Post Tagged with: "Slow Cooker"
Crock It! Chicken Provencal
I needed an easy chicken dinner for one of those days where I knew that the only opportunity I was going to have to make dinner was at 10 a.m. I went to a reliable source: The Best Slow and Easy Recipes from America’s Test Kitchen. Chicken Provencal looked easy enough, didn’t require pre-cooking my [...]
Crock It! Chocolate Caramel Pie
After my recent debut with desserts in a slow cooker, I got excited and learned a lesson at the same time. I didn’t think it was true but guess what? Size does matter! I started with a basic recipe that gives instructions for using a 3- to 4-quart slow cooker to turn condensed milk into [...]
Crock It! Dublin Coddle
When I first made this recipe I think my favorite part of it was that it was different. I wasn’t making “boiled meat.” It was a welcome change to our (at the time) usual repertoire of Crock Pot cooking and a recipe that I have often gone back to. My husband loves it and maybe [...]
Crock It! Potato And Double Corn Chowder
Corn and soup. Two of my favorite things, and not necessarily in that order. So when I came across the Slow Cooker Potato and Double-Corn Chowder recipe on the Betty Crocker Web site, it was a no-brainer. I was hooked and immediately added the ingredients to my on-line shopping list. Oh, and the 15 minute [...]
Crock It! Barbecued Baby Back Ribs
During the most recent Verona Family Night we debated: Take the kids out for dinner, or have dinner at home and just go out for dessert. Guess which won? To really get into the spirit of family fun night, I avoided the stress of making dinner at dinner time and went for my Crock Pot. [...]
Crock It! Chocolate Pudding Cake
Desserts scare me. Well, that’s actually not entirely true. I love dessert. Anything chocolate, cream cheese based, or involving fruit with a crumb topping makes me happy. It’s dessert in a slow cooker that scares me. Uncharted territory. So what better challenge to give myself than to try a dessert on a Thursday afternoon. I [...]
‘Crock It!’ Simple Chicken
This is one of my staple recipes. It’s in my head (and therefore easy to share), uses ingredients which are probably already mostly in your kitchen, and one of my kids favorites. It also happens to be the only way they will eat carrots. If you are new to using a slow cooker, today’s “Crock [...]
Crock It! Beef Burgundy
Any recipe that involves a full bottle of wine and relatively easy prep-work is going to get my attention. So in a world where plans changed and we unexpectedly didn’t get home from gymnastics until after 5 p.m. having dinner ready upon entry was great. This recipe took me about 35 minutes of prep work [...]
Our New Series: ‘Crock It!’
It’s there. In a box in a cabinet, closet, or basement. You think about taking it out, but then what? Who has a recipe? How do you use this thing? Will you turn into your mother? It doesn’t matter whether someone gave you your slow cooker or you bought it because the idea of having [...]
‘Crock It!’ Chocolate Chicken Chili Soup
I had them at “chocolate”. For my kids, the thought of chocolate being incorporated into dinner was nothing short of heavenly. For me, it was a way to get them to try something new. So, if you are interested in experimenting with dinner, kids, and chocolate, today’s “Crock It!” recipe is a good place to [...]