Posts by: Irina Gonzalez

Slow Cooker Black Bean Soup

Wednesday, May 16th, 2012
by Irina Gonzalez

Slow Cooker Black Bean Soup It'll probably come as no surprise to you that I made another slow cooker soup this week. What can I say? I am pretty thoroughly obsessed with them. I love slow cooker soups because they usually yield me quite a few hearty lunch portions and, above all, soup is the kind of food that benefits by cooking longer anyway. So how could I not... Read More >

Categories: Food & Recipes, Slow Cooker Chronicles

3 Best Healthy Dining Out Tips for Diet Success

Monday, May 14th, 2012
by Irina Gonzalez

NoodlesCompany I've spent the better part of my adult life dieting, often going up and down. Now that I'm finally on the road to success (as in, keeping it off for life), I've learned a thing or two--especially when it comes to eating healthy in restaurants. Although I try to keep most of my meals home cooked (since that way I can control the portion... Read More >

Categories: Diet Success, Health

12 Slow Cooker Summer Dinner Party Favorites

Wednesday, May 9th, 2012
by Irina Gonzalez

slowcookermacandcheese Now that the weather's getting even warmer this May, I've started thinking about how I'm going to use my slow cooker this summer. Just because it's sunny outside doesn't mean that I'm going to stop indulging in my favorite mealtime prep device. I probably won't be doing my favorite soups and stews anymore, so instead I'm looking at what summer favorites I can put... Read More >

Categories: Food & Recipes, Slow Cooker Chronicles

Start jogging to lose weight; keep it up to live longer

Monday, May 7th, 2012
by Irina Gonzalez

jogging I try to keep up a healthy exercise habit in order to maintain my weight loss but, I must admit, I've been pretty lazy the last few months. I don't know what's been going on but I just haven't really felt motivated lately. Now I'm getting a pretty big... Read More >

Categories: Diet Success, Health

6 Tequila-Infused Slow Cooker Dinners

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012
by Irina Gonzalez

citrusy tequila chicken thighs I think I'm a bit obsessed right now. After writing about the healthy Mexican favorites I'm going to be cooking up this weekend for Cinco de Mayo, I started looking through some more of our Slow Cooker Chronicles for Mexican recipe inspiration. That's when I came across Heather's slow cooker drunken pork carnitas recipe, one of her first... Read More >

Categories: Food & Recipes, Slow Cooker Chronicles