UPDATE: Congratulations to Chelsea at jo…..sea@gmail.com for winning the $5 Target Gift Card Giveaway! Here was her comment . . .
We are having dinner with my parents tonight, so dinner is a surprise for me! But I’m bringing dessert. Chocolate chip cookie bars. Yum!
I think you should name her Gretchen. Or Gretel. Or Ginger. Guess she looks like she needs a ‘G’ name, lol. 
I love the Gretchen & Gretel names, but I think I’ve got to go with Asia’s name, Mrs. Potts. (So maybe she’ll be Mrs. Gretchen Potts?) Thanks for all your fun responses – you guys had me giggling as I read through your names, and I love reading what everyone’s having for dinner!
As I was sitting here trying to hunt down a few more deals for the day, I realized that I had to stick stuff my dinner in the slow cooker! (I almost forgot . . . whew!) Just for fun, I’d love to hear what you’re having for dinner tonight too. (And, I really want to come up with a name for my bestest buddy the slow cooker . . . I’m thinking Little Susie might be cute?)
So, leave a comment and share what you’re having for dinner, and I’d also love a few ideas on what to name her (she’s obviously female, because she cooks, right?) 
I’ll pick one person who comments to win a $5 Target gift card tonight at 9:00 PM.
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Sausage spaghetti (I use ground sausage instead of hamburger meat to mix things up) with garlic toasts. The noodles were free, the sausage on sale and the almost free French bread loaf will be sliced and spiced to change its allegiance to Italy. I let the sauce simmer for a good 3-4 hours and dice up the veggies to fool the kids into eating it.
I dont know what you call them….chicken packets I think. It is chicken, BBQ sauce, potato’s, onions, green peppers and more BBQ sauce wrapped up in aluminum foil and baked. The family really likes it, including the kids.
As for a crockpot name:……I like Junior. ha!
We are having homemade beef enchilidas.
We are trying your slower cooker roast recipe from last week and so far it smells awesome!!
Hope you liked it Heather!
We are having Kraft Velvetta Cheeseburger Skillet dinner!!! Yummy
We’re having Easy Burritos: tortillas with rice, black beans, refried beans, wholly guac, and cheese. With a side of beans and rice.
PS. We made your slow cooker roast the other night, followed with French dips the next night. YUM YUM! I literately ate the au jus like it was soup!
Slow Cooker name idea: Alice (as in Alice from the Brady Bunch…you know, like the slow cooker is like having a maid/helper/chef) ??? Is that too far of a stretch??
So glad you liked it Jennifer!
We had Breakfast for dinner…I always have breakfast food on hand but never get around to cooking it in the morning.
Tuna Helper for 9 people tonight.
Name suggestions: Jeeves (male maid), Rachel (Rachel Ray), Ramsay (Gordon Ramsay), Colette (from Ratatouille), Rosie (from the Jetsons), Julia (Julia Childs), Martha (Martha Stewart), Isabella (Penelope Cruz character in Woman on Top), Beaker (from Muppets), Leona (Mystic Pizza), Idgie (Fried Green Tomatoes), Kate (Catherine Zeta-Jones character in No Reservations), Mama Joe (from Soul Food), and my FAVORITE….The Rock (“Can you smell what the Rock is cookin’?!?).
Good luck picking a name. Let us know what you choose!!
Unfortunately, after a few great weeks of homecooked (and cheap) meals, we had Dairy Queen chicken tenders on the road between karate and football practice. We got DQ coupons in the mail today, so I didn’t feel too bad about it.
we had leftover pizza!
We had garlicky baked shrimp, brown rice, steamed broccoli, and sliced peaches. Yum!
we had french toast and eggs for dinner. Chicken didn’t thaw in time and didn’t want to spend $ eating out. Kids loved it though.
I made tacos.
Salad, baked sweet potatoe , and grilled steak ..all cooked my by wonderful hubby, because I worked 12 hrs today and he was off !!!
Leftover b-que chicken and grilled potatoes. Frozen custard for dessert:)
We had chicken cordon blue..and the kids had chicken nuggets, mac & cheese and fruit snacks..lol
I call my slow cooker “baby gurl”….you could call yours “sweet sarah”, “reliable rosie’ or “makeit michelle”
I’m not sure what time zone for the prize, but I’ll share either way. Pot roast in the crock pot, and it was delicious : )
Spaghetti with homemade sauce from the garden!
We used a coupon to eat the family dinner at Burger King for $10. Not bad for our family of 5! Thanks for doing the giveaway! You could call her Slow Sally!
we had grilled sausages, potatoes and fresh tomatoes from the garden.
We had corn, sweet peas & chicken from publix! What about black beauty?
We put dinner back in the fridge tonight and ate at Krystals in Decatur, Al! Two of the employees were murdered there last week so for today only 100% of the profits went to the families! So it was a great way to give back!
That’s a great way to give back Felicia – I just saw more info on the story tonight on the news… so sad!
I had firehouse subs.. Took the day off from cooking. Well worth it.
I made fried ravioli’s. Icall my lil slow cooker “helpin hot hannah”
I made fried ravioli’s. Icall my lil slow cooker “helpin hot hannah”
Good ole spaghetti and garlic bread.
Tonight was an easy night for us due to me not feeling too well. We had tuna casserole, and my hubby had grilled chicken wraps (he doesn’t eat tuna). Want to try your roast in the slow cooker, probably next week.
As far as a name, Slow Susie?
I made my first Greek salad tonight. Served it with leftover pizza.
We had breakfast for dinner tonight–pancakes with strawberries! How about calling your slow cooker Slow Sally?
Mrs. Gretchen Potts is an awesome name!
Thanks again, I’m so excited!
And dinner turned out to be bacon and cheddar omelets, fried potatoes and toast. My dad makes the best breakfast for dinner!