Crock Pot Ideas

rbratt06

I love this recipe:

http://www.skinnymom.com/skinny-slow-cooker-chicken-pot-pie/

It's so easy, yummy, and filling!

allaboutthefood

Skinnytaste.com is amazing

hobbeskastiel

http://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/family-pleasing-turkey-chili

I've made this turkey chili several times. I really enjoy it.

ardentsunshine

I make chili regularly in the winter. 2 lbs ground turkey (pre-cooked), 2 cans kidney beans (rinsed and drained, each 15 oz each), 2 cans diced tomatoes (no sugar added), 2 cans tomato sauce (not the pasta kind, no sugar/salt added), 1/3 cup chili powder, 1/4 cup cumin, a diced onion (or minced onions, which we prefer), a couple teaspoons of fresh minced garlic, a tiny bit of sea salt and pepper, and put it on high for 4 hours or low for 6-7 hours. It's about 400 calories per (large) serving.

steve0481

Somebody_Loved wrote: »

I love this buffalo chicken recipe. It's so easy, only 4 ingredients and tastes amazing over salad or on a bun. I make it once every couple of weeks.

http://www.emilybites.com/2012/07/slow-cooker-buffalo-chicken.html

Somebody_Loved wrote: »

I love this buffalo chicken recipe. It's so easy, only 4 ingredients and tastes amazing over salad or on a bun. I make it once every couple of weeks.

http://www.emilybites.com/2012/07/slow-cooker-buffalo-chicken.html

averylopez

Chicken breasts and cream of mushroom soup. I do about 4/5 pieces of chicken and 2 cans of soup. Cook for a few hours and serve over quinoa! Delicious!

Christinecook543

I've got some Chinese style chicken in mine right now. 6 skinless chicken thighs, 2 onions sliced, 2 green peppers chunked, 3 cloves garlic, chunk of ginger chopped, 4 med carrots sliced, 1 stick celery sliced, 2tbsp hoisin, 3tbsp dark soy, 3 tbsp rice wine and 2 star anise. Lots of black pepper and season with salt when done. Serve over brown rice.

jmcdonald2011

imjolly wrote: »

I'd be interested in your pineapple chicken recipe. I put pork chops with BBQ sauce int he crock pot - the meat falls off the bone since it is so tender. Lasagne: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/130111876712614915/
Try pinterest for ideas also.

here is the pineapple chicken

http://lowcaloriecooking.about.com/od/chicken/r/crockpotpinchk.htm

cross2bear

I would be too embarrassed to call this a recipe but here is a family favourite - take as much round steak as you need to feed your crew, put it in the crockpot (no need to brown). Mix 1 can cream of mushroom ( or broccoli or asparagus or whatever cream of!) and 1 packet of dry onion soup mix, then pour that over the top of the steak. This is a really forgiving recipe, as I have cooked it for about 8-9 hours on low, and once got caught working late and it went for almost 12 hours! The steak comes out very tender and the two soups create a wonderful gravy that you can use over rice or potatoes or cauliflower or green beans etc. You can just skip the gravy for your portion and serve to others. Try to find a low sodium soup, as it can taste quite salty and if you are watching your sodium intake this might be problematic.

cross2bear

I forgot to say that you can add carrots and/or potatoes, or squash or any firm, winter root type veg with the steak and it will cook just fine at the same time.

jessicakes1988

I put a head of purple cabbage, sliced granny smith apples, ACV, chicken broth, coconut oil (or butter), a little stevia, salt, pepper, and ground cloves and a pork loin in the crock pot. cook on low 6-8 hrs

MKSamra

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CeciliaBobilia

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/218863/slow-cooker-cilantro-lime-chicken/
Oh my god--I just made this tonight and it is soooo good. The recipe is super simple too.

KrazyAsianNic

A simple one I made tonight was pulled pork. I make it plain so I can mix different sauces with theleftovers throughout the week.

Slice up an onion or two and put on bottom of the pot. Add about a cup of broth and placed pork butt shoulder on top. I seasoned salt and pepper but you could add any seasoning you like. Cook low 8-10 or high 6-8. Remove meat to shred and drain liquid (great for sipping broth or to flavor another dish).

mis1022

My family loves cabbage roll soup.
1 pound ground Turkey browned
Head of cabbage cut up
One chopped onion
2 jar basic spaghetti sauce
1/2 cup green pepper
1 teaspoon dried basil
Put all ingredients in crockpot plus one jar of water. Low for hours. Yummmy.
If you would like add 1/2 cup instant rice last 30 minutes.

sbc1023

Heres one that takes 5 minutes to prepare and is yummy! Take a whole chicken (4-5lbs) remove anything in the cavity, rinse chicken, pat dry. Make 4 or 5 balls of tin foil, place in bottom of crock pot. This will keep your chicken from "stewing" in its juices. If you prefer, you can use a "bed" of chunky cut up onions and carrots. Place chicken breast side up in crockpot. Sprinkle with a package of Italian dressing mix (dry). Do not add any liquid. Cover and cook on high 4-5 hours or on low 6-8 hours until chicken reaches internal temperature of 160 degrees. Fall of the bone tender. You can strain juices for a skinny gravy.

For variation, you can really use any kind of dry seasoning packet you like. I've used ranch dressing, spaghetti sauce, mesquite mariande mix. All good. You can also put a cut up onion or lemon or orange in the cavity, but it isn't necessary. Comfort food!

GreenValli

Do you like spicy food? My husband and I do. I just found a good food article today on MSN. It was titled, "29 Spicy One-Pot Dishes that Will Help You Live Longer". Many of them are reasonable with calorie counts and most of them you would be able to adapt to crockpot cooking if you want to use them.

http://www.gourmandize.com/article-1962-29-spicy-one-pot-dishes-that-will-help-you-live-longer.htm

JanetMMcC

I had a variation on this http://forums.compuserve.com/discussions/Cooks_Online/Soups__Sauces/Your_Favorite_Soup/ws-COOKS/148816.63?redirCnt=2&nav=messages
for supper tonight. the main difference was in liquid - 6 cups broth rather than 10 cups (a figure I got from a designed-for-crockpots recipe).

1 lb dried split peas
1 package pork shank (meaty leg bones)
about 2 cups ham
1/2 tsp sage
4 Tbsp minced garlic (everyone here likes garlic)
1 container Creole seasoning vegetables (works out to about 2 cups diced onions, 1 cup each diced bell pepper and chopped celery. Or it may be 3 cups onions and a half-cup each of the other two.)
5 oz carrots (run through the mini-food processor because otherwise the guys in the household will eat around them)
2 bay leaves
6 cups beef stock
STEP 1 ENDS HERE

Final step:
1 lb sliced fresh mushrooms
1/2 c chives -- finely chopped (the store happened to have fresh chives in about that amount, and I always wind up most of the green onions I buy.)
4 dashes Tabasco sauce

put them into the crock in order given, with stock poured over all. Cook on low for 8 hours.
About 7 1/2 hours in, spray a microwavable something-or-other and 'wave the mushrooms for about 5 to 8 minutes. Dump them and the chives/green onions into the soup, shake in the Tabasco dashes, stir it all in and fish out the bony bits to retrieve the meat and toss the bones and fat.

I made two batches (I'd thought I could double the recipe, then decided the pot wasn't big enough), and forgot the shrooms the first time, is why 1 lb in the 2nd batch.

Oh - I'd come across a recipe that used parsley, so used that in both batches.

Steve_ApexNC

brunswick stew...i prefer chicken but it can be done with pork as well. basically it is stew made with bbq sauce. tasty and hearty on cold nights. you can google or if like pm me and i will send a recipe when i get back to my desk in mornin

marislm

Chicken tacos. Only three ingredients and are really good.
http://www.food.com/recipe/crock-pot-chicken-taco-meat-4957?photo=350957

Also consider pepperocini chicken. It's three ingredients and turns out pretty good. I just made it yesterday and ate it with rice and cheese.
http://www.food.com/recipe/shredded-italian-chicken-379069