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Crock pot Cheesecake

Crock-Pot Cheesecake

Cook time:  3 hours Total time:  3 hours Serves: 8   Ingredients

  • 3 8 oz packages of ⅓ less fat Philadelphia Cream Cheese, room temperature
  • 3 eggs
  • ¾ cup sugar
  • 2 cups animal crackers, pulverized into crumbs (graham crackers will work too, but this is what I had on hand)
  • 3 Tbs butter, melted
  • jam (optional)

Instructions

  1. Find a bowl that fill fit inside your slow cooker, but will leave enough room for you to lift it out when finished cooking. A bowl with a lip is preferable.
  2. In a medium size bowl, mix animal cracker crumbs and melted butter.
  3. Press crumbs into the bottom of your bowl – the one that you will do the cooking in, inside the slow cooker.
  4. In a separate bool, Mix sugar and cream cheese until well blended.
  5. Add the eggs, one at a time. Mix after after each addition.
  6. Add the cream cheese mixture to the top of the graham crackers.
  7. Place cheesecake dish in your slow cooker and carefully pour water around the pan. I used a cup and slowly added water, about ⅔ of the way up the cheesecake dish. Just be careful not to get water in your cheesecake.
  8. Put the lid on the Crock Pot and cook on high for 3-3.5 hours, or until the center is not watery when a butter knife is inserted into the middle.
  9. If your dish is difficult to remove from the slow cooker, without getting water in it, then try using a syringe to get some of the water out of the slow cooker, before removing.
  10. Allow cheesecake to cool on the counter for about 15 minutes, then refrigerate for at least an hour, before serving.
  11. Serve with jam, if desired.

Sicilian Homemade Ricotta

Ingredients

  • 1 gallon whole milk
  • 1 quart buttermilk
  • 1 pint heavy cream
  • 1 tablespoon kosher salt
  • 18-inch squares cheesecloth
  • Add all ingredients to list

Directions

  1. Line a large colander or sieve with 4 layers of cheesecloth. Set aside.
  2. Heat milk, buttermilk, heavy cream, and salt in a large, heavy, nonreactive saucepan over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally for the first 10 minutes. Continue heating, without stirring, until the temperature reaches 190 degrees F. Remove from heat and let stand for 1 hour. The mixture will be separated into white curds and clear whey.
  3. Using a slotted spoon, ladle approximately 1/4 of the curds into the cheesecloth-lined colander. Gather up the corners of the top cheesecloth and secure closed with a zip tie. Repeat with the rest of the curds, cheesecloth, and zip ties. Use the last zip tie to thread all of the cheeses together. Suspend the cheeses over a large wooden spoon over a large bowl, and let drain for 2 hours.
  4. Place the four cheeses, still in cloth, in a bowl in the refrigerator overnight. In the morning, cut zip ties, and transfer cheese to an airtight container.

Nutrition Facts

Per Serving: 219 calories; 15.6 g fat; 11.8 g carbohydrates; 8.4 g protein; 54 mg cholesterol; 427 mg sodium.

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Things They Would Say

Send her out alone

To do this on her own

Must had been the message they discussed

Not like they felt for her that much

If she survives, well, let it be

If she can’t, she can’t blame me.

Was possibly their motive all along.

Supplying food and water

Was more than adequate for her

She has friends that will give her something

At least that is how they justified, their nothing.

Take her to church, let others see

That the good book is being taught

No one will suspect , in our home it is not.

Make her pay rent for lingering at the house to long

After all she needs to grow up, she don’t belong.

Trouble maker is what she is,

Spending too much of our energy, on this.

Look at her lies, her betray and denials

She is not normal and needs a judge and a trial.

Yeah , we adopted her, but so what

We also took a tree from a Christmas lot.

Nothing special, no, not anymore

We’d rather her be behind someone else’s door.

Gave all we had to give

Now we just want to forget she ever exists.

A pity she turned out the way she did

It wasn’t our fault, it was not our bid.

Hope she still has a good life and all

Not with us in it though, you all.


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Crock Pot Stuffed Chicken Breasts

Crock-Pot Easy Stuffed Chicken Breasts Recipe


Servings 6 people
Prep Time15minutes
Cook Time4 – 5hours on LOW

Ingredients

  • 3wholeBoneless Skinless Chicken Breasts cut in half
  • 16ouncesdried stuffing mix1 box, such as Stove Top brand
  • 1/2harsliced green olives with pimentos
  • 1/4cupchicken broth or water
  • 1teaspoon Black Pepper

Instructions

  1. Cut a slit into the side of each chicken breast half, forming a pocket or flatten breast to roll around stuffing.
  2. Prepare stuffing mix on top of stove as per package instructions.
  3. Stir in olives.
  4. Stuff each chicken breast piece with a few tablespoons of the stuffing, being careful not to overstuff.
  5. Or place a few tablespoons of stuffing in the middle of the flattened breast and roll chicken.
  6. Place in bottom of the crock-pot, open side up.
  7. Add broth and aprinkle with pepper.
  8. Cover and cook on low for 4 1/2 – 5 hours.
  9. You can either the leftover stuffing to the crock-pot and cook it with the chicken or cook in a covered casserole dish/pan for about 35 minutes as per package instructions.

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