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Slow Cooker Shredded Beef Tacos

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For the last month, I have been trying at least 1 new recipe a week. You can’t go wrong with Six Sister’s! Everything I have tried of their’s has been good. I give this one 2 thumbs up. It rates high on all my criteria: Easy, Quick, No more than 5 ingredients, No Prep, and Good. Life is too busy to be adding fresh Ginger or Rosemary to my meals.

Normally I would do a soft corn tortilla for something like this but I followed the recipe and went with the crunchy taco this time. The combination of the meat and the taco shell was so good. So go with crunchy.

INGREDIENTS

  • 2 – 2 1/2 lbs beef chuck roast
  • 1 1-oz packet of taco seasoning
  • 1 cup salsa verde
  • 15 ounces canned corn (do not drain)
  • 1/2 cup beef broth
  • 8 taco shells

INSTRUCTIONS

  1. Place roast in the slow cooker, and cover with taco seasoning. Pour one cup of salsa verde over top. Add one can of corn (with the juice!) and 1/2 cup beef broth. Cook on high for 3-4 hours, or low for 6-8. When it is finished cooking, pull from the slow cooker and shred, placing it back in the slow cooker when finished. Mix the shredded beef with the corn and liquid. I served it with all my favorite taco toppings: cheese, sour cream, tomatoes, onions, and lettuce.

Be you,
-Tanya

Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies

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Back in the day I used to bake A LOT! At least once or twice a week I made SOMEthing.  Cupcakes were my fav right along with homemade brownies and THE best sugar cookies. I had also mastered the art of the Chocolate Chip Cookie (it really is a skill to get those just right.) Since starting CrossFit 5 years ago and focusing more on a fit lifestyle, I have hung up my apron and I am lucky if I even have flour in my house.  It is a very rare occasion to have a filled cookie jar which my kids really don’t appreciate. This week however I had some bananas that needed to be used. Instead of Banana Bread, my daughter wanted cookies. I was given this recipe years ago by a friend. It is easy (always a must) and the cookies turn out fluffy and soft.  Enjoy!

Ingredients:

2 large Bananas mashed

1 cup brown sugar

2 1/4 cups flour

1/4 tsp baking soda

1 tsp salt

2 tsp baking powder

2/3 cup shortening

1 tsp vanilla

2 eggs

1 cup (or the whole bag) of chocolate chips

Nuts (optional, I never use them)

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375

Mash Bananas.

Cream shortening, sugar and eggs.

Add Bananas and vanilla.

Add dry ingredients.

Mix until all combined.

Stir in chocolate chips and nuts.

Drop spoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for 10-12 minutes.