Crock Pot Tuesday

[thatgirlrachel]

Since I have dusted my crock pot off, I found two good recipes on Pinterest.

Philly Cheese Steaks
Add a hoagie and a cheese of your choice.

Crock Pot Ranch Porkchops
Great with mashed potatoes and a vegetable or side salad.

[geners]

I am in nap jail but I'll come back with a mac & cheese recipe.

I mainly use my crockpot for chili or to take food I've already cooked to a party or holiday (like I'll roast Brussel sprouts in the oven, or make mashed potatoes on the stove top, then transfer to the crock pot to keep it warm and have an easier time moving it).

My favorite crock pot recipe is not a main dish (though I suppose it could be, served on rice?), but an appetizer. One bag frozen, fully cooked meatballs (32oz), 1 jar grape jelly, 1 jar Heinz chili sauce. Dump all in crockpot and cook on high for 3 hours or low for 5. So easy, so good, always a hit.

[kida]

geners those meatballs sound amazing. I'll definitely be bringing those to my next family get together!

[kida]

I love to cook a beef pot roast in mine. I use a chuck roast but I suppose whatever beef roast would work. Add chunks of potatoes, chunks of onion and baby carrots. Add enough water to cover the meat and vegetables and one pack of french onion soup mix. Cook until the meat is fall apart tender. So delicious.

It's also good with the potatoes left out and served with mashed potatoes instead. The soup makes kind of a gravy. My family loves it and it's super easy.

[HelgaHuffle]

I'm a vegetarian so it seems like crock pot main dishes are few and far between but I love how easy they are. Here's the only two we have regularly...that I can think of.

pinchofyum.com/super-easy-skinny-veggie-crockpot-lasagna

LOVE this soup. peasandcrayons.com/2012/02/veggie-loaded-baked-potato-soup-in-the-crockpot.html

[thatgirlrachel]

Aug 30, 2016 8:51:05 GMT -5 geners said:

I am in nap jail but I'll come back with a mac & cheese recipe.

I mainly use my crockpot for chili or to take food I've already cooked to a party or holiday (like I'll roast Brussel sprouts in the oven, or make mashed potatoes on the stove top, then transfer to the crock pot to keep it warm and have an easier time moving it).

My favorite crock pot recipe is not a main dish (though I suppose it could be, served on rice?), but an appetizer. One bag frozen, fully cooked meatballs (32oz), 1 jar grape jelly, 1 jar Heinz chili sauce. Dump all in crockpot and cook on high for 3 hours or low for 5. So easy, so good, always a hit.

Best meatballs ever! I use Kraft BBQ sauce instead of chili sauce, but I'm sure they are similar. I have sometimes added a pack of cocktail sausages with the meatballs as well if I was entertaining more people. Now I have to make these soon because I'm craving them.

[byjove]

The skinny taste website has a lot of great crock pot options. I make the shredded chicken taco with beans (there are two different recipes) a lot. We do chili in the crock pot and I used to make chicken and dumplings frequently. Real simple magazine had a great crock pot feature a couple of years ago and I still make their soy glazed chicken, but not recently.

[thatgirlrachel]

Aug 30, 2016 13:01:01 GMT -5 byjove said:

The skinny taste website has a lot of great crock pot options. I make the shredded chicken taco with beans (there are two different recipes) a lot. We do chili in the crock pot and I used to make chicken and dumplings frequently. Real simple magazine had a great crock pot feature a couple of years ago and I still make their soy glazed chicken, but not recently.

Please share the recipe! I can never get mine just right.

[byjove]

Aug 30, 2016 13:44:31 GMT -5 thatgirlrachel said:

Aug 30, 2016 13:01:01 GMT -5 byjove said:

The skinny taste website has a lot of great crock pot options. I make the shredded chicken taco with beans (there are two different recipes) a lot. We do chili in the crock pot and I used to make chicken and dumplings frequently. Real simple magazine had a great crock pot feature a couple of years ago and I still make their soy glazed chicken, but not recently.

Please share the recipe! I can never get mine just right.

For which one?

[RoLoMa]

Aug 30, 2016 13:01:01 GMT -5 byjove said:

The skinny taste website has a lot of great crock pot options. I make the shredded chicken taco with beans (there are two different recipes) a lot. We do chili in the crock pot and I used to make chicken and dumplings frequently. Real simple magazine had a great crock pot feature a couple of years ago and I still make their soy glazed chicken, but not recently.

When I actually had time to cook dinner in my past life, we basically only ate meals from the the skinny taste website.  I love so many of the things she does.  I need to start cooking again, somehow.

[spidermonkeymama]

I've made this a few times and it comes out well. thenourishinghome.com/2014/02/slow-cooker-roasted-chicken-gf/ I then take the carcass and make chicken broth overnight. It comes out pretty well-- I tend to dislike most chicken breast recipes in the crockpot due to the texture of the chicken when it cooks in there but bone-in chicken comes out better.

[salemkitty]

I have been trying to use the crockpot at least once a week
www.thecomfortofcooking.com/2015/03/slow-cooker-chicken-gyros-with-tzatziki-sauce.html
Is a new favorite

We had this tonight
www.themagicalslowcooker.com/2014/09/29/lemon-pepper-chicken-thighs/

[byjove]

Aug 30, 2016 14:45:29 GMT -5 byjove said:

Aug 30, 2016 13:44:31 GMT -5 thatgirlrachel said:

Please share the recipe! I can never get mine just right.

For which one?

Now that I'm not mobile I see you want chicken and dumplings @thatgirlrachel

I am not going to say this a true southern recipe or anything, but we really like it. I use whatever cream of soup I have on hand. I don't add the butter. I add some thyme and a couple of bay leaves. I find you have to let the soup sit at high setting for a bit before adding the biscuits to get them to cook in a reasonable amount of time.

crockingirls.com/recipes/chicken-and-dumplings-5/

[thatgirlrachel]

byjove, Sorry for the late response, but thanks! My other recipes also used the canned biscuits so this is kind of familiar. Can't wait to try it out!

[mimimama]

My go to easy recipe are chicken tacos. 4-5 boneless chicken breasts, a jar of picante sauce/salsa, 1 packet of taco seasoning, 1 bag of frozen corn, and 1 can of red kidney beans. Cook on low for 7-8 hours. Shred chicken. The just pile it on corn tortillas and call it a day.

[jesnyc]

I've been trying to use my crockpot more but haven't been so great about it. I did make gnocchi chicken sausage soup yesterday. It is one of my favorites.

www.slenderkitchen.com/recipe/sunday-slow-cooker-sausage-gnocchi-soup

[geners]

Does anyone have any good breakfast crockpot recipes? Sweet or savory. I love breakfast and never find the time to make it on the weekends. But I could throw something together at night for the next morning...