Slow cooker meals

My recipe is really simple, healthy and versatile... you can also use venison instead of chicken if you have it or pork if you wanted to use that as well

It just consists of the "meat", halved/quartered radishes, green onions, canned diced tomatoes w/green chilies, stock (chicken/beef/veggie, depending upon the kind of meat used) and some garlic, chili powder, cumin and black pepper, all to taste. You can pre cook/sauté the meat and add to it or if you are not concerned with really low carb, then you can coat the meat in flour and brown all sides then add to the crock pot so that it will thicken up a little...cook on high or low depending on when you need it finished... basically you want it to cook long enough that it turns the radishes more of like an opaque color, the same color a new potato would turn and just make sure your meat is cooked depending on if you pre cooked it or just seared it all sides. Versatility would come in if you wanted to add some additional vegetables as well... It's just the way I fix it gives my Mexican food craving a total fix!

I have fixed this same recipe with venison, chicken and pork and all of them are wonderful
And yes, I use radishes instead of new potatoes. Once a radish is boiled, it takes on the flavor of a new potato or whatever you're boiling it in and is much lower in carbs (which I need for my glucose levels). No one that I've ever served it to could tell the difference. Here is a photo for reference:

Pork loin roast. (can use turkey, chicken, beef, whatever you like)
Jar of sliced banana peppers. (I use the hot ones)
Put the roast in crock pot. Pour the peppers over the roast.
Cook on high for 5-6 hours.
Remove from crock pot and shred with two forks.
Put back in pot and cook for another 1/2 hour.
Serve on buns or tortillas.

indigomk wrote: »

charlottetaylor123456 wrote: »

Hello! Please can you give me your favourite slow cooker meals that are simple? Tomorrow I am doing a chilli but using chicken breast instead. Usually do chillis, casseroles, stews etc but could do with some other ideas! X

I do unstuffed peppers and cabbage rolls. Do as you normally would with them but cut up the peppers/cabbage instead of stuffing. I omit rice and use quinoa for extra protein.

@indigomk
Sounds delicious! I haven't made that recipe or the cabbage rolls in quite some time. Would you mind sharing your recipes? Pretty please? Do you use ground beef or ground turkey when making yours? Oh absolutely I can see how using Quinoa would make a lot of sense and be a perfect exchange for both of these recipes. Brilliant, not sure if I'd have thought of that. Feel free to PM me if you prefer.

That's what's great about MFP's recipe board...little twists and turns you can pick up from others!

alyssadanielle2493 wrote: »

I love doing salsa and chicken like someone mentioned above. I've done stew meat cooked in a can of soda and that was super goodb

I have made crockpot zucchini lasagna which is quite good!

Really, Pinterest is your friend. There are a ton of recipes!

Crockpot zucchini lasagna sounds AWESOME

Old standby for delicious pulled pork:

1x 5 - 7lb pork butt roast
1x Normal-sized bottle of Jack Daniel's Original Recipe No.7 BBQ Sauce
2 tablespoons brown sugar
2 shots of whiskey, your choice (optional but recommended)
1 pinch each of the following: garlic powder, onion powder, italian seasoning, black pepper, seasoned salt
1 can of Dr. Pepper (not diet, it'll mess everything up)

Dump all that in the slow cooker and cook on low for 5 - 6 hours, then shred with a couple forks and drain the excess liquid. I guarantee you won't have better homemade pulled pork.