As of January 1, 2019, we have closed our forums. This is a decision we did not come to lightly, but it is necessary. The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk. The server software itself must be updated, and it cannot be without removing the forums.
So it is with a heavy heart that we say goodbye to our long-running forums. They came online in 2000 and brought together so many wonderful Disney fans. We had friendships form, careers launch, couples marry, children born ... all because of this amazing community.
Thank you to each of you who were a part of this community. You made it possible.
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There are other changes as well.
Why? Well, the world has changed. And change with it, we must. The lyrics to "We Go On" for IllumiNations say it best:
We go on to the joy and through the tears
We go on to discover new frontiers
Moving on with the current of the years.
We go on
Moving forward now as one
Moving on with a spirit born to run
Ever on with each rising sun.
To a new day, we go on.
It's time to move on and move forward.
PassPorter is a small business, and for many years it supported our family. But the world changed, print books took a backseat to the Internet, and for a long time now it has been unable to make ends meet. We've had to find new ways to support our family, which means new careers and less and less time available to devote to our first baby, PassPorter.
But eventually, we must move on and move forward. It is the right thing to do.
So we are retiring this newsletter, as we simply cannot keep up with it. Many thanks to Mouse Fan Travel who supported it all these years, to All Ears and MousePlanet who helped us with news, to our many article contributors, and -- most importantly -- to Sara Varney who edited our newsletter so wonderfully for years and years.
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Thank you, thank you, thank you for your amazing support over the years. Without you, there's no way us little guys could have made something like this happen and given the "big guys" a run for their money. PassPorter was consistently the #3 guidebook after the Unofficial and Official guides, which was really unheard of for such a small company to do. We ROCKED it thanks to you and your support and love!
If you miss us, you can still find some of us online. Sara started a new blog at DisneyParkPrincess.com -- I strongly urge you to visit and get on her mailing list. She IS the Disney park princess and knows Disney backward and forward. And I am blogging as well at JenniferMaker.com, which is a little craft blog I started a couple of years ago to make ends meet. You can see and hear me in my craft show at https://www.youtube.com/c/jennifermaker . Many PassPorter readers and fans are on Facebook, in groups they formed like the PassPorter Trip Reports and PassPorter Crafting Challenge (if you join, just let them know you read about it in the newsletter). And some of our most devoted community members started a forum of their own at Pixie Dust Lane and all are invited over.
So we encourage you to stay in touch with us and your fellow community members wherever works best for you!
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We made the slower cooker chicken taco soup somone had posted on the board and it was so good. Now we want to make more slow cooker recipes. Does anyone have any they want to share?
3 whole chicken breasts 1 egg 1 tsp. salt ¼ tsp. pepper 1 c. dry bread crumbs 1¼ c. butter 1 can pizza sauce (10½ oz.) 6 slices Mozzarella cheese Parmesan Cheese
Cut chicken breasts into halves. In a bowl, beat egg, salt and pepper; dip chicken. Then coat chicken breasts with breadcrumbs. In large skillet sauté chicken in butter. Arrange chicken in crockpot. Pour pizza sauce over chicken. cover and cook on low 6 to 8 hours. Add mozzarella cheese, sprinkle Parmesan cheese on top. Cover and cook 15 minutes. Makes 6 servings.
thats chicken parm
Cranberry Porkroast
1 boneless rolled pork loin roast (2½ to 3 pounds) 1 can jellied cranberry sauce (16 oz.) 1 tsp. dry mustard ¼ tsp. ground cloves ½ c. sugar ½ c. cranberry juice 2 tbsp. cornstarch 2 tbsp. cold water salt to taste
Place pork roast in a slow cooker. In a medium bowl, mash cranberry sauce; stir in sugar, cranberry juice, mustard and cloves. Pour over meat. Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours or until meat is tender. Remove roast and keep warm. Skim fat from juices; measure 2 cups, adding water if necessary, and pour into a saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Combine the cornstarch and cold water to make a paste; stir into gravy. Cook and stir until thickened. Season with salt. Serve with sliced pork.
Yield: 4-6 servings
I kind of just throw everything in there, so some stuff is not exactly measured. But it always turns out delicious!
2-3 lb beef roast (I usually use bottom round)
a bunch of baby carrots, potatoes, and onions
2 cans of Campbell's golden mushroom soup
1 can of Campbell's Healthy Request Carmelized French Onion Soup
1 packet Onion soup mix
Worcestershire sauce
salt, pepper
a little bit of garlic
I cook on low for 8 hours or on high for 5-6 hours. yummmm.
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1 lb ground chuck
2 cans red kidney beans, drained
1 (26.5 oz) can garlic-herb spaghetti sauce
1 (14.5 oz) can diced tomatoes
2 Tbls. chili powder
1 tesp. black pepper
1/2 tesp. salt
Garnish: sour cream, cheddar cheese, and minced green onion
In a medium skillet, cook ground chuck over medium -high heat until browned. Spoon beef into crockpot and add beans, spaghetti sauce, tomatoes, chili powder, pepper and salt. Cover and cook for 6 hours. Garnish and serve.
I got this one out of Paula Deen's magazine and I have made it numerous times and my family loves it.
3 to 4 pounds lean beef chuck roast or similar pot roast
1/2 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
1 can beer (12 ounces)
1 bottle ketchup (14 ounces)
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
Preparation:
Place roast in crockpot. Combine sugar, beer, ketchup and Worcestershire sauce; pour over the pot roast. Cover and cook on LOW for 10 to 12 hours, or on HIGH for 5 to 6 hours, until it is very tender and easy to shred or chop.
Serve shredded or chopped barbecue beef on fresh split buns, warmed or toasted. Serve with coleslaw and barbecue sauce on the side, along with salads of your choice and vegetables or baked beans.
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My family loves simple roast chicken in the crockpot (it's great for hot weather when you don't want the oven heating up).
Take a whole roasting chicken, spice it up with whatever you want (we use: garlic powder, onion powder, season salt, black pepper and old bay). Slice 2 large onions, place some of the onions inside the chicken and the rest lay out in the bed of the crockpot. Place the chicken on the onions. Cook on HIGH for 1 HOUR and then turn to LOW for 8-9 HOURS. It comes out with a crispy skin and a heavenly flavor.
My family loves simple roast chicken in the crockpot (it's great for hot weather when you don't want the oven heating up).
Take a whole roasting chicken, spice it up with whatever you want (we use: garlic powder, onion powder, season salt, black pepper and old bay). Slice 2 large onions, place some of the onions inside the chicken and the rest lay out in the bed of the crockpot. Place the chicken on the onions. Cook on HIGH for 1 HOUR and then turn to LOW for 8-9 HOURS. It comes out with a crispy skin and a heavenly flavor.
cut the ribs into portions about two ribs per cut
Put ribs into boil pot with prime rib seasoning dusted over all ribs add enough water to reach just the top of the ribs (Its okay if some are sticking out)
bring water to under boil and check the ribs...they will be tender. Take off heat.
Take a jar of chili sauce and your favorite bbq sauce and mix the two together and add 1/2 cup of the liquid from the rib water
Take each cut of ribs and dip them into the sauce and place into the crock pot and arrange so that they are evenly placed in the crock bowl. Once all the ribs are added, dump the rest of the sauce ontop of the ribs and cook on the low heat setting for approx 4 hours or until the ribs are nice and tender and of course fully cooked.
My family likes them this way fine but what I will sometimes do is take them out and put them on the grill. It's makes the sauce thick and sticky which the family likes that too.
Have fun with the slow cooker! I can't live without one! I use mine at least once a week.
I found this on a healthy meals website. I made it for DH and I and DH ate ALL of it. I used frozen chicken tenders from SAMs as that's all the chicken I had. Also, use cubed stuffing. I had regular and it turned into mush, good tasting mush, but mush. I used Barefoot Chardonnay for the wine-good and inexpensive. I also added 1/2 pack of sliced mushrooms and onions to the stuffing.
Crockpot swiss chicken
4-6 Boneless chicken breast halves, skin removed (I soak in a salt brine for 4 hrs.)
6 slices Swiss cheese
2 cans Cream of mushroom soup
3 cups Stuffing mix
1 tablespoon Poultry seasoning (optional)
6-8 oz. White wine
3 tablespoon Butter or margarine, melted
Preparation
Wash chicken pieces and pat dry. Lightly grease slow cooker or spray with cooking spray. Place chicken breasts in pot (I season my chicken with lemon pepper and salt). Top with the Swiss cheese. Mix soup with stuffing mix, poultry seasoning and wine; spread on chicken. Drizzle melted butter over stuffing mix. Cook on low 6 to 7 hours or high 3 to 3 1/2 hours.
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I found this on a healthy meals website. I made it for DH and I and DH ate ALL of it. I used frozen chicken tenders from SAMs as that's all the chicken I had. Also, use cubed stuffing. I had regular and it turned into mush, good tasting mush, but mush. I used Barefoot Chardonnay for the wine-good and inexpensive. I also added 1/2 pack of sliced mushrooms and onions to the stuffing.
Crockpot swiss chicken
4-6 Boneless chicken breast halves, skin removed (I soak in a salt brine for 4 hrs.)
6 slices Swiss cheese
2 cans Cream of mushroom soup
3 cups Stuffing mix
1 tablespoon Poultry seasoning (optional)
6-8 oz. White wine
3 tablespoon Butter or margarine, melted
Preparation
Wash chicken pieces and pat dry. Lightly grease slow cooker or spray with cooking spray. Place chicken breasts in pot (I season my chicken with lemon pepper and salt). Top with the Swiss cheese. Mix soup with stuffing mix, poultry seasoning and wine; spread on chicken. Drizzle melted butter over stuffing mix. Cook on low 6 to 7 hours or high 3 to 3 1/2 hours.