| Things I can cook with my slow cooker...
Posted: 7/21/2008 3:04:15 PM | | Okay, so I have not one, but two slow cookers for college and no clue what simple stuff I can make with them. Any suggestions (just reminding you, this is a guy who's on a college budget and low cooking skills)? | |
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Posted: 7/21/2008 3:08:25 PM | | well proly the cheapest and best thing would be a apple cranberry pork you just get a poek loin when on sale one that is about 5 lbs and cover it with apple sauce and cranberry sause and let it cook for about 8 hours in your slow cooker comes out really well i bet you will like it | |
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Posted: 7/21/2008 3:39:27 PM | Totally simple, cheap and really good:
Crock Pot Mac 'N Cheese
2 lbs Velveeta Cheese (1 box)
1 stick Butter
16 ounce Macaroni Noodles
1 can Evaporated Milk
1 1/2 cups Milk
Set crockpot on High.
Spray or butter crockpot. Place velveeta and butter in crockpot and let melt. Meanwhile, boil water and cook noodles. Once most of the mixture is melted add cooked noodles, evap. milk and regular milk. Set crockpot to low and cook for 1 to 2 hours, stirring macaroni every 45 mins or so. Serve when Mac n cheese is creamy!
You can add broccoli and chicken if you want or make it a TexMex mac n cheese by adding some spicy canned Rotel tomtoes. | |
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Posted: 7/21/2008 3:57:14 PM | I'd say spaghetti sauce is the easiest to make....
Brown your meat (ground beef - ground turkey - ground pork) & drain off the fat. Put it in your crock pot, add all ur veggies that you want (onions, peppers, mushrooms, garlic etc;) and your spaghetti sauce. Cook 4-6 hours on Low....
The if you make too much.....
The next day add kidney beans, pork & beans chillie powder and whatever you'd like to add...
And you have some great chillie!!! | |
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Posted: 7/21/2008 4:35:06 PM | WRambler:
If you go to search the topics with "crock pot" in it, you will find there are several (in which I participated in, as well) that have a plethera of recipes for you for crock pots.
Just FYI,
Good luck to you..we were ALL there once, but I LOVE my crock pot still and, it surely saves me time in the kitchen.
~~Beth~~ | |
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Posted: 7/21/2008 5:31:19 PM | Crock Pots make lots of food - you will have plenty of left overs unless you have room mates to help share.
Potato Soup is pretty Cheap and Easy to Make and reheats good to
6 large potatoes, peeled and chopped
2 medium onions, chopped
4 chicken bouillon cubes,
1 tablespoon parsley flakes,
1/2 cup chopped celery,
1 tablespoon salt,
5 cups water,
1/2 cup butter,
1/4 teaspoon pepper,
1 (12 oz.) can evaporated milk,
1/2 cup flour.
Mix well.
Cook on low 8 to 10 hours..
Chili is a favorite for college
1lb ground beef (browned and drained) - you can use venison if you know any hunters
1lb sausage (not the links) browned and drained
2 (15 oz) cans kidney beans
1 large onion - diced
1 c. green pepper, sliced
1 c. sliced celery
1 (28 oz) can tomatoes, diced
1 (6 oz) can tomato paste
2 cloves garlic minced
2 tsp. chili powder
2 tsp. salt
Cook on low for 8-10 hours.
Good Luck | |
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Posted: 7/21/2008 8:41:40 PM | I hope this doesn't double-post. I'm having a little trouble with my internet connection.
My favorite easy one-pot crockpot complete meal:
Cut up into chunks: a couple potatoes, onions, a few stalks of celery, and a carrot and put it into the pot. Add about an inch of water in the bottom. Sprinkle it with salt, pepper if you like. On top of that put in a cut up chicken - you can buy it cut up or buy a whole one and cut it up yourself. Sprinkle some salt on that. Let it cook at least 4 hours. Take out a piece of the chicken and see if it's done. Your cooker may be different but mine is done within 4 hours. You've got your chicken and your vegetables, a nice complete meal and it's real easy. You can get fancy and add some herbs - sprinkle in some thyme or rosemary or Italian seasoning. If it tastes bland, sprinkle a little more salt when you eat it. The broth at the bottom will be really good.
Someone else mentioned dried beans. Crock pots are great for cooking beans.They are cheap and a good source of protein and fiber. Plain boiled beans are not very interesting but you can do all sorts of things with them. If you soak them over night (toss out the soaking water and use fresh to cook them) most beans will cook in the crockpot in about four hours. If you don't soak them, they'll take six or eight. I cook them overnight. They should be soft enough to smash them with your tongue against the roof of your mouth. If they're at all crunchy, they aren't done. The exception is garbanzo beans.
You can make bean soup by cooking a mess of beans and adding chopped onions, celery, and carrots. Get the beans pretty soft first and then add the veggies in the last hour or two, cook until it's all real soft. I like to smash some of the beans to make it thick & gravy-like. You can add a can of stewed tomatoes to it, a little garlic if you like. A bay leaf is good in there. I like black bean soup. You cook a mess of black beans. Then you slice up a lot of onions, garlic, and green bell peppers. Cook them in a frying pan with a generous amount of olive oil until they're soft, then add them to the black beans. Add a generous amount of green taco sauce. It's delicious!
Remember: if something tastes bland, it probably needs some salt.
Good luck and have fun. Let us know how your cooking experiments go. | |
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Posted: 7/22/2008 3:41:17 AM | Whole Chickens are inexpensive...here is one I make when I am in a hurry. I usually make a veggie and mashed potatoes and gravy to go with it. It turns out very tender and falls off the bones when you take it out.
I usually use the left overs to make chicken noodle soup or chicken salad.
Whole Chicken Crock Pot Recipe
3 lb whole chicken
1/2 c chicken broth
2 carrots, sliced
2 celery stalks with leaves
2 onions, sliced
2 tsp salt
1 tsp basil
1/2 tsp black pepper
1. Put carrots, celery and onions into the bottom of the crock pot. Add a whole
chicken.
2. Add salt, pepper, and chicken broth. Top with basil.
3. Cover and cook on low 8 to 10 hours. | |
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Posted: 7/22/2008 4:16:29 PM | 1 roast (beef or pork) about the size of a medium to large steak
2-3 large potatoes, wash them and do a large dice
2 onions dice them large
salt
pepper
1 bay leaf
1 can of beef broth
as much garlic as you can stand (powdered works fine)
half a can of beer (you're in college, so I'm SURE you'll find something to do with the other half)
Not sure if you have access to a grill, but briefly grilling each side of the meat gives you a better consistency.
Anyway, throw everything in the crock pot (I do it right before bed), set it to cook on low for 8 hours. The outsides of the potatoes will start to fall apart, thickening it up. When you're ready to eat, spoon some over some brown rice or egg noodles. Invite your friends over to share.
No need to set an alarm clock, your place will be filled with lovely beef stew aromas.
You could also throw in some carrots, okra, bell peppers....a cat! Get inventive with it. | |
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Posted: 7/23/2008 4:48:10 PM | | Put some frozen boneless/skinless chicken breast in bottom of crockpot. Open a can of cream soup. I use cream of chicken or mushroom. Spread soup right out of can over the chicken. Take a box of dry chicken stuffing mix and sprinkle over soup and chicken. Moisten stuffing mix by sprinkling with water. Cook on low all day long. | |
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Posted: 7/23/2008 9:23:38 PM | BEER MEATBALLS
* 1 can of beer
* 1 6 oz can spicy V-8 juice
* 1 tsp. lemon juice
* 1 tsp. hot sauce
* 1/2 c. Italian bread crumbs
* 1 c. onions
* Salt and pepper to taste
* 1 lg. bottle ketchup
* 1 tsp. horseradish
* 1 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
* 2 to 3 lbs. ground beef
* 2 to 3 eggs
Combine ground beef, 1/2 cup onions, Italian bread crumbs, eggs.
Make the mixture into small meatballs. Then fry or bake the meat. In
saucepan combine remaining ingredients. Simmer for 15 minutes. Put
meatballs and sauce into slow cooker/Crock Pot. The sauce should
cover the meat. Allow to simmer in slow cooker/Crock Pot for
at least 3 hours, however, the longer you let them simmer, the better
they are! 6 to 10 hours on low temperature is great. Stir them
occasionally. You may wish to add more ketchup, or V-8 juice - spice
them up if you like them hot.
CROCKPOT AUTUMN PORK CHOPS
Serving Size : 6
6 pork chops
2 medium acorn squash -- unpeeled
3/4 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons melted butter
3/4 cup brown sugar -- packed
3/4 teaspoon brown bouquet sauce
1 tablespoon orange juice
1/2 teaspoon orange peel -- grated
-Trim excess fat from chops. Cut each squash into 4 to 5 crosswise
slices; remove seeds.
-Arrange 3 chops on bottom of slow-cooking pot.
-Place all squash slices on top; then another layer of remaining 3
chops.
-Combine salt, butter, sugar, bouquet sauce, orange juice, and orange
peel. Spoon
over chops.
-Cover and cook on low for 4 to 6 hours or until done.
-Serve one or two slices of squash with each pork chop. | |
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Posted: 7/23/2008 9:58:53 PM | | HawaiiCuzn....those pork chops sound truly awesome and I don't like pork generally. Mind if I steal it, I mean really steal it, like put it in my cookbook for my children?? | |
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Posted: 7/24/2008 2:36:46 AM | Hi, if you ever fancy a peice of beef for a meal or a sandwich, just get a joint of beef that fit's in the cooker, put any thing on it you want ie herbs or leave it plain. wrap securly in silver foil, pour around it hot water until its three quaters up to the joint, pop the lid on and cook on high for 3 to 3.5 hours.
Any fat in the beef will come out and its cooked in its own natural juices it could not be any easier, 2 mins and thats it to prepare. x  | |
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Posted: 7/26/2008 12:29:02 PM | 2 real easy ones......beef........use a beef roast....or steak.....even burger........add 1 can of cream of mushroom soup...plus the water required.and 1 pack of dried onion soup mix......plus the water...you can add potatos and carrots,..more mushrooms.whatever
works with wild game too
the second is chicken and sourkraut.lol.ok.it sounds gross...but its great......cut up a chicken..or use whatever pieces you like......cover with a couple cans of kraut and let cook all day | |
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Posted: 7/26/2008 1:01:56 PM | Either whole chicken, chicken breasts,or turkey breast. (turkey & chicken are a lot cheaper than beef or pork)
put a little olive oil in the bottom ..say a couple of Tablespoons. (can be substited for toasted sesame oil to give a woody flavor)
put your meat in evenly spread around the pot
Add enough water to cover the meat & all of whatever else is going in
chop an onion & toss in
a couple of minced garlic toes or 1 Tablespoon of minced garlic if you're not going to chop it
1 heaping teaspoon of Italian spice blend
if you like it hot & spicy, add some cayenne pepper starting with 1 teaspoon
2 or 3 chicken boullion cubes crushed
Cook on High for 1 hour then turn down to about a 4th of the way from being the slowest level & cook for 4 hours.
This cooked meat can then be used for whatever through the week. You can make casseroles with it, eat it with rice & veggies, make chicken salad, chicken burritos, or anything else you want. You can cook one big pot of it & work with it through the rest of the week without having to "cook" every single day.
PS. I call it a "crack pot." LoL :^) | |
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Posted: 7/26/2008 3:31:14 PM | Boneless country style pork ribs. Toss em into the pot and season with garlic, salt, pepper,, what ever you like. Put the lid on, set at low and forget them for 6 to 8 hrs. Thicken the pan juices to make gravy, serve over rice or noodles. OR add BBQ sauce at the beginning and when it's done break up the meat with a fork ~ shredded sort of ~ Spoon into buns for great sandwiches..
That's dinner at my house tonight, as a matter of fact.
tb | |
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Posted: 7/26/2008 7:11:53 PM | It's harder to find things you CAN'T cook with a crock pot.
Take any fresh roast. Put in bottom of crock pot. Add a can of condensed Cream of Mushroom (or any other "Cream of-" condensed soup). That makes the gravy. Add cut-up peeled potatoes and chunks of carrots, and any other fresh vegetables you like. Simmer on Low for 8 hours or so.
My crock pot has a removable liner, I set it up the night before with the carrots and potatoes covered in salted water. In the morning I drain off the salty water, add the roast and the soup, put it on Low (or, if so equipped, use "Auto-Shift," which brings it up to temp then turns back to simmer), let 'er rip all day.
Alternatively, cut the roast up into bite-size chunks first.
Use salsa, diced tomatoes, or spaghetti sauce instead of soup.
Do away with the potatoes, use brown rice instead, put it in the bottom of the pot, under the meat.
Do away with the meat, use dried lentils or beans (sort them and WASH THEM FIRST) and a little water.
Great to come home to the smell of dinner ready to eat.
I use crock pot liners, it makes cleanup much easier. | |
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Posted: 7/26/2008 7:32:52 PM | | BBQ Beef, simple as a chunk of cheap beef from the store, a bottle of bbq sauce, about 1/4-1/2 cup of water, maybe some onions and slow cook for 8 hours until easily shredded with a fork, its that easy | |
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Posted: 7/27/2008 6:52:37 PM | I have a slightly different BBQ.
Chuck Roast, trim fat
Place in slow cooker, and cover with water all the way up to the top.
Put on slow cook. **** Start this as early n the am as possible.
*8:00
At 5:00 p.m. Drain off water, ( you can save this now as beef stock)
Leave about 1/4 cup of water in slow cooker.
Take 2 forks and pull meat apart.
chop up onions (fine chop) add seaons you like, and 1 bottle of BBQ sauce.
Then put on slow for about 30 mins more.
Serve on Buns with cole slaw, and chips and a pickle.....
Yum | |
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Posted: 7/27/2008 7:52:56 PM | How about some pulled pork sandwiches (also great on nachos)...
1 bone in pork roast
2 tall cans of beer
1 bay leaf
BBQ sauce
combine all in crock pot - set on low for about 8 hours
remove roast and throw out juice - (do not put down drain-could cause clog)
let stand for 30 minutes (juices will redistribute)
shred with fork
put meat back in crockpot and cover in BBQ sauce for about 1 hour
Enjoy!! | |
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