I live, write, and garden in the PNW with my husband of 28 years, disabled daughter, adult son, and my 84-year-old mother. We have paid off $250,000.00 worth of debt (if you include the interest) in the last fifteen years and as of 6/12/2020 are 100% DEBT FREE!!!!Since there were some really great ideas posted last month when I asked about go to meals, I thought I'd ask for crockpot meals this month. I am trying to increase my repertoire of these easy to make meals.
My favorite is pulled pork made with a pork butt roast, a jar of arrabiata sauce (from Trader Joe's), 4 oz can of green chiles, and a pint of canned tomatoes, drained. Cook on low for 8 hours.
So what is your favorite? It'd be great to see some that don't rely on cream of something soup or dry onion soup mix, but go ahead and post those, too, if that's your favorite.
What is Your Favorite Crockpot Recipe?
January 2nd, 2015 at 11:08 pm
January 3rd, 2015 at 02:59 am 1420253975
Put one sliced onion in bottom of crock pot. Add pork roast which has been seasoned with salt and pepper and 1 clove garlic. (insert little slivers in tiny slits in the meat.) Add one more sliced onion, 2 bay leaves, 1 whole clove, 1 cup hot water and 2 Tablespoons of soy sauce. Cover and cook on low (10 hours for 4-5 pounds of meat.) When done, thicken gravy. Enjoy.
January 3rd, 2015 at 03:15 am 1420254918
I love this cookbook so much, because it doesn't resort to "cream of..." soups. It tends to use mostly unprocessed ingredients. The "Sticky Chicken" has a sauce made from soy sauce, brown sugar, garlic, and parmesan cheese. It sounds weird, but it's REALLY good! i've loaned out my copy of this book to a friend at the moment, but I can post the recipe later if you'd be interested.
Thanks for posting this prompt; I'd love to see some recipe suggestions as well.
January 3rd, 2015 at 03:43 am 1420256585
January 3rd, 2015 at 04:36 am 1420259803
Pasta Fagioli in the Crockpot~ just like Olive Garden
2 lbs ground beef
1 onion, chopped
3 carrots, chopped
4 stalks celery, chopped
2 (28 ounce) cans diced tomatoes, undrained
1 (16 ounce) can red kidney beans, drained
1 (16 ounce) can white kidney beans, drained
3 (10 ounce) cans beef stock
3 teaspoons oregano
2 teaspoons pepper
5 teaspoons parsley
1 teaspoon Tabasco sauce (optional)
1 (20 ounce) jar spaghetti sauce
8 ounces pasta
Directions:
Brown beef in a skillet.
Drain fat from beef and add to crock pot with everything except pasta.
Cook on low 7-8 hours or high 4-5 hours. Add pasta the last 30 minutes.
I don't use the spaghetti sauce...I just use diced tomatoes and tomato sauce.
January 3rd, 2015 at 04:23 pm 1420302198
January 3rd, 2015 at 11:08 pm 1420326487
Here is one of our favorites. (If you can't open the link just try a different browser or use a private browsing session):
http://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/slow-cooked-greek-chicken...
Of course are fave is butternut squash soup:
http://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/butternut-squash-soup-wit...
January 4th, 2015 at 06:49 am 1420354196
January 4th, 2015 at 08:39 am 1420360793
January 6th, 2015 at 02:41 pm 1420555312
http://crockpot365.blogspot.com/2009/10/indian-spiced-lentil...