any low cal/low sodium slow cooker recipes

Throw a piece of pork tenderloin in there with some diet coke or diet root bear, enough to cover it. cooke for 6 hours on low, drain it and, pull pork apart with 2 forks, and then add bbq sauce and cook until heated through.

I made Swiss Steak tonight, and am making Glow Pork for tomorrow:

Swiss Steak - serves 4

2 lb bottom sirloin (sometimes called London Broil), trimmed
1 can tomato sauce (could use low sodium)
1 pkg. sliced mushrooms
1 large onion sliced

Use a slow cooker liner! Put the steak in the bottom, layer with veggies, then sauce. Cook on low. I left mine on low all day today and it was fine, but normally I would set the timer on the slow cooker to go to warm after 6 hours.

When you get home, remove the steak and cut into serving portions. If the gravy is really runny, increase heat to high, mix 2 T cornstarch with 1/4 C water and stir into the gravy to thicken. Add salt and pepper to taste

Serve with a pkg. of microwave mashed potatoes and salad.

Glow Pork - serves 4

4 bone in pork chops
28 oz can peach halves, drained, syrup reserved
8 oz can tomato sauce
1/4 C brown sugar
1/4 C vinegar
1/4 t ground cloves
1/2 t ground cinnamon

Use a slow cooker liner! In a small bowl, mix 1/4 C of the syrup from the peaches, and next 5 ingredients. Place the pork in the slow cooker, place the drained peaches on top, then top with the tomato mixture. Cook on low for about 4 hours, then can go to warm for the rest of the day.

Serve with steamed rice (brown if you have time) and snow peas or other favorite veg.

Hope you enjoy!

LOVE my crockpot!!!

Sweet and Sour chicken
bonesless skinless chicken breasts (I make 4 at a time but you can add or delete) They can be frozen or thawed.
1 can pineapple chuncks in juice
2 Green peppers, sliced or diced
1/2 cup diced onion
2 tablespoons of ketchup (to taste)
1 tablespoon corn starch (can be omitted but sauce will not be thick)

Place chicken in crockpot with very small amount of water. Pour pineapple chuncks (reserve juice), greenpepper and onion over chicken. Cook on high about five hours or more. I've eaten after five hours and I've let it cook for 10 hours while at work. It has never burned but if I am going to leave it on longer I put it on low.
When you get home from work mix pineapple juice, ketchup and corn starrch in a small bowl and pour it over chicken. Stir. Chicken should be falling apart. Allow to cook until sauce thickens about half an hour. Serve over rice if desired.

Chili in the crock pot....super easy!!!
1lb extra lean ground beef
1 jar salsa
1 can black beans
1 can dark red kidney beans
1 can brooks hot and spicy chili beans (if you like spicy!)
Chili powder to taste
Sometimes I will add some corn

Throw it all in the crock pot and turn it on. No need to brown the ground beef or drain it if you use the extra lean! i usually cook on low while at work and it is ready when I get home. Even better made the day before, refrigerated, then turn the crockpot back on! If you don't use the extra lean ground beef and you refrigerate it you can skim off the fat before reheating.

I have used it for making whole lentils, with chopped onion, ginger, garlic, salt, pepper & water. And the slow cooked taste is amazing.

You should be able to take any chilli recipe, add a lean meat like a lean ground turkey, some kidney beans & all the other ingredients & water & have it ready by evening. Though since I do not like to leave a m/c on while I am away, I tend to do an overnight thing & is ready by next morning.

Try this Crock Pot Santa Fe Chicken http://bit.ly/ad0D1q

found a whole bunch of recipe's at allrecipies.com http://bit.ly/hUri

Hope this helps:-) Good luck

Salsa chicken! Just cover some chicken breasts with you favorite jar or fresh salsaI cook all day on low. Pull th chicken apart at the end- delicious, healthy shredded chicken, great with salads or tacos or fajitas!

You can do the same w bbq sauce, but I'm doing low-carb so haven't found a good one that doesn't involve brown sugar. Bu I think you could pour some bbq sauce over for that option and still make it low_cal, just don't use the whole bottle (as I used to do!)

I LOVE my crockpot.

BUMP