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Anyone got any good crock pot recipes?

I like loading the crock pot in the morning and forgetting about it until it's time for supper...
then, PRESTO!!! You come in from working in the garden and supper is ready! My usual is a roast, potatoes, carrots with a can of golden mushroom soup poured over it, and let it cook all day. I'd like something different every now and then, though! Appreciate any recipes you have.

Here's a really easy soup recipe that everyone seems to like.

Salsa Soup

1 22 oz jar chunky salsa-mild, medium or hot
2 15 oz cans whole kernal corn
2 15 oz cans pinto beans
1 12.5 oz can chicken breast chunks

Do not drain anything! Put all ingredients in a 6 quart crock pot and stir together(ingedients may be halved for a smaller crock pot). Cook on low for 4 to 6 hours or on high for 2 to 3 hours. Serve with shredded cheese on top of each serving.

This is good with corn bread! Left overs are good over a baked potatoe.

Oh, yeah!!!
That is TOO easy!!! It sounds delicious!
Thank you!!!
This is what I want...BRING IT ON!!!

Don't get me started! I love to cook and share recipes!

How about a quick dessert to go with those crock pot recipes?

Chocolate Cherry Cake

1 devils food cake mix
3 eggs
1 can cherry pie filling

Dump dry cake mix into bowl. Add 3 eggs. Add cherry pie filling. Mix gently by hand until well blended. Pour into greased 9X11 pan. Bake at 350* for 35 to 40 minutes or until middle springs back when lightly touched with finger. That's all, honest!
Serve with cool whip for an extra treat or eat plain like a brownie.

I like to make chili in the crock. I fry green peppers and onions up in a large skillet until they are transparent, then I add ground beef...usually about 2 pounds or so. When that is all cooked up, I throw that into the crock. Then I add a jar of medium Tostitos salsa, a can of crushed tomatoes, a can of tomato puree (or I just get a can of plum tomatoes and puree them in the Cuisenart). I add a can of water and then some BBQ sauce. And then a bunch of chili powder.....about 1/4 cup. Most of the stuff I add doesn't have a measurment, I just kind of taste it as I go. Then I just set the crock on the 6 or 8 hour setting (I have a Rival and it adjusts it's temperature to how long you want it to cook....I guess the 8 hour is the lowest heat setting and the 6 hour is a med-low setting). I usually serve the chili with hard crust rolls or bread bowls. It doesn't take long to cook all of the stuff and if you wanted to, you could fry everything up and refrigerate it until the next morning. I have a 6 quart crock and it fills the entire thing up, so you'd have to adjust the quantities for a smaller crock. And it freezes wonderfully.

Crock-Pot Broccoli Rice and Chicken

2 pounds boneless chicken breasts cut in strips
1 1/4 cups uncooked converted rice
1 package Knorr's Cream of Broccoli Soup Mix
1 1/2 cups chicken broth
pepper, to taste

Place rice in a lightly greased slow cooker/Crock Pot. Sprinkle with parsley and pepper. Top with chicken pieces. Mix together the soup mix and broth. Pour over chicken and rice. Cover and cook on low for 6 to 8 hours.

Crock-Pot Meatloaf

2 pounds hamburger
2 eggs
2 slices bread, in small cubes or 3/4 cup crushed crackers
Milk
Ketchup
Salt and pepper
1 small onion, chopped

Beat eggs - add bread cubes/crackers. Add enough milk to moisten. Add hamburger....squeeze all ingredients together with your hands. Season to taste. Place in slow cooker/Crock Pot....shape to fit, flatten. Pour catsup on top (enough to cover completely)(my husband & kids like it with sweet & sour sauce instead of the catsup). Cook on low all day 8 - 12 hours.

YES!!!

Today I went grocery shopping, which I hate to do because I can't stand to leave the house. I bought the kielbasa, and the stuff for the salsa soup. Then I get home and there are more recipes for me!!! I already have the stuff for the meatloaf and chili. I will never turn my oven on again! (I had heard you could make meatloaf in a crock pot, but hadn't actually talked to anyone who had tried it.)

Just so you know, I am going to try every recipe that ends up here.
(Unless, of course, someone tries to be a smart a** and puts a recipe for p**p soup just so I'll make it!!! )

I love crock-pot recipes too & I have a huge book full of them...I think I have even tried all of them too:) I hate having to rush indoors from the garden & make dinner right when I am in the middle of working on something. My husband gets so mad when he gets home from work & I haven't made a "good" meal. He refuses to eat sandwiches & chips or any throw together in minutes meals. So my crock-pot gets LOTS of use lol:) Makes him think I have slaved all day over his delicious dinner & I get to stay in the garden as long as I like;) Here's one of my favorites:

CROCK POT POTATO SOUP

5-6 potatoes, peeled and diced
1 onion, chopped
4 chicken bouillon cubes
1 tbs. parsley flakes
5 c. water
1 tbs. salt
pepper
1/4-1/3 c. butter
1 (13 oz.) can evaporated milk

Put all ingredients in crock-pot except for the evaporated milk. Cook on HIGH for about 8 hours or until potatoes are tender. Check every couple of hours. During last hour turn down to LOW add milk. Leave on LOW or turn OFF until ready to serve. I like to add dumplings to mine right at the end too.

Easy dumplings:

2 cups Jiffy Buttermilk Biscuit Mix
2/3 cup milk

Mix together biscuit mix and milk, stirring to absorb all dry mixture. Drop large spoonfuls onto top of hot soup. Work quickly until all the dumplings are in the pot in a single layer. Cover tightly and immediately reduce the heat to LOW. Do NOT open the lid for 15 minutes. Serve immediately

I make potato soup a lot, never even thought about making it in the crock pot! Never thought about adding dumplings. That sounds delicious! (Sometimes I add a can of baby clams and *PRESTO*! Clam chowder!)
From now on potato soup will be from the crock pot! That's an extra hour and a half in the garden!

CROCK-POT BAVARIAN POT ROAST

3 to 4 lbs pot roast
1 teaspoon vegetable oil
1 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
3 whole cloves
4 medium apples -- cored and quartered
1 small onion -- sliced
1/2 cup apple juice or water
3 tablespoons flour (up to 4 tbs.)
3 tablespoons water (up to 4 tbs.)

Rinse roast and trim off excess fat. Lightly rub top of meat with oil. Dust with salt, pepper, and ginger. Insert cloves in roast. Place apples and onions in Crock-Pot and top with roast (cut roast in half, if necessary to fit in crock). Pour in apple juice. Cover and cook on Low for 10 to 12 hours or on High for 5 to 6 hours. Remove roast and apples to serving dish. Turn Crock-Pot to High setting. Make a smooth paste of the flour and water; stir into Crock-Pot. Cover and cook until thickend for gravy.

(These are delicious)

CROCK-POT CABBAGE ROLLS

12 large cabbage leaves
1 pound lean ground beef or lamb
1/2 cup cooked rice
1 (6 oz.) can tomato paste
3/4 cup water
1/2 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. pepper
1/4 tsp. leaf thyme
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
1/4 tsp. cinnamon

Wash cabbage leaves. Boil 4 cups water. Turn off heat. Soak leaves in water for 5 minutes. Remove, drain and cool. Combine ground meat; rice, salt, pepper, thyme, nutmeg and cinnamon. Place 2 tablespoons meat mixture on each leaf and roll firmly. Stack in electric slow cooker. Combine tomato paste and water; pour over stuffed cabbage. Cover. Cook on low setting for 8-10 hours.

CROCK-POT BARBEQUE CHICKEN

1 frying chicken , cut up
1 can tomato soup, condensed
3/4 cup onion, chopped
1/4 cup vinegar
3 tablespoons brown sugar
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. sweet basil
1/4 tsp. thyme

Place chicken in crock-pot. Combine all other ingredients and pour over chicken. Cover and cook on low for 6 to 8 hours.

My daughter says this one is her favorite:)

I love my crock pot too, its almost a life saver with my crazy hours. I bought a couple of crockpot recipe books that I just love and everything I've tried have come out really good. So whatever meat I have thawed, I just look up different recipes to use. So if your looking for more specific recipes, let me know and I'll look in one of my books and get a recipe back to you.

Thanks, shamarian. I'll remember that! I have some crock pot recipes and cookbooks, but they have been in storage for a few years, due to divorce and the moving that goes along with that! Doubt if I'll see them anytime soon, since I move in and out of Andy's house about twice a year, so it's a lot easier to just keep everything packed up all the time. (Not much of a life when your things are always packed up. Maybe that's why I stay in the yard all the time...it eases stress!)
I've tried several of the recipes I've gotten here already. Today I was going to make the meatloaf, but I gave the hamburger to my daughter yesterday so she wouldn't have to stop at the store on her way home from working all day. So, today it's the salsa soup!!!

HarleyGal...
That Salsa Soup ROCKED!!!

I ended up with unexpected company tonight, and everyone loved it!

Everyone should try this one. It literally took me less than one minute to open and dump the cans of stuff into the crock pot, and then I just forgot about it all day. Delicious!!!
TOO EASY!!!

Cindy, I forgot to tell you about this site I found that sends me new crock recipes and healthful living tips twice a week, might wanna check it out, ChetDays DayZines.com. I'm not certain of the exact address, just do a search. Just a little bitty sight but good recipes, real varied.

Crock-Pot Hungarian Goulash

Ingredients:
2 pounds round steak - cut 1/2 inch cubes
1 cup onion - chopped
1 clove garlic - minced
2 tablespoons flour
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1 1/2 teaspoons paprika
1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
1 bay leaf
1 14.5 oz can tomatoes
1 cup sour cream


Directions:
Put steak cubes, onion, garlic in crock-pot. Stir in flour and mix to coat steak. Add all remaining ingredients except sour cream. Stir well and cover and cook on low for 8-10 hours or on high for 3-4 hours. Add sour cream 30 minutes before serving and stir thoroughly. Serve over hot buttered noodles.

Cowboy Crockpot Stew

Ingredients:
1 sm pkg stew meat
1 pkg sausage or keilbasa
1 med onion chopped
3 med potatoes chopped
1 can baked beans of your choice

Directions:
Place the ingredients into crockpot in the order shown. Cover and cook 4 hrs on high or 8 hrs on low.

Serve with cornbread or rolls.

Prep time: 10 minutes

Serves 6 to 8.

Crock Pot Italian Beef

*makes great next day sandwiches too especially served on Italian bread*

Ingredients:
1 Rump roast 3-5 lbs
1 pkg Good Seasons Italian Dressing Mix
1 c water
1 pkg au jus gravy packet
2 tsps Italian seasoning
6 pepperocini peppers

Directions:
Mix together water, gravy mix, dressing and Italian seasoning. Pour over roast in crock-pot. Add peppers, if desired.

Cook on LOW about 3 hours. Break up roast and cook 1 hour more on HIGH.

Thanks so much for all these recipes. Ever since I posted this I have cooked supper every night in the crock pot! I wasn't kidding when I said I would try them all, and it is so nice to have a different meal every night, instead of the usual "some kind of meat" and mashed potatoes! (Andy is VERY thankful!)
I have been under the weather, so to speak, for a week or so and haven't felt much like standing at the stove for hours cooking, so these couldn't have come at a better time for me.
Thank you all so much, and keep 'em comin'!

Chinese Crockpot Dinner
1 1/2 lb. pork steak (cut into 1/2" strips)
1 lg. onion, sliced
1 sm. green pepper, sliced
8 oz. sliced fresh mushrooms
1 (8 oz.) can tomato sauce
4 carrots, sliced
3 tbsp. brown sugar
1 1/2 tbsp. vinegar
1 1/2 tsp. salt
2 tsp. Worcestershire sauce

Brown pork strips in small amount of oil in skillet. Remove & strain excess fat. Place all ingredients with pork in crockpot and cook on low 6-8 hours. Serve with rice.

Crockpot Chicken Enchiladas

1 lg. can enchilada sauce
4 chicken breasts
2 cans cream of chicken soup
1 small can sliced black olives
2 dozen corn tortillas
1 chopped onion
1 pkg. sharp Cheddar cheese, grated

Cook (boil) chicken and shred. Mix soup, olives and onions. Cut tortillas in wedges. Layer crock-pot with sauce, tortillas, soup mix, chicken and cheese all the way to top, ending with cheese on top. Cook on low for 8 hours.

Hamburger & potato Pot

1 1/2 lb. hamburg
1 lg. clove garlic
1/4 tsp. pepper
1/2 tsp. thyme
6 med. potatoes
2 lg. onions
1 can mushroom soup (10 3/4 oz.)
1/2 c. water

Cook beef and garlic in skillet until lightly browned. Stir in pepper and thyme. Peel and slice potatoes and onions. Put 1/2 potatoes and onions into buttered crockpot. Add browned beef and top with remaining potatoes and onions. Mix mushroom soup with water and spread over top of contents. Cover. Cook on low for 8 to 10 hours or on high for 3 to 4 hours.

Crock-Pot Lasagna

1 box rigatoni, cooked
1 1/2 lbs. ground chuck, browned & drained
1 lg. pkg. sliced pepperoni
1 green pepper, chopped
2 lg. pkgs. Mozzarella cheese
2 lg. cans pizza sauce
1 med. onion, chopped
2 lg. cans mushrooms
Green olives, sliced

Begin with layer of sauce on bottom of crock-pot. Stir all remaining ingredients together. Place in crock-pot and cook on low for 5 hours.

Brandy Meatballs

2 lbs. ground beef
1 pkg. dry onion soup mix
1 egg
1/4 c. cracker crumbs
1/3 c. brandy
1/2 c. ketchup
1 tbsp. dried onion
1 c. barbecue sauce
1/2 c. water

Mix the first 4 ingredients and make into meatballs. Brown. Put into crock-pot. Mix together the last 5 ingredients and pour over meatballs and cook for 5 to 6 hours on low.

Crock-Pot Stuffed Green peppers

6 med. to lg. peppers
1 1/2 lb. ground chuck
1 med. onion
1 (16 oz.) can tomato sauce
1 (16 oz.) can whole tomatoes
1 (8 oz.) container sour cream
Minute rice (2 servings), make according to directions on box

Clean the inside of peppers and cut off tops. Mix ground chuck, onion, whole tomatoes drained & squeezed into the ground chuck, pepper, and seasonings of your choice and rice (made according to the directions on the box). Put ground chuck mixture into raw peppers, now place these peppers into your crock-pot. Mix the can of tomato sauce and your sour cream together, now pour this mixture over the stuffed peppers. Put crock-pot on high and cook for about 5 to 6 hours on high or on low 8 to 9 hours.

Crock-Pot Reuben Casserole

1 (8 oz.) pkg. noodles, cooked
1 can corned beef
3 1/2 c. sauerkraut
6 slices American cheese
16 oz. sour cream
1 (10 1/4 oz.) can cream of chicken soup
6 slices Swiss cheese

In a buttered quart crockpot, layer half the noodles, half the meat, all the sauerkraut, all the American cheese. Mix the sour cream and the chicken soup together and layer half of the soup mixture. Then layer the rest of the noodles, meat, soup mixture and then lastly the Swiss cheese. Cook on high for 2 hours, so that it bubbles well. Turn down to low for 1 or 2 hours. Stir before serving.

Wow, Chrissy! Don't you ever sleep???

These days...rarely. I nap when my kids are at school...but basically I have been keeping a pretty tight eye on my troublesome daughter & therefore I have nothing better to do than tend my seedlings at night or fill this page with recipes & play games lol

If you like jigsaw puzzles, here's a great place. They let you upload your own photos and make jigsaw puzzles out of them to work on the computer!
Jig Saw Puzzles!

I make simple 6 piece puzzles from pictures of Andy and Brennan on the backhoe or dozer, then send them to Brennan to work. He likes them because he and Pappy are in the picture!

This one I made up but everyone loves it!!
1 whole chicken cut up ( or just breast or what ever you like)
2 boxes of rice a roni red beans and rice
4-6 hot italian sausage ( or what ever you have) cut up into chunks
2 green pepers
1 med onion
I put the rice a roni and all it's ingrediants water, butter ect right into the crock
stir in peppers and onions diced up as well as the sausage cubes, chunks
lay the chicken over top, I layer it and I sprinkle with cajun spice on the skin for extra flavor.
Just leave it for about 3 hours, till temp on chicken is (?180?_)I usually don't puor the sauce over the chicken cuz I like the spice to stay on the skin.


I also do whole chicken too
1 whole chicken
I stuff it with sausage, chopped onion and a chopped orange
I then cover it with butter and an orange glaze. You can find it in the oriental section of grocery or just use orange concentrate (no water) and honey. enough to cover th echicken and give you a half inch or so in the bottmom to keep it moist and juicy. I serve it with plain rice and butter but I also am a big fan of noodles, so what ever sid eyou like!

It's funny, i will just go through my cabinents and throw stuff in, while thinking ......uuummm this would be good!!!
Hope ya like em!!!! I Do!

Wow! That is strange...I have a thawed out chicken I was going to make yesterday, but Andy wanted something else. So, I HAVE to make it today! I have all the stuff for the chicken with the orange glaze!!!! COOL!!! Thank you!

Lemme know what you think, the glaze really helps to keep it juicy! Darnit now that I have been talkin about it , i'm goning to have to make it too!!!!! okay, going to the store!

Ohmigoodness!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You guys are the BEST!!! I am going to try each of these out! They all sound like they are delish!!!!

I get so tired of being the *fry cook* of the family...making dinner, only to have to make everyone something else because usually two or more children won't eat what I've made. I am going to start crock pottin' and if they don't eat it, tough toenails!!

Barb H.

It's funny that you said that because my mom always said, if u r hungry, you'll eat. So we learned we had to eat, there was no other option. Unless of course your kids have allergies, but that is something entirely different. The only thing I was allowed to leave on the plate was fat, off of meat. I still depise fat!!!!! yucky ca-ca!!!!!!
I hope you like the ones I put up , I've alraedy printed the ones Crissy posted, I don't have much time in the yard after work, so every minute counts. Even if it's a half an hour to prepare something, there are so many other things I'd rather do with tha t half hour!

Renee,

Yes, i made sure to print every single recipe and am going to try them all. My kids are allergic only to the thought of eating something other than pb&j, fish sticks, chicken nuggets, frenchfries and pancakes. Oh...and hotdogs and occasionally a piece of pizza. That's it....that's all they will eat...no fruit, no vegtables, just what i've listed.

So, I've got to do something, anything to get them to broaden their horizons.....and trick them into finding a *venchtable* that they will eat!!!

Barb

This is is my familys favorite

.Rack of spareribs cut up into ribs
Big can of tomatoe sauce
Peel of an orange
Two cans of beef broth
One can of red wine-obviously use one of the broth cans
One can of orange juice
One bay leave
Just dump this all in and let it go - about an hour before done add a package of baby carrots

I serve this both with rice or mashed potaotes. So good

Wish I'd had that spare rib recipe a few weeks ago. My dad gave me a HUGE "rack of ribs". I had no idea what to do with it. It looked really intimidating to me, but I just cut it up, stuck it in one of those Reynold's bags, dumped some bar-b-q sauce over it and cooked it.

You wouldn't believe how many of these recipes I've cooked so far. That chicken with the orange glaze was delicious! Everything I've made from these recipes is delicious! Today it's one of Chrissy's stews.

Does anyone have the recipe for crockpot macaroni and cheese. I've eaten it before and it's great.

By the way. What a wonderful thread.

I hope someone does! Yum!!!

I 3rd that!!!!

Weezie

I grabbed this one off the web a last year & its the one I use, I love the onions & garlic in it

Busy Cooks Crock-pot Macaroni and Cheese

2 eggs
1 12 oz. can evaporated milk
1 1/2 cups milk
1/2 lb. elbow macaroni
4 cups shredded cheddar cheese
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. white pepper
1/2 tsp. onion powder(fresh onion minced optional)
1/8 tsp. garlic powder

Spray the inside of the slow cooker with nonstick cooking spray. In a large bowl, beat eggs with the fresh and evaporated milks. Stir in UNCOOKED macaroni and all of the shredded Cheddar cheese, salt and pepper, and onion and garlic powders; mix well. Pour into 4 quart crockpot. Cover cook on low for 5 to 6 hours. Do NOT stir or remove the lid while this dish is cooking. Serves 4-6

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Chrissy,
Have you ever made it without the onion powder or garlic powder??

Weezie

Just curious???????

Yes I have made it without & it is still good...my 2 youngest daughters hate garlic & onion. I have also added cubed ham for something a little different & also hamburger for a change of pace. But it tastes just fine without the garlic & onion:)

My recipe is pretty much the same with the exception of the onion and garlic.

HELP
New user to crockpot! When you all say put on slow cook or cook on low for several hours...what temp is that exactly...mine reads simmer then 200 degrees up to 400 for the deep fat fryer part!

I just put a roast and potatoes in and set it on simmer...what temp should it be set at and for how long??? Can cook for 5 or 6 hours is okay with me!!!
Catlover :rolleyes:

You must have one of them thar newfangled crock pots!
I've had mine for 20 years!
It's real simple..."LOW" and "HIGH"!!!

I'm guessing it is about 16 y.old at least....no way new...it has a fryer thing that the crock sits in....so you can deep fat fry or use as a crock. Haven't used the darn thing in a L O N G time....and the directions...well what box could that be in???? :rolleyes: Guess I should of set it pretty high to bubble then turned it back down...I may be eating at 2am or tomorrow for breakfast.

yay! thank you guys! i love my crock pot too! saves time and keeps my kitchen cooler in the summer!

add to crock 2 cans of cambells beef consomme, then 2 cans of water. beef bullion cubes- for each cube add 1 soup can of water. add enough to make as much soup as you want. then add bite size chunks of beef. low for a few hours. we always ate it with spaghetti noodles in our bowls.

anyhow that's all i can think of off the top of my head. i'll think of more later i'm sure.... LOL

oh boy, oh boy.....
what a great thread!!

here is one my absolute favs!!!! -

BBQ Beef

3lbs beef - cubed
2c. onions - chopped
1/2c. brown sugar
3tsp. chili powder
2tsp. salt
1tsp. dry mustard
1/4c. vinegar
2tsp. whorstishire
6oz. tomato paste

put all in pot, stir well. Cook high 4-5 hours or low 7-8 hours ( i usually cook high 2 hours and low 4 hours)

right before serving, take two forks and finish shredding the beef (if you like it that way)

THis is soooooo yummy, I hope you guys like it!!

btw- this is my first post

here is another recipie that is surely to be a hit!!

Italian Creamy Chicken

4boneless/skinless breast halves
1env.dry italian mix
1/4c water
8oz. cream chicken soup
4oz. mushrooms

put chicken in pot. combine mix and water until smooth and pour over chicken. cook on low 3 hours.

Combine c0c soup and cream cheese. stir in mushrooms. pour mixture over chicken. Cook one hour more or until chicken is cook through.

Great with rice!!!!

Cream cheese???
How much?
I try every recipe posted here!
I'm a crock pot FREAK!!!

whoops...

thats an 8oz block of cream cheese , softened
and 1 can of cream of chicken soup.....

thanks for pointing that out!!

Boy!!! are there ever some great recipes for the Crock Pot, Soon I'll be retiring to part time, and I'm going to try some of these out, they all look so delicious, I haven't been around much, have been very busy, but I do stop in ever so often.

I was wondering if I could use some of these recipes on another forum, and put your name, and where it came from next to the recipes. I have a website, that's still under construction, and want to add a cook book there, and add some of your recipes there also. I already have a link to the 'Gardener's Forun' on there.

Hi LF from MC,
Been wondering where you've been!
Glad to hear you peak in on us!!!

I would also say, maybe IM all those you are interested in their recipe's....

Glad to hear you have a link to us!
That's awesome!!

Weezie

Hi Weezie13,

I took me a while, before I realize you were saying to send a privet message (IM) I'm use to calling them (PM's)

Yes, I'll do that, It'll be a couple days, have a lot to do. My daughter is coming up from OH, for the hollidays.

Thanks for the information.

http://southernfood.about.com/

Better git yerself a big ole trailer for yer next trip into town to the store!!

Thanks for all of the delicious sounding recipes for the crock pot. The "crock" and I are old friends as I did 90% of the cooking when my sons were growing up and my ex-wife was off going to school or working or whatever. Someone asked about the temperatures of the crock pot: they differ from brand to brand and type to type. I have three crocks and they all cook at different temps. "Low" on a newer one is like "High" on my old Rival. Personally, I prefer the ones which cook slower. If I want something cooked faster (such as meat), I just brown it first.
Now that summer is here, the crock is great for using up lots of garden veggies that otherwise might go to waste. If the counter is getting full of onions, peppers, summer squash, zuchini, tomatoes, sweetcorn, potatoes, etc., just chop/slice and throw into the crock with some of your favorite seasonings and a little water (or wine, red wine vinegar, soy sauce, chicken broth, beer?) and forget it for 6-8 hours. You may need to boil the taters for a while to soften them or slice very thin so they get done. Same with the carrots. Or shred them. I can't grow them in my garden but I like to add mushrooms. Be brave and experiment. You will not be disappointed.

Ahhh.....the old Rival!
Mine is over 25 years old! I got it to replace the one I dropped and broke when my daughter was 3 years old. She's 29 now!

Cindy

I sadly put my old crock pot to rest and bought a new one a few days ago.....the old one had a non stick interior and it was all peeling off ....so the new one is a stoneware insert that you can remove, and it's really nice--6 qt, stainless steel and black......I used it tonight for my sisters BD party for meatballs.....buy a bag of meatballs, or make some and then mix equal parts of grape jelly and ketchup together.....OMG, I HATE grape jelly and thought it would be disgusting, but this is the second year I've made them now and everyone loves them including me

Please bare with me. I'm new. I am G-moms oldest daughter. She got me a crockpot for my b-day yesterday. she sent the all of the recipies today. I cannot wait to try the salsa soup. Im sure my boyfriend will appreciate the recipies. He says that i never cook! Well now we both can! HA! I have a ton of recipies that i plan posting soon.....but its lunch time i gotta go!

Kareena

KAREENA!...I raised you better than that!



G-Mom

Yeah! What an example YOU must have set when she was in her "impressionable" years!

WHO...ME?

G-Mom

Hey Kareena...this is where you jump in and defend me!

G-Mom

OH! A TAG TEAM MATCH! ! ! ! !

Kung Fu Kareena

&

Kamikazee Karen



G-Mom

VS

Saint Cindy

Now THATS the funniest thing I've heard ALL DAY!!

G-Mom

:p

And THATS the 2nd funniest!



G-Mom

Sorry mom, but I was at work and they pay me so I have to look busy now and then. Here is a recipie yall might like:

Garlic Chicken Alfredo

1 jar (16 ounces) Creamy Garlic Alfredo Sauce, or Alfredo Sauce
4 to 6 boneless chicken breast halves
1 can (4 ounces) sliced mushrooms, drained
8 ounces spaghetti, hot cooked
grated Parmesan cheese

Pour about 1/3 of the sauce into the slow cooker. Place chicken in the slow cooker; top with mushrooms and remaining sauce. cover and cook on LOW setting for 6 to 8 hours. Serve with hot cooked spaghetti, Parmesan cheese and a tossed salad

I have more. Give me time and I will post them.

OMG, we had this last night and it was soooooo good!

Stroganoff
2lbs cubed pork (I used a couple huge chicken breasts cubed)
1 sm onion
2T flour
1/2 t salt
1/2 t pepper
1 1/2 t paprika
1 can diced tomatoes
1 cup sour cream

Place meat and onion in crockpot. Stir in flour. Add remaining minus sourcream. Stir well. Cover and cook. (We cooked on low for about 10 hours because that's about the amount of time from leaving for work and getting home for me.) Add sour cream 30 minutes before serving. Serve over noodles.

We put it on minute rice. YUMMY!!!

Thanks sachi, I'm gonna try that one today. I just happened to take out a huge package of boneless pork from the freezer yesterday just to use it up , it's way too much for me and 2 kids , but this sounds great. and I have all the ingredients!

Country Pork with Mushrooms

2 pounds country-style ribs, boneless
1 can cream of mushrooms soup
4 ounces sliced mushrooms
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 envelope mushroom gravy mix
1/8 teaspoon pepper
1/2 teaspoon sweet paprika
2 tablespoons cold water blended with 1 heaping tablespoon all-purpose flour

Combine boneless ribs, soup, mushrooms, salt, pepper, gravy, and paprika in crockpot. Cover and cook on LOW setting for 7 to 9 hours. Stir flour mixture into broth and cook on HIGH heat setting an additional 15 minutes, or until thickened. Serve country-style ribs with mashed potatoes and corn.
Country-style ribs recipe serves 6.

Hi all ~

The first Crock Pot recipe I ever received was from Nana's11, a marvelous cook. Here it is:

LOW FAT ORANGE CLAZED CHICKEN BREASTS

6 ounces thawed orange juice, foozen concentrate
3 chicken breats, split
1/2 teaspoon marjoram
1 dash ground nutmeg
1 dash garlic powder (optional)
1/4 cup water
2 tablespoons cornstarch

Combine thawed orange juice concentrate (not already made OJ) in bowl along with marjoram, garlic powder and nutmeg. Split the chicken breasts to make 6 serving sizes. Dip each piece into the orange juice mixture to coat completely. Place in crock pot. Pour the remaining orange juice mixture over the chicken.

Cover and cook on low for 7 - 9 hours or cook on high for 4 hours if you wish.

When chicken is done, remove to serving platter. Pour the sauce that remains in crock pot into a saucepan. Mix the cornstarch and water and stir into the juice in pan. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until thick and bubbly.

Serve the sauce over the chicken.

Serving ideas: Serve with brown or white rice.

Merme

Sorry, this doesn't have a name but is a wonderful soup that we serves at the bakery for lunch and it was a big hit every fall/winter.

2 lbs ground beef
1 chopped onion
1 can kidney beans (rinsed)
1 can pimto beans
1 cup frozen corn
1 pkg dry ranch dressing mix
1 pkg taco seasoning mix
1 1/2 cups water
1 cup ketchup
3 cups stewed tomatoes
salt & pepper to taste


Brown meat-drain. sprinkle with the ranch drsg mix & taco seasoning mix. Throw all ingredients in the crock pot and cook on low for 5-6 hours.
My clan likes jalepeno' peppers thrown in.