Peel and slice your carrots in half and lengthwise (or use baby carrots). Peel sweet potatoes and slice in half and then quarter each half (cut them smaller if your sweet potatoes are really big). Spray your crockpot with pan oil spray. Put your carrots and potatoes on the bottom of the crockpot and put the ham on top of the potatoes and carrots. Pour about 1 cup of syrup over the ham and vegetable. Cover and cook on low for about 8 hours. Enjoy!
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Camp Chili
1 or more pounds of steak cut into 1 inch pieces (or chop the steak corsely for a heartier chili or substitue hamberger meat - we used beef sirloin) 1/4 pound of bacon, chopped (thick bacon is better) 1 cup diced onions (white) 1/4 cup flour 1 tsp kosher salt 1 tsp pepper 1 Tbs ground paprika 1Tbs ground cumin 2 -3 tsp minced garlic (or 3-4 cloves fresh garlic minced/chopped finely) 1 (15oz) can of chopped tomatoes (or 2 fresh large tomatoes chopped) 1 can chopped chilies (or for fresh use 2 large jalapenos and 1 medium pasilla chili or 3 poblanos instead of the jalapenos & pasilla, whichever you use the chilies need to be roasted, peeled, de-seeded, de-veined and chopped) 1 can beef broth Water - if needed
Brown bacon, add onions and continue browning until the onions are soft, remove bacon and onions from bacon fat and put them in your crockpot. Mix flour, salt and pepper together in a bowl, then dredge the beef in the flour mixture and put the the flour covered meat into the skillet and brown it. add the browned meat to the crockpot. add the rest of the ingredients to the crockpot and mix all together. Add jut enough water to cover completely if needed. Cover and cook on low 8 hours or more. Serve with flour tortillas or cornbread.
Now if you are going to cook this in your dutch oven you'll go ahead and cook everything in it instead of the crockpot. You'll follow the recipe above but once you've browned the beef you add the onions & bacon as well as the garlic back into the dutch oven and continue browning everything for another minute or two. Then you'll add the rest of the ingredients and mix, then bring it all to a boil. Cover and simmer for 2 1/2 hours or until tender, stirring occasionally and if needed add a little more water. Enjoy!
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Beef & Corn Stew
1 pound beef chuck roast cut into 1" pieces 2 tsp minced garlic 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour 2 cans (approx 14 oz each) chicken broth 2 3 large Russet Potatoes peeled & cubed 1 onion diced 1 cup whole kernel corn (our favorite is white corn) 1 cup diced zucchini squash (optional) 3/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
Spray your crockpot with non-stick spray. Brown your meat in a skillet with a little olive oil. Mix the rest of the ingredients together in your slow cooker and add the browned beef. Cover and cook on low 8 hours. Serve with garlic toast. This a great recipe to use fresh corn in, especially right now with it being so cheap when corn is in season. We buy extra and vacumn pack and freeze it for use during the winter months when the corn is more expensive. Enjoy!
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Mouth Watering Meat Loaf
3/4 cup milk 2/3 cup seasoned bread crumbs (I used Italian style) 2 teaspoons dried minced onions (I used 2 Tablespoons minced onion) 1 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon ground sage 2 eggs 1 1/2 lbs ground beef
topping 1/4 cup ketchup 2 tablespoons dark brown sugar 1 teaspoon ground mustard 1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
In a large bowl combine the 1st 7 ingredients, crumble ground beef into the mixture and mix well (mixture will be moist). Shape the meat mixture into a round loaf; place in a 5-qt slow cooker. Cover and cook on low for about 7 hours or more. In a small bowl, whisk together the ketchup, brown sugar, mustard and Worcestershire sauce. Spoon this mixture over the cooked meat loaf and cook 15 minutes longer or until heated through. Let your meat loaf stand for 10 - 15 minutes before cutting. Enjoy! (recipe from PS)
Ground beef is one of the cheapest cuts of meat to use in a recipe to feed your family and you can use it in so many recipes. This recipe comes from PS and her comments were "..well you know I don't like meat loaf but because of dad I tried this recipe and I have to say I liked this" recipe.
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Rosemary-Honey Chicken with Red & White Potatoes
* Skinless boneless chicken (chicken tenders work great) * 1 Tbl vegetable oil * Red and/or white small round baby potatoes * 1 medium onions, cut into thin wedges * Couple garlic cloves, minced * 2 Tbls honey * 1 Tsp lemon juice, fresh is better if you have some but not necessary * 1 Tbl cornstarch * 1/2 Tbl chopped fresh rosemary (if you have or use dried) * Salt & Pepper to taste
Brown chicken on all sides in skillet with vegetable oil. Put potatoes, garlic & onion in crockpot, add the browned chicken. In bowl mix together honey, lemon juice, rosemary, cornstarch, salt & pepper. Pour over chicken & potatoes. Cover and cook in your crockpot on Low for about 8 hours. Enjoy!
The original recipe called for using peaches, which was good, but pineapple is my favorite.
1 can sliced pineapple slices 2 Tbl butter (or margarine) melted 1/3 cup brown sugar packed 1 package (16 oz) pound cake mix, plus ingredients to prepare the cake mix 1/3 cup chopped pecans 1/2 tsp almond extract
Grease a small (7 1/2 inch) cake pan or backing dish with butter or margarine. The cake pan will need to fit inside your crockpot. Drain the pineapple slices, saving 1 Tbl of the juice. Mix the pineapple juice, brown sugar and melted butter put in the cake pan, arrange the pineapple slices on top of the brown sugar mixture, sprinkle with pecans.
Mix the cake mix per the package directions and add almond extract. Spread the cake mixture over the pineapple slices. Cover the cake pan with aluminum foil (spray foil with baking spray), I think my mistake was I forgot to cover the cake pan with foil as you can see from the picture below, plus I think the cake pan needed to sit a little lower in the crockpot. The cake cooked right over my foil handles, too funny.
Make foil handles to place the cake pan into the the crockpot. [To make foil handles tear off 3 18x2 inch strips of heavy foil, double or triple regular foil. Crisscross the strips in a spoke design and place pan on center of the strips. Pull strips up & over the pan, see pic below]. Cover and cook on high for 3 hours.
Remove the pan from the crockpot using the foil handles and let cool uncovered. Run a knife or spatula around the sides of the pan and turn cake upside down onto a plate. Serve warm with whipped cream or ice cream if desired.
Enjoy!
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Crockpot Chicken & Gravy
5 large chicken tenders 1 can or jar chicken gravy 1/4 cup chicken broth salt to taste Pepper ground black pepper 1 Tsp or to taste 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper 1/2 yellow onion carrots (cut into bite size pieces or use baby carrots) peas 2 small potatoes (diced large pieces)
Brown your chicken in 1 - 2 Tbls of olive oil in skillet. Remove from skillet and add chicken to crockpot, caramelize the diced onion in the skillet and then add caramelized onion to crockpot. Add the rest of ingredients to the crockpot, mix all ingredients together and cover, cook on low 7 - 8 hours. Serve w/ garlic bread or cook some noodles and serve over the noodle. Enjoy!
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Pulled Pork
Pork Roast (you determine the size) 1 cup ketchup 1/4 cup cider vinegar 1 can (approx 10 oz) Condensed Onion Soup or 1 package of Onion Soup Mix (adding 1 1/2 cups water if you use the soup mix) 2 or 3 Tbls. Brown Sugar - packed
Brown your roast in skillet in small amount of olive oil. Mix the rest of the ingredients together, put small amount in the bottom of your crockpot. Add browned pork to the crockpot and pour the rest of the mix over the pork. Put cover on the crockpot and cook it on low for 8 hours or until the pork is tender and flakes apart. Before serving shred the pork and mix shredded pork with the sauce. Serve on your favorite rolls or over cooked pasta. Enjoy!
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Cream Cheese Carne Rellenos
1 can (approx 6 oz) of whole green chilies small container of cream cheese 1 - 2 pounds of flank steak 2 cups of green salsa (about 14 oz)
I modify this recipe to whatever meat is on sale. Instead of a flank steak, I used a pound of London Broil which was on sale. Remember this is all about saving money, with the crockpot we don't need expensive meat. The cream cheese I bought was flavored, I chose chive and onion. We'll only be using about 1/2 of the cream cheese, save the rest and grill some cream cheese and garlic stuffed fresh green peppers.
Ok back to the recipe. Since this recipe doesn't have alot of liquid, I spray my crockpot with some cooking oil. Drain your whole green chilies and slice down one side of them, stuff them with some softened cream cheese. Since my meat was thick I sliced into it so that it was like a hot pocket and put the stuffed chilies inside. If you have a thinner piece of meat wrap your stuffed chilies up in it and tie with a piece of kitchen string so it doesn't unwrap. Pour just a little (about 1/2 cup) of your salsa in the bottom of the crockpot & put the the stuffed meat on top, cover with the rest of the salsa. Put lid on crockpot, put it on low and let it cook for 6 to hours. Dinner will be ready when you get home. I can already see this is going to be a favorite recipe around here.
2 to 3 large bell peppers (make sure they sit up right) 1 pound ground beef 1 jar of your favorite Italian pasta sauce 1/4 cup uncooked rice (white or brown) 1 small onion diced salt & pepper to taste
Cut top of bell pepper off and save some of the bell pepper top to dice up and add to meat mixture.
Remove the seeds and veins out of the pepper, rinse and set aside.
Meat Mixture
Brown ground beef with the onions and diced bell pepper. Drain liquid from meat, don't worry about getting all the liquid out as you'll need a little for cooking. Add the uncooked rice and about 1/3 jar of the pasta sauce to the meat. Mix it all together and add pepper and salt to taste.
Put about 1/2 cup of the pasta sauce into the bottom of the crockpot. Spoon Meat Mixture into the cleaned out bell peppers. Set the stuffed bell pepper on the sauce in the crockpot, add any leftover meat mixture to the crockpot around the bell peppers. Pour the rest of the pasta sauce over the bell peppers. Cover andput the crockpot on low for 8 to 9 hours. Then put it on warm until you are ready to eat. Serve with fried potatoes or just serve with french bread.
1 Roast Beef or Pork 1 pkg Pot Roast Mix or Onion Soup Mix (from your Pantry)Note: these mixes do not have to be a brand just for crockpots any will do 2 potatoes - peeled & quartered Baby carrots (or regular carrots peeled & cut up)I just like the taste of the baby carrots and no peeling required :-) 1 yellow onion quartered Few shakes of Worcestershire Sauce Minced Garlic (optional) we like garlic so we add 2 Tbs or more
Mix your post roast mix with water per package instructions and pour a small amount in the bottom of your crockpot. Add your meat and vegetables. Pour the rest of the pot roast mix over the top of the meat & vegetables and cover. Put your crockpot on low and cook for 8 or more hours. Then put it on warm until you are ready to have dinner. Serve with toasted bread if desired.
1 Roast Beef or Pork 1 - 7 3/4 oz can El Pato tomato sauce (this is an ethic brand of tomato sauce, has all the spices already in it) 1 small white or yellow onion diced Shredded Cheese Flour Tortillas
Mix El Pato tomato sauce & a little water together & pour small amount into your crockpot. Add meat and if you want add onions now or save them to put on your burrito fresh. Pour rest of the tomato sauce and water over the meat, cover and set your crockpot on low, cook for 8 or more hours.
When your ready for dinner drain the meat and flake it apart. Warm your tortillas and fill with your meat, cheese, onions and anything else you like. Enjoy!
The nice thing about the Crockpot is you can take a tough piece of meat and after it has cooked 8 or more hours on low it just flakes apart.
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