Got a slow cooker! Throw your best ideas/recipes at me! :)

kzooprincess

Tons of great ideas. Definitely need to use my crock pot more often. Usually just do pot roast, pulled pork, and dips for parties.

LittleNicci

Just did this today!

4-5 lbs pork (I used ribtips cus they were the cheapest)
1 bottle of Caribean Jerk marinade (make sure to get it all by rinsing it with water and adding that to the crockpot)
1 serrano pepper (chopped)
1 large sweet onion (chopped)
1 of each red yellow orange and green bell pepper (chopped)

on high for 4 hours or low for 6-8 hours, drain juices into bowl, shred the meat, add juice as you see fit!

thepict51

Bump.

gatorginger

Basil chicken
4 whole skinless chicken breasts
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1/2 teaspoon basil
1 can cream of celery soup
1/2 cup sliced green pepper
1/2 cup sliced mushrooms
 
Place chicken breasts in slow cooker. Sprinkle with pepper and basil.  Spread soup on top of chicken. Arrange slices of green pepper and mushrooms on top of soup. Cover and cook on low 6 to 8

I just made this yesterday and my husband loved it. It is 287 calories per serving and it makes 4 servings

ibayiish

Great ideas some of these sound soon good

_CFi

Google Weight Watchers Taco Bean Soup. We cook it in a crockpot on high for 6 hrs. We love it!!!! You can also serve over lettuce, add reduce fat shredded cheese, low fat sour crm., and crushed corn chips. It's yummy!!!!! Skinny taste has a ton of great ideas too.

I just read your post and want to thank you for turning me on to Skinnytaste.com I am so excited to eat healthy meals that look sooooo good

SandieM7

Pulled pork - take a pork tenderloin, cover it with diet root beer cook on low for several hours (4-6), remove, drain liquid, shredded pork with 2 forks, pour some of your favorite BBQ sauce on the shredded pork - just enough to cover when tossed over meat (I use Dinosaur BBQ sauce but depending where you live this might be difficult to find so use your favorite).....very easy and quite delicious. I serve this over light wheat rolls.

GmeB

love,love,love my slow cooker.favorite new recipe is Reuben Chicken: put 4-5 boneless chicken breast in bottom of crockpot,
spread a 2lb bag,or canned sauerkraut over top,
cover with thin slices of Swiss cheese (they have fat-free),
spread 1-2 cups Thousand Island dressing(again fat-free)
crockpot on low for 8 hours.

Delicious even as leftovers.I shred the chicken right in the crockpot when its done.add more dressing if needed when heating up as leftover

donnakcraig

just put a small turkey breast with some water and it will be the most tender meat of all. cook over night.

if you want you can add onion or cercely, but great just cooked plain.

emmamiso5

Will have to try that

dalh

bumping this to find later

Mina133842

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slyast

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nangel4u

BUMP!!! I plan on getting one this weekend ;-)

JodyPellissey

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jensweighingin

Dump Sticky Chicken (freezer recipe that goes in the crock pot)
INGREDIENTS:

2 tablespoons oil
1 tablespoon soy sauce
3 tablespoons creamy peanut butter
3 tablespoons ketchup
4 boneless chicken breasts (8 thighs)



DIRECTIONS:


Combine all ingredients in ziplock freezer bag. Dump into crockpot in the morning; cover cook on low for 8-10 hours.

Rice in the rice cooker and green beans. The chicken is great the next day cold over salad!

inhistime513

bump these sound wonderful.

Hoosiergal1964

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mconway79

BUMP

ajfc1971

bump this for later when I am not in work and can write a shopping list mmmm

momof4greatkids1

Just put "Santa Fe" chicken from skinny taste.com in the crock pot for tonight's dinner. It really helps the rest of the day go so much better when I have my healthy dinner planned before i leave for work.

MSam1205

I know you received lots and lots of recipes, but not sure if anyone told you this trick: Use the crock pot liners that you find in the plastic wrap section of your grocer. NO Scrubbing then needed!! If you can't find the ones specific to crock pots, the oven cooking bags work the same way / same material. Makes life even easier!!

zoeluiisa

Hi, I love cooking in my slow cooker! I cook a really good whole chicken!

1 Whole chicken
thyme
salt
pepper
1 can chicken broth
1/2 onion
1 carrot cut in 2 pieces
1 celery cut in 2 pieces

remove any gizzards or whatever else is in the chicken cavity, rinse and pat chicken dry. Place onion, carrot, and celery in cavity and put chicken in crock pot. Pour broth on and around chicken and sprinkle about 1 tsp thyme, and how ever much salt and pepper you want. Cook for about 8-10 hours on low. Left overs make great chicken noodle soup. I usually drain the broth and use it for the soup also.

I am so going to try this - I never thought of putting a whole chicken in.

CarrieBeard

Turkey meatloaf... prepare just like any meatloaf recipe...
I mix the night before in ziplock bag... then in morning form it into a loaf shape in crock pot... turn on low ... and supper is done when I get home. Yum.

zoeluiisa

Can I ask you all - do you leave your slow-cookers on when you go to work? I love the idea of coming home to a lovely dinner, but I'm scared it might short-circuit and start a fire (I don't go out when the washing machine and tumble dryer are on either since a visiting fireman told me not to).

Means I only really use my slow-cooker if I'm in all day, which feels a bit like it's defeating the whole point.

chunkiedunker

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Hearts_2015

Can I ask you all - do you leave your slow-cookers on when you go to work? I love the idea of coming home to a lovely dinner, but I'm scared it might short-circuit and start a fire (I don't go out when the washing machine and tumble dryer are on either since a visiting fireman told me not to).

Means I only really use my slow-cooker if I'm in all day, which feels a bit like it's defeating the whole point.

Oh absolutely I do, it's what makes it convenient. I've never worried about a fire, they are made to be on for long periods of time. I wouldn't worry about it, well unless you have a known issue with your wiring, then I can I see how you might be concerned.

That's what's so convenient and awesome about using the Crock Pot you can start something out when you go to bed (overnight steel oats) and have it all warm and read in the AM. Same with Prepping it the night before and then putting your dinner in when you leave in the AM.

Cheers:drinker:

Hearts_2015

A Year Of Slow Cooking - website, you can sign up for emails, also they do have a "light and "healthy" section as well as thousands of other ideas on meals.

http://crockpot365.blogspot.com/2007/12/alphabetical-listing-of-recipes.html

This should keep you busy along with all the great tips and recipes shared above.

zoeluiisa

Can I ask you all - do you leave your slow-cookers on when you go to work? I love the idea of coming home to a lovely dinner, but I'm scared it might short-circuit and start a fire (I don't go out when the washing machine and tumble dryer are on either since a visiting fireman told me not to).

Means I only really use my slow-cooker if I'm in all day, which feels a bit like it's defeating the whole point.

Oh absoluty I do, it's what makes it convenient. I've never worried about a fire, they are made to be on for long periods of time. I wouldn't worry about it, well unless you have a known issue with your wiring, then I can I see how you might be concerned.

That's what's so convenient and awesome about using the Crock Pot you can start something out when you go to bed (overnight steel oats) and have it all warm and read in the AM. Same with Prepping it the night before and then putting your dinner in when you leave in the AM.

Cheers:drinker:

Thanks! I think it's also partly because my slow-cooker was the cheapest one available - £8 or something from Asda - so I don't entirely trust it to be safe. Maybe I should invest in a good quality one if I'm going to use it a lot.

Hearts_2015

Can I ask you all - do you leave your slow-cookers on when you go to work? I love the idea of coming home to a lovely dinner, but I'm scared it might short-circuit and start a fire (I don't go out when the washing machine and tumble dryer are on either since a visiting fireman told me not to).

Means I only really use my slow-cooker if I'm in all day, which feels a bit like it's defeating the whole point.

Oh absoluty I do, it's what makes it convenient. I've never worried about a fire, they are made to be on for long periods of time. I wouldn't worry about it, well unless you have a known issue with your wiring, then I can I see how you might be concerned.

That's what's so convenient and awesome about using the Crock Pot you can start something out when you go to bed (overnight steel oats) and have it all warm and read in the AM. Same with Prepping it the night before and then putting your dinner in when you leave in the AM.

Cheers:drinker:

Thanks! I think it's also partly because my slow-cooker was the cheapest one available - £8 or something from Asda - so I don't entirely trust it to be safe. Maybe I should invest in a good quality one if I'm going to use it a lot.

Mine is programmable so it's got a warm setting it switches over to when the timer goes off. Highly recommend that type if you're not going to be home with in 6-8 hours. Mine is a newer one with in the last several years so they heat differently, when a recipe says 8 hrs on low, I check it at 4-5 hours and it's usually done. That's why I love the warm feature as it stops cooking when it switches over but keeps the cooked food warm and safe to eat later.