Crock Pot/Slow Cooker Recipes

Pom's Guinness Roast!

1.) Heat up a tablespoon of vegetable oil or olive oil in a large skillet. (I used extra virgin olive oil, cold pressed.) Once the oil is hot, put the roast into the skillet. Brown each side.

2.) Once all sides have browned, you can remove the roast from the skillet and set aside.

3.) Deglaze the skillet. To do this, add half a can of Guinness and scrape up any loosened brown bits with a spatula. Warm this broth in the skillet for a few minutes. I added black pepper and a few shakes of Meat Magic. Season to taste. Set aside.

4.) Plug in your Crock Pot and turn it on the “low” setting.

5.) While the Crock Pot is heating up, you can add half an onion, two chopped potatoes, and half a bag of baby carrots (add more for more people; this is not an exact science). Place them in the bottom of the Crock Pot and pour the other half a can of Guinness over them; stir it up.

6.) Lay the roast on top of the bed of veggies, fat side up.

7.) Pour the Guinness from the skillet over the roast. Season the roast with salt, pepper and any other herbs or spices that you might desire (I used a red salt that is made for meat.)

8 to 10 hours later (like, when you get home from work), you'll have a kitchen that smells like heaven and a complete meal you can cut with a fork.

I usually do a two-pound roast, four servings. This is even better the second night! Cook once, eat twice. Great for a busy lifestyle.

Here's the breakdown:
Carrots - Baby, raw, 1 serving 30 cals
Russet Potato - Medium, Boiled, Without Skin, 0.5 potato 72 cals
Guinness Draught - Can, 3.73 oz 39 cals
Generic - Extra Virgin Olive Oil, 0.25 tbsp 30 cals
Onions - Raw, 2 tbsp chopped 8 cals
Generic - Bottom Round All Lean No Bone Roasted Beef, 7.5 oz cooked 280 cals

Total: 459 calories per serving

Trying this weekend. *BUMP!*

YES it is wonderful!! I have had that!!

bump...thank you for all the delicious ideas! :-)

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This link goes to slow cooker only recipes: http://punchfork.com/recipes/slow-cooker

Many there by Skinny Taste (a great site!) and you could probably investigate the others and "skinny them up" if needed. Good luck!

My favorite--it might sound weird, but my husband is filipino so this is a normal dish in our house.

Chicken breasts
equal parts vinegar, water and soy sauce--enough to cover chicken in crockpot. If you like the flavor and don't mind the salt, just use equal parts vinegar and soy sauce. Add some black peppercorns, garlic, and bay leaves.

I just made these for the first time on Saturday....they were good!! I needed a good crock pot recipe because I was working and this one was perfect since it takes 9-10 hours on low...perfect for a work day.

http://www.bhg.com/recipe/pork/balsamic-honey-pulled-pork-sliders/

I made a great cassoulet - any other good recipes using beans? (I can do chilli, something using other dried beans would be great)

Check out skinnytaste.com

I just got a few off of the website and they have come out great. I just made crockpot chicken taco chili. Hubby loved it!