After 3 months of testing I have my final review of The Instant Pot. I'll let you know right now, I'm one of maybe 3 people in the world who didn't like it. I’m so excited to share this One-Pot Portobello Mushroom Chicken Alfredo. Meaty baby portobello mushrooms and tender chunks of chicken simmered in a rich homemade. When my husband said he wanted Bourbon Chicken, I looked for a recipe and didn't find what I wanted. So, I came up with this Crock Pot Bourbon Chicken! Yum! Place one whole chicken or the frame of a roasted chicken into your slow cooker with sweet bay, black peppercorns and any vegetable scraps you have on hand.

• The unfortunate part is, you get so used to this smell that you don’t even recognize it when you walk through your door. But, when other people come over do they.
• What emerged was a delicious, juicy chicken which shredded wonderfully after a few hours of slow simmering – and bonus my husband and daughter enjoyed it!

Mmmmm.we make a potpourri similar to this, but without the cranberries. I will have to try this recipe. I use a tiny crock pot (little dipper) for potpourri and it. Hi Jamielyn. Thank you for this recipe, I pinned this during the week and cooked this recipe during dinner tonight. It was my first attempt to cook a one-pot-meal and. Read the How do you "keep meat warm"? discussion from the Chowhound Home Cooking, Simmering food community. Join the discussion today. A DIY collection of recipes for making your own homemade potpourri recipes. Includes recipes for both simmering potpourri and the dried kind.

You Can Make an Emergency Cookie in Two Minutes. Do you ever have those moments when you just need a warm chocolate chip cookie, but don’t feel like making several dozen? I know I do, which is why I am happy to have found this 2- minute cookie recipe from Epicurious. Do you really want potato chips, but all you have are potatoes? I totally feel you. Sure, you could …Read more Read. Thanks to the magic of the microwave, this cookie can be whipped up in record time, keeping craving demons at bay.

It can also be made vegan if you so choose, which is great news, because everyone deserves access to emergency cookies. Click the link below for all of the tasty details, but it’s really just a matter of melting some butter (vegan or reg) in the microwave, then stirring in flour, brown sugar, vanilla, nuts, and (of course) chocolate chips. The little pile of deliciousness is then placed on a plate, and microwaved for another minute and a half. You then have a hot and fresh cookie to comfort your soul and bolster your spirits. Minute Chocolate Chip and Pecan Cookie Epicurious.

Homemade potpourri recipes - Snappy Living. There are two basic types of homemade potpourri recipes: dried and simmering. Making dried potpourri – the kind that sits around in a bowl, letting off its wonderful scent – is a great hobby. It costs less than buying it at a store,  and you get to come up with your own custom fragrances and mixes. It also makes for a lovely and inexpensive gift. But there’s a lot to the process. If drying and curing and stirring is more hassle than you want to get into, or if you just want to be able to whip up a lovely scent spontaneously, you should look at instant simmering potpourri recipes.

I’m going to cover recipes for both kinds here, starting with the easy kind. Homemade Potpourri Recipes. You can make instant simmering potpourri from anything that smells good while it’s being simmered, and you probably have a lot of stuff on hand already that qualifies: Coffee. Tea. Cinnamon sticks. Extracts of vanilla, almond, peppermint, etc. Protein In Cottage Cheese. Dried spices and herbs – thyme, basil, rosemary, cilantro, parsley, nutmeg, clove, lemongrass, etc. Dried carob or carob chips.

Apple cider. Instant Simmering Potpourri Recipes. These recipes can be ridiculously simple. Just cinnamon sticks simmering in a cup of water on low heat makes a wonderful cinnamon smell.

Add vanilla extract to some clove and you’ve got vanilla spice. You don’t really need specific amounts – you just combine the ingredients slowly, letting your nose tell you when you’ve got the blend just right. You may want to invest in a small crock pot, like the Little Dipper by Crock Pot.

Instead of sitting on your stove, it can be plugged in anywhere in your home and release fragrance from your homemade potpourri for hours. Most potpourri burners and simmer pots are designed for liquid and wax potporri, but a crock pot can handle anything. Plus, it’s more useful because you can also cook with it. Here are some suggested recipe combinations for simmering on the stovetop in a saucepan, or in a potpourri burner: Cinnamon Buns.

Add a little apple cider to your simmering water, and you get a whole new flavor. Coffee Potpourri. Fresh ground coffee beans (ideally – instant coffee will do, too)Optionally, any or all of the following: vanilla extract, almond extract, cinnamon sticks, orange peel, dried carob, chickory. Anything that tastes good in coffee will work, (except for creamer and cocoa powder, which don’t simmer very well). Mint Potpourri. You could fancy it up with lemon verbena or rosemary or almost anything, but seriously: a few drops of peppermint extract or essential oil in a cup of water, simmering. That’s all you need.

Fresh mint from the garden is another way to go. This can yield a slightly more “green” scent than you get from peppermint extract or oil.

Cilantro Mint Potpourri. Put mint extract and dried cilantro into your simmering pot. It makes one of those scents you can’t stop inhaling because it’s wonderful and fascinating. Chai Tea Potpourri. Black tea bags (get PG Tips – best tasting tea ever, and best smelling)Vanilla extract. Chai spices include the following, so use any or all of them: cinnamon, cloves, allspice, nutmeg, black pepper, ginger, coriander seed, mace, star anise, fennel, bay leaf.

When you’re done simmering, you could strain this into a cup, add some milk, and enjoy a chai tea latte. Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme. Sprinkle dried versions of these into simmering water and you get a wonderful green herbal scent. Dried potpourri recipes.

If you want to do a little more work, you can create dried potpourris which will let off scent just sitting a bowl, or wrapped in a sachet, or even from simmering. In fact, simmering is a great way to get one last burst of scent from dried potpourri that’s losing its aroma. Dried potpourri is also great for gifting. Just put it in a little cellophane gift bag, tie it with a ribbon, add a printable gift tag, and you’ve got a gorgeous little gift.

If you want to up your game, a dehydrator will really speed up your dried potpourri projects, and also seal in more flavor. Here are some dried potpourri recipes to get you started: Citrus Zing.

Lemon verbena, lemon balm and lemon thyme, with marjoram and other common household spices and some essential oils. Velvet Winds {scroll down}. Peony, rosebud, jasmine and other flowers combine to make a smooth floral scent. Apple potpourri. Dried apple slices, cinnamon, cloves, pine cones and berries. Rose and Carnation Potpourri Recipe. Perfect for sachets, great for Valentine’s Day. Kitchen potpourri.

Apples, oranges, limes, lemons, cranberries, vanilla and spices. This is guaranteed to get the smell of last night’s cooked salmon out of there!

Orange Spice Potpourri. Zesty citrus rinds, anise, cinnamon and cloves make for a lovely scent. Pine Potpourri {scroll down}. Pine cones and other fragrant evergreen elements, with pine and cedar oils. A summer and a winter recipe.

Scroll down for two wonderful recipes featuring mixed flowers and herbs for summer, and evergreen scents with anise for winter. Essence of Rose. A colorful assortment of rose petals with chamomile, eucalyptus and rose oil. Primitive Potpourri Bricks. These “fixins” are essentially little baked beads of potpourri that you can use to accent a potpourri dish, hang from a car windshield, or put just about anywhere you want to scent things. Very neat idea! Blend #1. A simple citrus blend of jasmine, sandalwood, grapefruit and other essential oils, which you can put over dried flowers.