Crock Pot Season

[Bucky]

Mmmmm, Mmmmm, Mmmmm - do you smell the wonderful aroma of a roast cooking in the crockpot?  I do, and I can't wait until dinner tonight - it smells soooo good.   

I've seen the spelling as crockpot - one word, or crock pot, two words . . . I think I'll just interchange them.   

Bucky

[meow]

The pot roast recipe works great with chicken breasts, too. Just use white wine, or white zinfandel, and only one envelope of the dried soup mix. Great over those wide egg noodles.

[SjoGirl]

Love crock pots (and crack pots) so much that we have two, a big and a small one.

Chicken meatball soup is something you might try (recipe from Arthritis Today). Use ground chicken to make small meatballs (mix in a little rosemary) and saut? them. Then put in crock pot with chicken stock, kale, garlic, and more rosemary (as much or little as you like). I also add thyme and basil as well as salt and pepper. Cook on low all day and you will have a very yummy dinner.

Too tired to make meatballs? put cut up rotisserie chicken or cooked, cut up chicken breast in instead of the meatballs.

[grammad97]

Love taco soup; pulled pork; roast ; crock pots are the best!

[irish]

I'm from Mn and we are casserole country which has been upgraded with the invention of the crockpot. My sister called today and we were talking recipes. Anybody from the midwest remember the radio personality Cedric Adams from WCCO in MPLS??

Sister got to telling about one of his favorite recipes that is making the rounds again after all these years. It is sliced raw cabbage, ground beef and catsup. I am wondering if you cook the ground beef first and then add the rest. I can't stantd the taste of the fat that remains on browned ground beef. Anyone have this recipe.???Bet this would work in a crock pot. I love cooked cabbage with meat and catsup. Thanks. Irish

[Deb]

I haven't tried it yet but I am going to cut up some chicken breast, add 1 cup of pineapple juice, 1/2 cup brown sugar and 1/3 cup soy sauce and cook for 6hrs on low.

I am going to use all organic ingredients of course and I think it will be delicious!!!

Have some kind of rice to go with it, and a veggy or two....yummmm

I made this the other night.  It was very very good.  Next time we cut the chicken in BIG chunks and I am going to add pinapple chunks and green pepper chunks!!  I used light soya sauce but think maybe dark next time....

[meow]

I'm from Mn and we are casserole country which has been upgraded with the invention of the crockpot. My sister called today and we were talking recipes. Anybody from the midwest remember the radio personality Cedric Adams from WCCO in MPLS??

Sister got to telling about one of his favorite recipes that is making the rounds again after all these years. It is sliced raw cabbage, ground beef and catsup. I am wondering if you cook the ground beef first and then add the rest. I can't stantd the taste of the fat that remains on browned ground beef. Anyone have this recipe.???Bet this would work in a crock pot. I love cooked cabbage with meat and catsup. Thanks. Irish

You need to brown the ground beef before you put it in the crockpot, or you will have a slimy greasy mess.  BTDT. To avoid the browned fat that you don't like, cook it slowly and add a little water about halfway through, and it will not be "brown"--just cooked.

[Carolina]

I have never had a crockpot.  But people post recipes all the time on FB that I see.

So I've made up my own:  Follow at your own risk!

Crockpot Surprise! Take one bag of mini marshmallows, a can of mushroom soup, 20 ritz crackers, a cake mix, a bag of chocolate chips, butter, mayonnaise, a can of fruit cocktail and two cans of Drain-o, put it in the crockpot, and hope the crockpot is still there the next day. That's the surprise!!!!!! If it's still there, stick in some sparklers, light them (stand back) and serve with Tang.

Can be adjusted to your own taste:  tuna (more surprise!), mint syrup, peanut butter cups, let your imagination take flight!

Hugs, Elaine

[Sleepy In Seattle]

Elaine, I think that last set of tests fried your brain....       

[Bucky]

I have never had a crockpot.

Um, after reading your surprise concoction, I'm glad you DON'T have a crockpot!!

I hope your children NEVER buy you one for a present!!   

Bucky

[SjoAmy]

Or is it......crotch pot.    .   . 

[meow]

Or is it......crotch pot.    .   . 

LOL!

[SjoGirl]

Have a cold so was home yesterday and watched Rachel Ray. She had Emeril on who did a whole segment on cooking with a crock pot. He has a new book out called Cooking with Power.

[irish]

I made a very large crock pot of vegetable soup using leftover ham and ham broth plus beef and beef broth. It was yummy. I made this for my son who is going hunting in
Wyoming next week. He wanted only the meat, potatoes, carrots, celery and onion. I really wanted to add rutabagas, sweet potatoes and peas but didn't cause their were guys who didn't like those veggies.

Son cools the soup and ladles it into quart freezer bags and freezes them. When camping they put a big pot on the wood stove and bring the water to a boil and place the bags of soup in until it is thawed and hot. He says this works really well. Just something new that I learned. Irish

[Bucky]

Irish - any leftovers from that vegetable soup?     It sounds yummy.

Great idea on just putting the bag in hot water to thaw it out and then chow down.  That would work well at home too if you have a small family or are single. 

That would be a good idea for a food swap - make up some large quantities and then bag them and freeze them, then exchange some with another person(s) to have some variety.  It would be great for a shut-in.

Bucky