Looking for Crock Pot Recipes

[Tracy aka ~ MommyBess]

I have a few that I like and I love to use my crock pot since it's hard to find time to make dinner. With homework help needed, the business at home, and any other variety of thigns needing my attention (i.e. 4boys) in the late afternoon I find it easier to cook in the crock pot, esp since I can throw it in in the morning and forget about it!

So if anyone had any great crock pot recipes please share as many as you can!!!

Thanks so much!!!
Hugs
Tracy

[ElsieB]

I have quite a few, but this is one of my all-time favorites and should definitely be a big hit with kids. It makes a lot! You need a big crockpot to have room for all these ingredients (at least the 4 qt. size I'd say).

<u>Crockpot Pizza Casserole</u>

1.5 lbs. lean ground beef
2 medium onions, chopped
2/3 of a 16 oz. package of rigatoni, cooked
2 (14 oz.) cans of pizza sauce
2 lbs. of shredded mozzarella
1 (3 oz.) package of pepperoni (ground or shredded)
mushrooms

In a skillet, brown and crumble the ground beef and onions. Layer the ingredients in crockpot in the order given. Cook on low for 5 hours.

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[amym]

This is my favorite make-ahead meal

The night before, in your crockpot, mix 1-2 c water and Lipton onion soup mix (or generic). Put in a cheap roast beef. Add carrots and potatoes - any kind, any amount. Store it in the fridge. In the morning, put it on to cook on low. Cook it for 8-12 hours. When you're done, either dispose of the liquid, or separate the fat and make gravy (I follow the directions on the box of corn starch), or use the broth for stew.

Then, I use the leftovers meat to make stew. Cut the meat and veggies into pieces. Add a can (or two) of diced tomatoes (with the juice), a can (or two) of mixed veggies. Add beef broth - either from a can or from when you made the roast. Either put it in the crock pot to heat, or heat it on the stove. Serve it as soon as it's hot.

BBQ pork:
Put 1 c water in your crock pot. Sprinkle a pork roast w/BBQ seasoning. Cook for about 8 hours. When the meat falls apart when you stick a fork in it, pull the meat apart and cut it till it's the consistency you like. Dispose of the liquid. Serve the meat w/ BBQ sauce.

A whole ckicken:
Make sure the chicken will fit in your crockpot! Remove the giblets. Separate the skin from the breast. Insert your choice of seasonings between the skin and the breast. I like fresh or dried rosemary and garlic. Put a cup of water in the crockpot. Add the chicken. Cook on low for about 8 hours. After we've eaten, I remove all the good meat from the carcass and use it to make chicken salad.

Chicken salad:
Chop up the chicken. Add mayo until it's the consistency you like. I like to add a little mustard and some onion salt.

Any of the recipes can start with frozen or partially frozen meat - it just may take longer to cook. They also can be arranged in the crock the night before, then refrigerated over night and put on to cook the following morning.

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[Elaine]

Easy Chicken Teriyaki

6 boneless skinless chicken breasts (or 1 whole cut up chicken if you don't mind dealing
with the bones)
1 bottle Teriyaki sauce
1/2-1 cup brown sugar
1 can pineapple chunks

Place all ingredients in crock pot, cook on low all day, turn to high and remove lid for
last hour or so if you want to thicken the liquid a bit before serving. Serve over rice.

I suggest discarding the pineapple that has cooked in the liquid all day. I love
pineapple, but somehow the slowcooking ruins it for me. So instead I save a few
chunks and sautee them in a bit of butter and a bit of the liquid from the crock pot just
before serving.

*HUGGS*
Elaine

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[Elaine]

Made this one last night ... and it was good ... but (geez, I can't beleive I'm saying this ... they may take my chocoholic's anonymous card away!!! ...) it was almost TOO rich!!!!! My family of 4 finished off the entire recipe except for one bowlful still in the fridge ... I would suggest dividing the finished dessert into 6-8 servings instead!

~Upside Down Chocolate Pudding Cake~
(I'll bet you never thought you'd use your crockpot to make a dessert.)
1 cup Bisquick
1 cup sugar
1/3 c. and 3 tbsp. unsweetened cocoa
1/2 cup milk
1 tsp. vanilla
1-2/3 c. hot tap water

Mix Bisquick, 1/2 cp sugar, 3 tbsp. cocoa, milk and vanilla. Spoon batter
evenly into lightly greased crockpot. Mix remaining sugar, cocoa, and hot
tap water. Pour over the batter that is already in the crockpot. Cook on
high 2-1/2 hours or until batter no longer looks shiny on top. **NOTE: This
literally ends up looking like a cake from the top, but surprise! When you
slice (scoop) the cake, there is a layer of pudding underneath it. When
finished, it looks nothing like what you put in the crockpot in the first
place. This is a very rich dessert, so eat a small portion!

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[Elaine]

And here is what I plan to make for tomorrow night's supper

Bar-b-que Pork Chops

1 package thick cut pork chops
1 cup store bought BBQ sauce
1 cup Coca-cola (not diet)
1 onion thinly sliced

Place chops and onion in bottom of crockpot creating alternating layers if needed, pour BBQ sauce and coke over the whole thing. (You can mix these in a bowl before hand if you wish, but if you want to save messing up another dish, just pour them both in and sort of swirl them together as best you can with a spoon, after cooking all day, they'll mix together just fine.)

Cook on low all day.

If you want to thicken the sauce to serve with the chops, remove the lid and turn pot to 'high' for a half hour or so before serving.

You can also use this same recipe for doing ribs or almost any other cut of pork or chicken!!! It's sooooo yummy your tongue will thank you for days afterwards!!!! *LOL*

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[Elaine]

I have a whole chicken (cut up) bar-b-q-ing in my crockpot today!!!

Last night I put 4 sweet potatoes in the crockpot to bake overnight (line the bottom of the pot with a sheet of foil incase the potatoes 'bubble') then this morning I just took them out and placed in the fridge and then put the chicken in the pot and poured a bottle of bar-b-que sauce over it this morning. It took me about 5 minutes total. So when we get home all I have to do is warm the sweet potatoes in the oven while I brown some rolls. And I'll cut up a cucumber and a tomatoe, add some baby carrots for a quick 'salad'.

Mega-meal (at least around our house *lol*) without much work!

Elaine
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[Ann88]

Here is an easy one. You still need side dishes but we love it. Put a whole chicken in the crockpot, put some chopped onion in and then pour bottled barbeque sauce on it. Cook as long as recomended for a whole chicken. The chicken comes out really sweet. We usually just serve flavored Lipton noodles and a vegie with it.
Ann

[Elaine]

Crock pots can be for meals other than supper too! *lol*

Crockpot oatmeal

2 c. milk (I use soy, rice or almond milk...)
2-3 c. water (depends on the consistency of oatmeal you like)
1/4 c. brown sugar
1 T. Melted butter
1/4 t. salt
1/2 t. cinnamon
2 c. quick cooking oats
1 c. peeled, chopped apple
1/2 c. chopped walnuts
1/2 c. raisins (opt.)

Grease inside of crockpot. Mix ingredients in crockpot with wire whisk. Cook overnight on low (6-8 hours). This is good without the apples too. We don't put the raisins in the crockpot because we don't like them all "puffed up". If we add raisins, we do it when we serve the oatmeal. (my4sons)

[Elaine]

Cheesy Chicken & Broccoli

1 can cheddar cheese soup
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 bag frozen broccoli
4 skinless chicken breasts or one whole cut up chicken (chicken can be put into crockpot completely frozen, but remove skin before freezing if you plan to make this recipe)

Mix soups in large bowl. Remove skin from chicken if not already removed. Place half of soup mixture in the bottom of the crockpot, put chicken in crock pot, and pour the other half of the soup mixture over the chicken. You do NOT have to defrost the chicken first. Cook on low all day 6-8 hours, or cook on high for 4 hours. When chicken is ALMOST done, Put in frozen broccoli (or steamed fresh broccoli) and let it cook until hot. Serve over rice or pasta.

[Elaine]

Crock-pot spaghetti

1 lb ground beef, browned w/ one finely chopped onion

1 envelope dry spaghetti sauce mix
Generous sprinkling of garlic powder (not garlic salt) since I did't have any fresh
8 oz can tomato sauce (not paste, make sure you check ... there is a difference)
1 can of whole tomatoes (w/ juice) cut into small piece
1 large bottle (32-36 ounces?) tomato juice (adjust the amount according to how thin/thick you want the sauce)
4 oz can mushrooms drained (didn't have any this time, but will add them next time)
4 oz dry spaghetti broken into thirds

Combine all but spaghetti noodles in crockpot and stir. Cover and cook on low 6-8 hours. Turn to high for last hour and add spaghetti. Stir often.

I think the recipe says to cook the spagetti in the sauce because it makes a fairly thin sauce ... but I *LIKE* thin sauce, so I cooked the noodles seperately ... but I did uncover the sauce and turn it to high for about the last hour of cooking just so it could thicken up slightly.

There is just no way to tell you how delicious this sauce tasted ... much better than ANY brand of jarred sauce I've tried. And it makes a huge potful, so I figure it's atleast as much as 2 if not 3 batches of jarred sauce.

[Elaine]

Great vegetarian recipe if you don't use meat when you cook your beans ... but I used beans that had been cooked with a ham bone earlier in the week.

BLACK BEAN CHILI

Black Beans - whatever you have left over if you've cooked dry beans ... or two or three cans if using canned beans

Any other cooked or canned beans you have on hand and like - good choices include garbonzo beans, white beans, pinto beans, kidney beans (though i find them a bit large and tough), and even pork-n-beans or other canned 'baked' beans.

One large can of diced tomatoes - not pureed, or if using whole canned tomatoes cut them up a bit - and ofcourse you can use home canned or frozen tomatoes, but I don't find that 'fresh' work as well

One can of corn - drained

One large onion - diced small

One bell pepper diced - but I leave this out because the kids don't like it

Diced garlic to taste - at least one clove, but more if you like

On heaping spoonful of chili powder - more or less to taste

Additional peppers if you like spicier chili

If mixture seems too thick for your liking, add a bit of water.

Place all ingredients in crock pot ... cook all day on low ... serve with crackers, cornbread, noodles or rice ... or a green salad!

This is a FANTASTIC 'make ahead' dish for working moms ... just mix everything in the crock pot insert (if yours is removable) or in a large covered bowl and refridgerate overnight ... the next morning all you have to do is put the insert into the base, or dump the bowl of ingredients into the pot and turn on!

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[missym]

White Chili

3 1/2 cups chicken broth
1 1/2 cups dried Great Northern Beans
4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
6 minced garlic cloves
1 medium chopped onion
2 teaspoons cumin
1/2 teaspoon oregano
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper jalapeno's or crushed red pepper to taste

Put beans in 3-4 qt saucepan and cover with water plus approx. 2 inches over. Bring to a boil and boil uncovered for 2 minutes. Reduce to low heat and simmer for 1 to 1 1/2 hour or until beans are tender. Add more water if necessary. Meanwhile, boil large stock pot of water. Add chicken breast and boil until inside is no longer pink. Let cool then shred into bite size pieces. Add all ingredients to crockpot and cover. Cook on low for 8-10 hours or high for 4-5 hours. If this is not spicy enough for you, add more crushed red pepper to desired taste. Serve with tortilla chips, sour cream, cheddar cheese.

I sometimes put the uncooked beans in the fridge over night covered with enough water to cover them 2 inches. I will also cook the chicken the night before as well. Then finish the rest of the recipe. It really is better the longer it can cook!

Missy

[JMom]

Southwestern Soup

1 can black beans
1 can pinto beans or navy beans
1 can kidney beans
2 cans corn (shoepeg or whole kernel)
1 can diced tomatoes
1 can diced tomatoes with green chiles
1 envelope taco seasoning
1 envelope Ranch salad dressing mix

Do not drain anything. Just open cans, pour in slow cooker, and stir.
Serve with tortilla chips or cornbread. It is also yummy with cheese or sour cream on top.
Enjoy!

[amy lynn]

here is a good one for you and I know that my family likes it alot.
All you need is a pack of pork chops, 2 cans of cream of mushroom soup, and your seasonings. Just throw the soup and water(1can of water to w can of soup) and you pork chops in the crock pot. Put it on high and then around three out it on low until you are ready for your supper. It is so easy and the meat will basically fall of the bone. If you have another crock pot you can put in your scalloped potatoes and the two go great together.

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[CherylA]

This is really good and freezes great!

~Chicken Taco Filling~
1 packet taco seasoning (or 4 tbsp. bulk seasoning)
1 cup chicken broth
1 pound boneless skinless chicken breasts

Dissolve seasoning into the broth. Place chicken breasts in crockpot and pour chicken broth over. Cover and cook on low 6-8 hours. With two forks, shred the chicken into bite-sized pieces. Use in soft or hard tacos, burritos, nachos, etc. **NOTE: This can be frozen, in its own juices, in plastic freezer bags.

Haven't tried this one yet but I've heard great things!

Creamy Italian Chicken

4 boneless chicken breast halves
1 envelope Italian salad dressing mix
1/2 cup water
1 pkg. (8oz) cream cheese, softened
1 can condensed cream of chicken soup, undiluted
1 can (4oz) mushroom stems and pieces, drained

Place chicken in bottom of crockpot. Combine salad dressing mix and water; pour over chicken. cover and cook on low for 3 hours. In a small mixing bowl, beat cream cheese and soup until blended. Stire in mushrooms. Pour over chicken. Cook one hour longer, or until chicken juices run clear. Serve over rice or pasta.

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[bkaye]

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crockpot chops

4 pork chops
1 sm can of mushrooms
2 cans mushroom soup
garlic seasoning/powder to taste ( teaspoon or more ?)

combine ingredients in crock pushing the chops down into the sauce and cook for a few hours...i cook on high for the first few then low for the last
hth

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[ElsieB]

The best chicken-crock pot recipe I've ever made!

Originally posted by: Laura at work
06-13-2001 07:07 AM

And it's so simple! I don't know if this has been posted before, but I made this Friday night and DH's only complaint is there wasn't enough of it.

4 boneless and skinless chicken breasts
2 cans cream of mushroom soup
1 packet onion soup mix

Put everything in the crockpot and cook on low for 8 hours. Serve it over egg noodles, rice, or cornbread stuffing. It's awesome, and comes out like a goulash.

[ElsieB]

Crockpot smothered chicken recipe

Originally posted by ShannonB25
06-24-2002 04:03 PM

Crockpot Smothered Chicken

Place the following in crockpot:
4 chicken breasts (may use frozen)
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 can french onion soup
1 package onion soup mix
2 cups sour cream
1 tbsp butter
Pepper to taste
(no extra salt is necessary as the french onion soup mix makes it plenty salty)

Cook on low for 6 hours. I started out with frozen chicken breasts and they were cooked perfectly and very tender after 6 hours. I also used a little Wondra to thicken up my sauce a bit before serving. We had this with rice, corn on the cob, and salad last night and it was yummy! DH and DS both loved it. Just wanted to share.

Shannon

[ElsieB]

Crockpot Sour Cream Salsa Chicken!

Originally posted by Momto2boyz
03-23-2002 03:41 PM

This is a great recipie...it also got GREAT reviews!!!!!

Serving Size : 4
Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Poultr

4 skinless boneless chicken breast halves
1 package reduced-sodium taco seasoning mix
1 cup salsa
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1/4 cup light sour cream

Spray the crockpot with cooking spray. Add the chicken breasts. Sprinkle with Taco Seasoning. Top with salsa. Cook on low for 6-8 hours.

When ready to serve, remove the chicken from the pot. Place about 2 T cornstach in a small amount of water. Stir well. Stir the cornstarch mixture into salsa sauce. Stir in 1/4 cup of sour cream.

And if your on Weight Watchers....
3 POINTS per serving

[ElsieB]

Here's an easy pork chop recipe

Originally posted by JeanaS
02-28-2002 09:46 AM

Ingredients:
4 thick cut pork chops
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon dry mustard
1 teaspoon seasoning salt
1 (10.5 ounce) can condensed chicken with rice soup

Directions:
1. In a pie plate or shallow dish mix flour, dry mustard and seasoned salt. Trim fat off of pork chops.
2. Heat a small amount of oil in a skillet on medium heat. Dredge chops in flour mixture, then put in fry pan and brown both sides.
3. Place in slow cooker with a can of chicken and rice soup. Cook on low about 8 hours.

Serve over rice or noodles if you want. You can also substitute different soups (cream of chicken, dijon chicken, etc.)

[ElsieB]

These sound good!

Originally posted by LoriU
posted 02-28-2002 11:35 AM



Chicken Cordon Bleu

4-6 chicken breasts, pounded thin
4-6 slices ham
4-6 slices Swiss cheese
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1/4 cup milk

Place one slice of ham, and one slice of cheese on each chicken breast. Roll up and fasten with a toothpick. Place chicken, seam side down, in crockpot, layering if necessary. Combine soup and milk; pour over chicken. Cover; cook on low for 4-6 hours. Serves 4


Crockpot Chicken and Dumplings

4 skinless, boneless chicken breasts, chunked
2 10.75 oz. cans condensed cream of chicken soup
1/4 cup onion, finely diced
2 cups of water
2 10 oz. pkg. refrigerated biscuits
1 chicken bouillon cube


Combine all ingredients, except biscuits, in crockpot. Cover; cook on low for 5 to 6 hours.

30 minutes before serving, tear biscuit dough into 1-inch pieces. Add to crock pot mixture; stir gently. Turn crockpot setting to High. Cook for an additional 30 minutes or until biscuits are fluffed up and cooked through to the center.

Italian Chicken and Potatoes

4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
1 cup Italian salad dressing
2 tsp. Italian seasoning
1 cup grated parmesan
8 potatoes; peeled, cut into wedges

Place chicken in bottom of crock pot. Sprinkle with half Italian dressing, spices, and the grated cheese. Put potatoes over chicken. Sprinkle with remaining ingredients. Cook on low 6-8 hours.

Crockpot Beef Stroganoff

1 1/2 to 2 lbs stew meat
1 cup chopped onion
10 3/4 oz. can condensed golden mushroom soup
10 3/4 oz. can condensed cream of onion soup
6 oz. jar sliced mushrooms, drained
8 oz. pkg. cream cheese, cubed
8 oz. carton sour cream
Hot, cooked noodles or rice

Combine all ingredients except cream cheese and sour cream in crockpot; cover and cook on Low for 8 to 10 hours, until beef is very tender. During last 20 minutes of cooking stir in cream cheese and sour cream. Stir until cheese is melted and well blended. Serve over hot noodles or rice.

Lori

[ElsieB]

Originally posted by Mmylrkee
02-28-2002 02:58 PM

I've got this one going right now, and the smell is divine.

Burgundy Mushroom Roast

3-4 lb roast
1 tbsp olive oil
kosher salt
fresh ground pepper
1 can cream mushroom soup
1 soup can burgundy wine
1 package onion soup mix
2 tbsp beef bullion granules
3 garlic cloves, crushed
1/2 onion, sliced thinly
1 pint mushrooms, sliced

Braise the roast in the olive oil on all sides, season with the salt and pepper. Place in crock pot. In a bowl, stir together the soup, wine, onion soup mix, and bullion granules. Place the garlic, onion, and mushrooms around the roast. Pour the liquid over the top. Cook in crockpot at least 5 hours on medium, reduce heat to low until dinnertime.

I can't wait for dinner tonight, this stuff smells so good! We're going to have garlic mashed potatoes and green beans with it, yum yum yum!

[ElsieB]

Originally posted by Beckster36693
06-12-2002 11:49 AM

Chicken Curry

2 whole chicken breasts, boned
1 can Cream of Chicken soup
1/4 cup dry sherry
2 Tbsp. butter
2 green onions, chopped
1 tsp. curry powder
1/2 tsp. salt
dash of pepper
Fluffy rice

Cut chicken into small pieces, place in crock pot. Add all remaining ingredients except rice. Cover & cook on high 2 1/2-4 hours, until done. Serve over rice.

*Sometimes I add a can of peas in at the end, just so they have time to heat up with the rest of the mixture, too soon and they will be mushy!*

[ElsieB]

Originally posted by Emerelda
12-29-2001 06:44 PM

I haven't tried this one yet, but it sounds really tasty!

Crock-Potato Cheese Soup

2 pounds potatoes--peeled and chopped
1 onion chopped
5 cups chicken or vegetable broth
salt and pepper to taste
1 cup milk
1 cup cheddar cheese

Cook first three ingredients with salt and pepper in a crock pot for 4 hours on high. Process half the mixture in a food processor, pour into a pot and add remaining crock potted potato mixture. Stir well and heat, adding milk. When the soup begins to simmer, turn down the heat. If it boils too hard, the soup will separate. Correct the seasoning. Top each portion with cheddar cheese.

[ElsieB]

Crockpot BBQ

Originally posted by lunchbox
04-23-2002 07:55 AM

This is too easy, even if it is sacreligious...

Pour one bottle of BBQ sauce in CP. Add a large pork butt. Cook 4-5 hours on high, turning occasionally. Pork eventually falls apart. Good for BBQ sandwiches...

[Momto3boyz]

Cheesy Crockpot Chicken

2lbs (I use 4 breasts) boneless, skinless chicken breasts
2 cans condensed cream of chicken soup
1 can condensed cheddar cheese soup
garlic powder
Onion Powder


Place chicken breasts in a 3-4 quart crockpot. Mix the soups together with the garlic powder and onion powder in a medium bowl and pour over chicken. Cover crockpot. Cook on LOW for 6 to 8 hours, or until chicken is tender and thoroughly cooked. Serve over rice or noodles.

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[Momto3boyz]

Easy Beef Stew

This is a simple and tasty meal for your family.

1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1-1/2 pounds lean round steak in 1/2" cubes
3 cups water
2 medium potatoes, cut in bite size pieces
9 oz package whole baby carrots
8 oz sliced mushrooms
1 cup pearl onions
4 teaspoons beef boullion granules
1 teaspoon dried savory or thyme, crushed
1/2 teaspoon garilc powder

Shake beef cubes in flour and black pepper to coat. Combine meat and remaining ingredients in pot. Cover and cook for 9 to 11 hours on low.

[Lutey]

You might check out the best-selling cookbook "Fix It and Forget It". It has tons of great crock-pot recipes in it!

[neza]

I've posted this before. It's good enough for company.

Chicken pieces bone side down in crock pot or slow cooker. You can also use an elec. frypan on low. Sprinkle with chicken boullion granules and dry thyme. No other moisture necessary.

Clean and cut up potatoes. In a bowl mix potatoes with seasoning of choice and a couple tablespoons water and oil. I use garlic and parsley (lemon zest might add a nice flavor) or dressing mix--Italian or Ranch.

Cover and cook on med for 4 hours or low for 6-8. Remove all from crockpot and brown chicken skin and spuds under broiler.

[Phineas]

I posted lots of crock pot recipes on this site. YOu might want to look at them. They are under Phineas. They are really yummy.

Mindy

[Mojo]

I was just going to Post this recipe, as a matter of fact. Thanks for bumping it ElsieB!!

*warning: I'm not that eloquent, so if this doesn't make sense to anybody, let me know and I'll clarify........

Not sure what to call this, but we'll just dub it "Fall pork chops"

2 cooking apples
1 small/medium yellow onion (depends on your family's taste buds)
1 medium yellow squash or zucchini squash
Pork chops (I used boneless, but I'm sure any type will work)
1 can reduced-sodium chicken broth
pepper to taste
1 tbsp. parsley

Core apples and divide into 8 sections each, peel or not, it's your choice
Slice onion up into rings
Slice squash up
Throw all ingredients together in crock pot, put on low and cook for roughly 8 hours (depending on your crock pot)
Serve with rice/egg noodles and corn bread.
So yummy!!

[ShannonH]

I just made this on Saturday and it was yummy. In the past, I made a version that I baked in the oven (a little creation of mine) - this is much easier though.

Country Dijon Chicken

4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
approx 1 pound baby carrots
approx 4 ribs of cellery (cut to about the size of the carrots)
approx 4 potatoes (cut to about bite size)
1 can cream of chicken soup
milk (fill soup can)
2-4 tablespoons of dijon mustard
1 cup of white wine (or fill soup can)
fresh ground black pepper
approx 1 tsp chopped garlic

place carrots, potatoes, and cellery in crock pot. put chicken breast on top. In a bowl, mix together soup, milk, wine, mustard, pepper, and garlic. Por liquid over chicken and veggies. Cook all day on low or 4-5 hours on high. (I had to use frozen chicken breasts and I cooked on high for about 5-6 hours, the chicken was cooked through and was nice and juicy).

**This would be really good over rice or pasta if you omit the potatoes, lots of sauce! Yummm.

Enjoy! :)

[Shancarey]

Crockpot Chicken Stuffing Casserole

4-6 boneless chicken breasts (I also use 2 boneless chicken breasts and 2-3 boneless thighs instead of all chicken breasts)
1 small box Stove Top Stuffing mix for chicken
1 10 ounce frozen, chopped broccoli, thawed
1 can broccoli with cheese soup
1/2 cup chicken broth

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Lightly butter crockpot and place the chicken in the bottom
Mix together the remaining ingredients and place on top of the chicken. Cover and cook on low 6-7 hours.

[Shancarey]

I made this yesterday in the crockpot and it was really good! I don't even normally like sauerkraut!

Healthy Choice Turkey Kielbasa
Sauerkraut
One bottle of dark beer
chopped green apple
brown sugar
spicy brown mustard

Put sauerkraut and apples on bottom of greased crockpot, chop up kielbasa in large chunks and lay on top of sauerkraut. Mix together in bowl, beer, mustard, brown sugar and pour over kielbasa and kraut and cook on low 6-7 hours.

Serve over red potatoes.

[jacbyrd]

We use ours about once a week. We do the standard roast, but lately we have been branching out. I put a couple of chicken breasts and a couple of packets of Taco seasonings and cover the breasts with water and cook on low for 10 hours. When we get home we can just shred the chicken and use it for burritos, enchiladas, quesadillas... whatever.

I also use it for Chicken Delicious. Put some breasts in the bottom and season with salt, pepper, celery salt, and paprika. Mix a can of cream of celery, a can of cream of mushroom and some red wine (I use about 1/2 a cup depending on how I think my day will go). Dump over the chicken and cover it all with Parmesan cheese. Cook on low all day. DELICIOUS!

[GeorgiaGirl]

This is one of my family's favorites--the cream cheese (in place of the traditional sour cream) makes it creamy and rich! :)

***Slow Cooker Beef Stroganoff***

Ingredients:

1 pound cubed beef stew meat
1 (10.75 ounce) can condensed golden mushroom soup
1/2 cup chopped onion
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1/4 cup water
4 ounces cream cheese


Directions

1 In a slow cooker, combine the meat, soup, onion, Worcestershire sauce and water.
2 Cook on Low setting for 8 hours, or on High setting for about 5 hours. Stir in cream cheese during final hour of cooking (you may have to wisk a few times to get cream cheese melted and combined). Serve over hot egg noodles or rice.

Notes: I add 1/2 pound of fresh mushrooms and a little more water to the recipe.

[Grayson's Mom]

I found this recipe months ago at allrecipes.com and made it last weekend. They were so good. Smelled great all day too in the crockpot. Makes a wonderful gravy that you can serve over mashed potatoes (which we did).



4 pork chops
1 egg, beaten
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons shortening
1 large onion, sliced
2 (10.75 ounce) cans condensed cream of mushroom soup
2 cups milk

1. Melt shortening in large skillet. Dip pork chops in beaten egg, then dredge in flour.
Place chops in pan and sear until brown on both sides.

2. Place browned chops in crockpot. Add sliced onions, soup and milk. Cook on high for 4 to 5 hours or on low for 8 to 10 hours.

[Mom-2-3-girls]

Try this one!!! It went over super with the family (even the kids) and made the house smell so good while cooking!

Four to Six-Skinless, Boneless, Chicken Breasts (cut in half, lengthwise)
1 Can-Cream of Mushroom
1 Can-Crean of Chicken
1 Can-Chedder Cheese Soup
1/2 Cup-Milk
Four to Eight-ounces of Sour Cream (can leave out)

Dump everything but Sour Cream in crockpot (no need to pre-mix) and heat on low for six hours or high for eight. 30 minutes before serving add Sour Cream and stir. Serve over Wide Egg Noodles. We add Mushrooms when we aren't poor! ;)

Everything can be generic and it still taste as great. I can by the three cans of soup for 40 cents each and the Sour Cream for a little over a buck. Egg noodles are just 50 cents a package. The chicken can get pricey but shop around and you are all set!

If you make it let me know! I love it! :)

I am trying ANOTHER chicken crock-pot recipe tomorrow and I will let you know how it is.

[Mom-2-3-girls]

Tried this tonight in the slow-cooker. Started it around ten this morning and dinner was ready at six this evening (and man the house smelled good all day).

One Package of Cooked Cubed Ham
One can of Corn (drained well)
6-8 Cubed Potatoes
2 cans of Cheddar Cheese Soup
1 Cup Milk
6 TBS's of Flour

Put in crockpot together and toss to coat. Cook on low for around eight hours. Serve alone (like soup) w/ corn bread or over egg noodles.

It was great! :)
Even the kids loved it!

[Ty]

Cover bottom of crockpot with worcheshire sauce. Stab roast and put stab side down. stab top of roast and pour some worcheshire sauce over that. Sprinkle with mushroom onion soup mix and pour a little water over that. Crock for 'roast time' (6 hours on low?).

So good!

Terra

[annalauren]

First, coat your crock pot with a nonstick spray.
Then dump in country style ribs
Add a few cloves of garlic (I don't even bother cutting them- just peel)
You can also add onions if you want - Sometimes I forget

Cook on low for 10 hours or so. Then drain juices. Add your favorite bbq sauce and cook for 30 minutes to an hour on low. Do NOT cook the ribs in sauce all day- it does something very strange to the bbq sauce. I never let it cook in sauce longer than an hour or hour and a half at max.

So easy and the ribs are great. My DH loves it!

[semisweet]

Another chicken breast recipe.

Heavenly Crockpot Chicken

Fatty version:

4-6 chicken breasts
1 package zesty italian dressing
1 cube butter

cook in crockpot for 3 hours on high.

In a sauce pan, melt 1 8oz pkg cream cheese and 1 can cream of mush soup, until smooth

add sauce to crockpot and cook an additional 30 minutes
serve over rice

lower fat version:
eliminate the butter
use lowfat cream cheese and cream of mush soup (still tastes extremely yummy)

[Katie's Momma]

Cheater cabbage rolls

1 pound of ground beef
1 cup of long grain rice
1 cup of water
1 can of diced tomatoes
salt & pepper

Mix all of the above ingredients together in the crock pot.

1/2 of a small or medium cabbage diced into chunks (not too small or it gets soggy)

Layer the diced cabbage on top of the meat & tomato mixture.

Leave on low for 4 hours, stir in cabbage. Let cook for another 3 hours.

Amazingly simple and so good.

DH prefers to leave the rice out and cook it separately. I like it all together....

[kaboosh]

yumm, these recipies sound so great :D I'm going to be trying some very soon!!!

[KimT]

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[NWORB]

Here's about as easy as you can get! I've been making it often because it's the only way I can get my 21 month old to eat green beans!

Ham, green beans and potatoes in the crock

Get maybe a 2 pound ham, add 2 or 3 cans of green beans, and peel and dice several large potatoes. Dump it all in the crock, fill it to cover with water and cook all day on low.

Super easy! :)

[Paige]

Adding one and bumping for a friend. Hope this recipe isn't a repeat!

Cranberry Pork Roast

1 boneless rolled pork loin roast (2-3lbs)
1/2 tsp of salt
1/4 tsp of pepper
1 can of whole cranberry sauce
1/4 cup of honey
1 tsp of grated orange peel (I use jarred)
1/8 tsp of ground cloves
1/8 tsp of ground nutmeg

Cut roast in half and place in crockpot. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Combine remaining ingredients and pour over roast. Cook on low for 4-5 hours our until meat thermometer reaches 160* Let stand for 10 minutes before slicing.

I have a huge crockpot and since I feed 6 my goal is lots of leftovers. I do two full roasts at once and we eat one sliced. The second I shred and throw in a couple of days later with a can of diet coke and ketchup for BBQ.

[MelissaB]

I have two:

Brunswick Stew

ingredients:
1 1/2 to 2 cooked chicken breasts cut up
1/2 onion chopped
2 cans cream corn
14 oz diced tomatoes
1 cup chicken broth
1/8 cup worcestshire sauce
1 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
1 tsp dry mustard
1 tsp chili powder
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1/4 tsp hot sauce

directions:
Cook on high in crock pot for at least four hours.

Tortilla Soup:

ingredients:
2 cooked chicken breasts cut up
2 cups frozen corn, thawed
1/2 onion, chopped
2 garlic cloves, pressed
2 14 1/2 oz cans chicken broth
10 3/4 oz tomato puree
10 oz diced tomatoes and chiles
2 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp salt
1 tsp chili powder
1/8 tsp cayenne pepper
1/8 tsp black pepper
1 bay leaf
tortilla chips
shredded cheese

directions:
Combine all but chips and cheese in crock pot and cook on high at least 4 hours. (4-6 hours). Discard bay leaf. Serve with chips and cheese.

[3PrezGirls]

http://www.cookingcache.com/crockpot.html

A whole list of cooking with your crockpot. I HTH!!

[Paige]

Bump! :)

[Chelsey]

Just making this sticky so we can all find it! :)

[lunchbox]

Merrill's Kick Arse Pot Roast

Layer crocket pot with carrots, celery, and onion. I like to keep them pretty long and large so they don't get mushy.

Brown a chuck roast in some oil - all sides. You just want to brown the outside, so don't worry about really cooking it.

Put roast on top of veggies. Add packet of McCormick's stew seasoning (any brand works fine). Cover and cook on high for about 8-10 hours.

Towards the end, add as many red skinned taters as you can on top of the meat. Let them cook until they are soft. Remove and mash with butter and milk. Serve on side.

Note that you do not add any liquid to this dish. Believe it or not, it makes its own yummy juice.

[o2BaMom]

This is my favorite recipe, and I made it up... not too inventive, but swallow your tongue yummy

4-6 boneless chicken breasts
1 bottle of your fav. bbq sauce (I use sweet baby ray's honey bbq)
1 small onion chopped

Place chicken on the bottom of the pot, then top with the onion then 3/4 bottle of bbq sauce (reserve the rest for topping the bbq when serving)
cook on low for 6 hours... chicken will shred easily with a fork, shred it up and then serve on buns OR I usually serve it just on a plate with a side of coleslaw and baked apples. Soooo yummy and soooooooo easy! (all of my friends say this is their favorite of my dishes)

I just have to say this is the BEST sticky in ALL of STORKNOTES! :D