Easy Crockpot Recipes

Pork & potatoes

4 pork chops (with or without bone)
3 lg. potatoes peeled & cubed (yukon or baking)
1 can corn
1 onion cut up
1 can cream of mushroom soup

Put potatoes, corn, & onion in crockpot. Sprinkle w/garlic powder & pepper to taste (or whatever seasonings you like. I don't like salt). Season both sides of pork chops w/garlic powder & pepper and layer them on top of potato mixture. Spread can cream of mushroom soup on top of pork. Cover & cook 7-8 hours. You don't need to add liquid because it will make it's own.

YUM!

I found that a can of chow mein vegetables have only 35 cals per serving. Put some shrimp or chichen strips in with it and eat it with some brown rice. Low Low calorie dinner!

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Make your life even easier and on some random Saturday or Sunday, buy a ton of chicken breasts. Put however many chicken breasts you normally need for a meal in a gallon size bag. Then you can go ahead and add all kinds of different things to the different bags. I do one where you add pineapple and nutmeg (jamaican) this is great to serve over rice. Any of the cream soups work. Italian dressing and grill seasoning is a good one. Anyway, any typical crockpot recipe and put all the ingredients in the bag and freeze. I usually write whats in there in Sharpie. Then in the morning all I have to do is pop it in the microwave on defrost for a miunte or two to loosen it from the bag and then throw it in the crockpot on low.

Ooo, like this idea!! I'm going to do this this week! I'll have meals all ready to go! Thanks!!

4 frozen boneless, skinless chicken breast halves
1 pkg dry Italian dressing mix
1 cup water or chicken stock

Place chicken in slow cooker. sprinkle w/ dressing mix. Pour water over chicken

Cover. Cook on low 8-10 hours or until juices run clear

Makes 4 servings

Per serving:
160 cal
3g fat (1g sat Fat)
75mg chol
650mg sodium
6g total carb
27g protein
2%DV calcium
6%DV iron

Source: Fix it and forget it Lightly

there are some really great ideas in this thread! I'm gonna have to make my next grocery list while reading this!

I just made the chicken drumsticks in the crock pot with the barbeque sauce. Delicious! How do you calculate the calories for the chicken?

Bump!! Let's keep adding to this. I'm planning on all crockpot meals next week! (And as long as possible, hehe) I've got 4 so i need a couple more!

Crockpot Philly Cheese Steak Sandwiches

1 lb. steak
1 green pepper
1 red pepper
1 med onion
1/4 c. white wine
1 tbsp. worchteshire sauce

Cut up onions & peppers & put in crockpot. Put steak on top, season it with favorite seasonings, pour liquids in & cook on low for 6 hours. Serve on hard rolls w/favorite cheese (I used provolone).

Did this one last night. OMG AWESOME!!!! This is must that is going into a rotation for my family. We added some mushrooms to go along with it.

WHITE CHICKEN CHILI

1 box of chicken stock (32 oz)
3 can of white, (great northern), beans, left undrained
5 cups of pre cooked chicken
1 jar of salsa (16 oz)
8 oz of shredded pepperjack cheese, or your favorite blend
2 tsp of ground cumin
2 cloves of garlic
pepper to taste
Garnishes of your liking

(NO SALT BECAUSE OF THE SALT CONTENT IN THE STOCK)

Place all of the ingredients in a crockpot and cook on high until the cheese is melted. Usually about 4 hours so all the ingredients can mix together. This is a fabulous chili and is great as left overs.

PORK Carnitas

2 pounds pork shoulder
1/2 cup freshly squeezed orange juice (about 1 large orange)
1/4 cup freshly squeezed lime juice (about 1 large lime)
7 cloves garlic (whole intact)
1/2 tablespoon kosher salt
1 tablespoon cumin
1/2 cup beef broth
corn tortillas
sour cream, salsa, sliced avocado (optional)

The Directions.

Use a 6 quart slow cooker. In a small bowl, combine the salt and cumin. Rub mixture all over the pork, then plop into the slow cooker. Add whole garlic cloves. Squeeze on the citrus, and pour the beef broth evenly over the top.

Cook on low for 8-10 hours, or until the pork shreds quite easily with a fork. If your meat is still fully intact after 8 hours, remove and cut into chunks, then return to the crock and flip to high for about an hour or two.
Shred meat fully and serve on warmed corn tortillas with desired toppings.

Orange chicken..my kids love this one

Ingredients
4 lg. chicken breasts, boneless, skinless (approx. 3.5 lbs.)
6 Tbsp. Flour
2/3 c. Smuckers Sugar Free Orange Marmalade
2/3 c. Jack Daniel's BBQ Sauce
4 Tbsp. Kikkoman Light Soy Sauce
2 Tbsp. Ginger, fresh grated (or jarred)



Directions
Put chicken and flour into a bag and toss together. Place the chicken in the crockpot. Add the rest of the ingredients, cover and cook on low for 6 - 8 hours, or on high for 3 - 4 hours.


Number of Servings: 8



Nutritional Info
Servings Per Recipe: 8
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 295.4
Total Fat: 2.6 g
Cholesterol: 115.0 mg
Sodium: 608.4 mg
Total Carbs: 20.4 g
Dietary Fiber: 0.3 g
Protein: 47.0 g

Brown rice and mushroom soup

Slow Cooker Brown Rice and Mushroom Soup
Prep: 10 min, Cook: 5:00.
•3/4 cup long grain brown rice
•1/2 lb. mushrooms, finely chopped
•1 onion, finely chopped
•1 celery stalk, finely chopped
•1 tsp. ground mustard
•1 tsp. fresh ground pepper
•1/2 tsp. salt
•1/4 tsp. ground coriander
•1/8 tsp. ground cardamom
•1/8 tsp. ground cinnamon
•1/8 tsp. ground cloves
•1-1/2 quarts vegetable or chicken stock
•1/3 cup fresh cilantro, chopped
•1/2 cup nonfat plain yogurt or sour cream
•3 Tbs. scallions, finely chopped
Combine first 12 ingredients in slow cooker. Cover and cook on low 5-6 hours, or until rice is tender. Stir in cilantro. Serve topped with a dollop of yogurt and sprinkled with scallions.



This recipe serves 8 people. Due to the nature of this recipe, it adjusts the number of servings in multiples of 8 only.



Per serving: calories 101, fat 1.2g, 11% calories from fat, cholesterol 0mg, protein 3.7g, carbohydrates 19.6g, fiber 1.9g, sugar 2.8g, sodium 271mg

the salsa chicken works awesome with pork too, just substitute pork chops for the chicken