Slow Cooker Winter Fruit Compote An excellent recipe! You can add other types of fruits or modify as you please, as long as you use enough liquid. This recipe, as it is written here, is delicious over vanilla ice cream! It's so versitile, and it can be used so many ways.

Oven-Fried Picnic Chicken This simple recipe yields a main dish that's flavorful, filling and full of protein. It's great packed up in a picnic hamper, taken along to a potluck, or served hot or cold at the dinner table. Just add potato salad, cole slaw, and fresh chopped fruit. In the winter, substitute hot mashed potatoes, bisuits, and a hot veggie. Great for Sunday, potluck, picnic, or a hassle-free meal.

Bacon and Tomato Frittata I served this frittata for a Sunday luncheon and it was a huge hit. I placed individual servings on pretty plates, garnished the slices with fresh grapes and oranges sections, and offered a choice of hot biscuits and slices of banana bread with real butter. Because it is winter and quite cold, hot chocolate, tea and coffee accompanied the meal, but it would be great served with iced tea in the summer. I received so many compliments on the dish, so I fixed it for my family's dinner tonight. They raved, too. Just a few ingredients, five or ten minutes of prep and 30 minutes or so to bake, this dish makes it look as though you worked on it all day and it tastes wonderful!

Pear-Ginger Scones These scones are so excellent! They smell devine and taste wonderful. Fruity with a hint of sweetness, and the texture denotes the best of comfort food. Give them a try.

Slow Cooker Upside-Down Chicken Pot Pie We love the homemade taste of this recipe. I am in my sixties, and more than 50 years ago, I was taught to cook from scratch by my mother and grandmothers, but I will give in to using a crock pot now and then. I followed the recipe (I even bought a couple of the jarred gravy), added some extra seasonings, and this dish tasted just like it came out of an old-fashioned oven. The mixture also freezes well for future use. I read some of the reviews that stated the dish tasted bland. It's easy to jazz it up by adding extra seasonings, meat, or veggies, or anything the family enjoys. This dish is a staple for cold winter days in our household. I give it five spoons!