Dinner was AMAZING!!!

Dinner was AMAZING!!! 

Last night I made another one of my Pinterest meals. First off let me just say how much I love finding recipes on Pinterest. Since having my son I have pinned alot of things I want to try for dinners and other meals/snacks while I nurse him. Having simple meals to make has been such a stress saver for me. I do alot of crockpot meals which are a God send really. Through a couple ingredients in one of my crock pots (I now have 3 all different sizes, YIPEE!) and when its dinner time we are all set. This has been so helpful since my son still doesnt have a routine sleep schedule and still gets up alot through the night. Plus with a lack of sleep and a 3 year old to chase around by the time dinner rolls around Im too tired to come up with something to cook let alone cook it. 

My husband hasnt been as excited about my love for crock pot meals though. I think after last night's meal he may be coming around to it. He just thinks its really strange to have something like pork chops come out or a slow cooker. But after last nights meal he is on board (at least for this particular dish). 

So last night I made Crock Pot Ranch Pork Chops and trust me you should give them a try so here's the link to the recipe. 
http://www.raininghotcoupons.com/crock-pot-ranch-pork-chops-only-3-ingredients/

I also made Slow Cooker Buttery Garlic Herb Mashed Potatoes and here's the link to those puppies.
http://lecremedelacrumb.com/2014/11/slow-cooker-buttery-garlic-herb-mashed-potatoes.html

Here is the kicker, the note to self moment I want to share. I cooked the potatoes as directed, on low for 5-6 hours (6 hours almost exactly). I added all the wonderful herbs and other ingredients and they smelled wonderful. I got out my hand mixer and put it in the crock pot and fired that baby up. SPLAT! Drops of my added goodies went everywhere. So I pulled out the hand masher, you know the manual one, and I couldn't get any mashing action. It took me about a minute to stop thinking something was wrong with my hand mixer or hand masher and realize I should check my potatoes. Sure enough those potatoes were not done at all.

Somewhere I have a problem I have to discover so it was instant mashed taters that topped off our meal. The meal was still amazing but would have been out of this world if those potatoes came out right. I guess the worst part was smelling all the herbs and garlic and just imagining how great those potatoes were going to taste just to realize it wasn't gonna happen tonight. 

So note to self, CHECK TO SEE IF THE POTATOES ARE DONE! Ha ha ha!  I just kind of shrugged it off, tossed the taters out (yes I could have probably saved them but that would have been too depressing and stressful last night), and fired up the microwave. 

Thanks for reading. Let me know if you try the recipes. I think I am just going to make good old fashion boiled potatoes to mash next time. I just thought potatoes in the crock pot, genius they can cook alongside the meat and it will be perfect. Guess that one was a win for my husband's anti crock pot ideals.