Top 5 Family Movies to Curl Up With #SlowCookFun
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In the winter, I don’t spend much time outdoors. It’s cold, and I don’t have much desire to go for a walk or get some work done. Life is a little slower and I find myself “relaxing” a lot more. In our house, there has been a lot of family movies playing on our Blu-Ray and many meals simmering in the slow cooker.
My son is almost two, and he’s starting to enjoy watching a movie with his mom and dad. I never really thought that this would be something that I would cherish. I look forward to our family movies, it’s a small period of time where all three of us are together, curled up and quiet. We share popcorn and watch something fun. My son doesn’t have the longest attention span for a whole movie yet and he doesn’t “understand” it quite fully. Even so, every once in a while, something will happen on screen that tickle’s my son’s funny bone and his deep, straight-from-the-belly giggle makes us all laugh. Or him and his dad will wrestle and the house erupts with joyous sequels.
These special moments remind me that I need to slow down. My house doesn’t always have to look like it’s ready to be shot for a magazine and dinner doesn’t have to take hours of prep and cooking. I need to be more in the moment with my family while I can, and create memories to look back on.
Here are my Top 5 Family Movies:
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey.
This movie is a classic, I saw it in theaters when I was really little and it’s stuck with me ever since.
Cars
I’ve only ever seen bits and pieces of this movie, but it seems to always have children’s attention. My son has never seen all of Cars either, but he loves their merchandise.
The Lion King
This is one of my favorite movies of all time, it’s such a great story. My son loves the music.
Finding Nemo
Another great movie that never gets old, even ten years later. I’m really looking forward to seeing Finding Dory.
Shrek
This movie is fun for both kids and adults. I like the message behind the story as well.
Something I rely on to help me get the work done is my slow cooker Club House offers a wide range of recipe mixes that provides many convenient meal solutions for consumers. From comfort meal solutions such as meatloaf and beef stew, new favourites like slow cooker BBQ pulled pork, to gravies and sauces that provide the perfect finishing touch, Club House is sure to have many meal solutions that will enhance your family’s meals. They also offer the best in slow cooking seasonings. It’s so easy to throw ingredients in a slow cooker and go, it does all the work for me and I have time to relax and curl up on the couch with my family and watch my favorite family movies.
It literally took me sixty seconds to throw what I needed together into the slow cooker.
Club House Slow Cookers Beef Dip
- 1 Onion
- 1 2 1/2 -3 lb roast
- 1 package of Club House Slow Cookers Beef Dip
- 2 cups of water
I simply quartered the onion, placed it at the bottom of the slow cooker and topped with the roast. Then I mixed the seasoning and water together and poured over top. Cook on high for 4 hours, and dinner was done.
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Great choices! We love all of those movies.
Great movie choices. My absolute fave is Finding Nemo. It never gets old
Finding Dory comes out next year! I am so excited.
CARS and Finding Nemo are favourites around here too!
Finding Nemo is a classic, I’m looking forward to Finding Dory.
I actually have that slow cooker packet and have been wanting to use it soon! Thanks for the recipe, I’ve bookmarked your page to refer back to it when I finally get this dinner going (prob for Friday night, heh.) 🙂 Love all the new packets that Club House has recently come out with for a slow cooker (have done the beef stew one three or four times now.) And love your list of movies! I would just add all things Madagascar to that list, lol. 😉
Thanks Aeryn! I really like Madagascar as well, I can’t help but sing “I like to move it move it” through out the whole movie.
We are more an outdoor family but we enjoy a family movie after a day of outdoor and skiing! We just LOVE Shrek!! Soooo funny!!
I would SOOOOOOOOO eat some of that Beef Dip right now! YUMMY!!
Thanks for the movie ideas! We’ve never watched Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey before!!
Love my slowcooker. So nice to live your life and not waste time cooking 🙂
I agree and I love the aroma it leaves the house with.
Slow cooker beef dip!! AH!!! Screams like a little girl! How delicious! I must have. We use our slow cooker so much. This is the winter I have used it the most because I feel like I wants something warm all the time and also it’s so convenient. My kid’s schedules are so busy – my daughter rehearses for her play three nights a week. There is no time after school to cook otherwise and we are always running. I can use that slow cooker early in the morning, set it and forget it and then we have a great meal when she gets in, we eat at 4 p.m. and race around all night. Greatly prefer this to fast food. This recipe is one I will try. Clubhouse makes some really yummy spices and seasonings.
I haven’t used my slow cooker as often as normal this winter, I think it’s because I’ve been traveling a lot. It’s such a God send though!
We just got Homeward Bound and watched it with our girls. They enjoyed it! I’m a huge Shrek fan. 🙂 We like pretty much any Disney movie… 🙂
I have to agree with you! Those are some fantastic choices!! I would add Little Mermaid and Cinderella too! 😉
What great movie picks! All on our list of faves too! Oh, and that recipe sounds fab! Love slowcooker recipes and beef’s a fave with hubby and LO…considering we own and operate a beef farm! LOL!
Hahaha! I would think so considering! You must have many awesome recipes for beef dishes 🙂