Busy Days and a Recipe

EDIT:  gonna link up with Sandra today for

(You should go over and check out her Slow Cooked Sirloin recipe!)

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Busy week, busy days …

and this was supposed to be an easy, short week since we had Monday “off” for Labor Day.  But in reality, we spent Monday at a rainy Silver Dollar City for several hours (thankfully, we were able to see 2 gospel singing shows, and MiMi was able to ride her favorite rides).  We ate a late lunch with Daniel’s parents and were supposed to leave in plenty of time to get home “early”.

Of course, our best laid plans seldom turn out the way I anticipate!!  We picked up a nail in our van’s tire somewhere, and thankfully noticed it before we left Daniel’s parents’ house before embarking on our 95 mile trip home.  That meant running to the Wal-mart tire center on a short-staffed holiday … and when all was said and done, we got home by 9:30 p.m.

MiMi is going to school 3 mornings a week now – Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday.  That means up early (for us) and out the door!!  I worked in the school cafeteria again this week, so we also ended up staying at school until 1 or 2 p.m. each day.  That leads to feeling like this by the time we get home:

 

Today started with a midnight text from Daniel’s contact for overtime work … if he could get up early, they had work for him!!  So, he slept til 3:30 a.m. and went in to work at 4 a.m. to get 4 hours of overtime in before his work day started!  Thankfully, he is a morning person.  And they asked him to do it again tomorrow (Friday).

Since he will be exhausted when he comes home, and tonight is Annie-Belle’s theater class, and Drew is sick with a cold, I figured something “quick and comforting” was due for dinner.

I seldom share my recipes because I’m not a great or original cook … but I saw this one on Pinterest and decided tonight was perfect to try this:

SAUSAGE/KIELBASA CROCK POT MEAL:

 

INGREDIENTS:  put in crock pot in this order –

4-8 potatoes, depending on how many you are feeding, washed, peeled, cut into pieces

1/2 to 1 onion, diced

1-2 packages kielbasa or smoked sausage (I used turkey sausage), cut into pieces

2-4 cans of green beans (I drained mine)

salt & pepper to taste

red pepper flakes, optional

and I poured some chicken broth over the whole thing for some liquid (you could probably just use water)

 

 

Cook on low for 6 hours.

I love one pot meals!!