpot Spaghetti Sauce

    Garlic Breadcrumb Topping

    1. Melt 1/2 cup butter in a saucepan over low heat. Add the garlic and bring it to a sizzle about 1-2 minutes. Remove from heat, add the breadcrumbs and combine, coating all of the breadcrumbs.

    The Garlic Breadcrumb Topping in all its glory!
    The Garlic Breadcrumb Topping in all its glory!

Faux Lasagna Assembly

  1. Cook the lasagna noodles according to package directions.
  2. Layer the bottom of an oven safe baking dish with enough noodles to cover the bottom.
  3. Layer a cup or so of the crockpot spaghetti sauce over the noodles.
  4. Add half of the mozzarella cheese and spread to cover the sauce.
  5. Add half of the garlic breadcrumb topping, spread out over the mozzarella cheese. Sprinkle this layer with some parmesan cheese.
  6. REPEAT the layers and sprinkle with parmesan cheese and a little olive oil over the top to add a golden color when baking.
  7. Bake for 25-30 minutes. Remove from the oven and let stand 5 minutes before serving. Enjoy!  😛
    Golden Brown!
    Golden Brown!

    Delicious Layers of Love!
    Delicious Layers of Love!

 

Faux Lasagna
Ingredients
Instructions
Crockpot Spaghetti Sauce
  1. In a crockpot or slow cooker (whichever term you prefer) place your ground beef. Add the jar of spaghetti sauce, bay leaves, dried oregano, garlic powder, pepper, onion and 3 whole cloves of garlic. Mix all the ingredients together and set the timer to cook for 4-6 hours. Stir every hour or so if you are home. The garlic will start to soften and just permeate the sauce.
Garlic Breadcrumb Topping
  1. Melt 1/2 cup butter in a saucepan over low heat. Add the garlic and bring it to a sizzle about 1-2 minutes. Remove from heat, add the breadcrumbs and combine, coating all of the breadcrumbs.
Faux Lasagna Assembly
  1. Cook the lasagna noodles according to package directions. Layer the bottom of an oven safe baking dish with enough noodles to cover the bottom. Layer a cup or so of the crockpot spaghetti sauce over the noodles. Add half of the mozzarella cheese and spread to cover the sauce. Add half of the garlic breadcrumb topping, spread out over the mozzarella cheese. Sprinkle this layer with some parmesan cheese. REPEAT the layers and sprinkle with parmesan cheese and a little olive oil over the top to add a golden color when baking. Bake for 25-30 minutes. Remove from the oven and let stand 5 minutes before serving.
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