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Welcome to #SlowCookerWeek on RecipeChatter! This week we’re celebrating your no. 1 kitchen hero — your slow cooker. How many times has your slow cooker saved the day by doing the work for you? The holiday season is definitely a good time to remember your old friend, and rely on it!
Here at RecipeChatter, we love slow cookers so much that we wished the invention a happy birthday. Just sayin’. If you’re a proud new slow cooker owner, be sure to read our Slow Cooker 101.
Now that we’ve fangirled all about slow cookers, let’s get to the good stuff. We have some amazing easy slow cooker recipes from amazing guest bloggers this week. These recipes are all perfect as Thanksgiving sides, by the way.
You can share in our slow cooker appreciation this week by sharing your own slow cooker recipes or photos of your culinary creations on social media. Use our hashtag #SlowCookerWeek on Facebook and Twitter!
Let’s take a look at our exciting schedule for #SlowCookerWeek 2015!
What’s Going On This Week
We’ll be pretty in pumpkin all week long. Bookmark this page so you don’t miss a thing! Here’s our schedule for the week.
Monday, November 16
Make sure to enter the giveaway below!
Tuesday, November 17
Mom’s Slow Cooker Stuffing Recipe – Guest post by The Seasoned Mom
Wednesday, November 18
Slow Cooker Butternut Squash Recipe – Guest post by Underground Crafter
Thursday, November 19
Slow Cooker Mashed Sweet Potatoes Recipe – Guest post by Healthy T
Friday, November 20
20 Best Thanksgiving Slow Cooker Recipes
What’s your favorite slow cooker meal?
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IT’S JUST ME & MY HUSBAND AT HOME NOW AND I LOVE USING MY SLOWCOOKER FOR MEALS. WHEN I USE IT TO TAKE CARE OF DINNER WE HAVE TIME DURING THE DAY TO DO ALL THOSE THINGS THAT WE ENJOY BUT WEREN’T ABLE TO DO WHEN WE HAD KIDS AT HOME…LIKE SPEND THE DAY AT THE ZOO OR AQUARIUM JUST LEISURELY WANDERING THRU TAKING TIME TO READ ALL THE LITTLE INFO SIGNS ALONG THE WAY (SOMETHING KIDS DON’T SEEM TO CARE TO DO) OR JUST SPEND THE DAY IN EACH OTHERS COMPANY WHILE EACH DOING WHAT WE ENJOY (I ENJOY NEEDLEWORK , HE ENJOYS TV AND WE BOTH LOVE TO READ.) ONE OF MY FAVORITE KITCHEN APPLIANCES IS MY SLOWCOOKER BECAUSE IT HAS GIVEN US BACK TIME WITH EACH OTHER WHILE STILL LETTING US ENJOY WONDERFUL MEALS THAT DON’T REQUIRE A LOT OF CLEAN UP.
Most definitely pot roast. Love mu slow cooker!
I can’t make up my mind between Beef Stew and Pot Roast. However they both are scrumptious when cooked in my slow cooker.
I’m with you there! Beef Stew is scrumptious and Pot Roast is so tender and flavorful, I can’t make up my mind either. Plus the aroma when they’re cooking makes you super hungry. Slow cooker if definitely the best!
I like hamburger soup. Its my goddaughter’s great grand mothers recipe and its so good. Really is good and slowcooker beans. Yum. All the recipes and ideas here sound great. Pot roast or stew gosh just tell me what to bring.
I love making barley lentil soup, baked beans and split pea soup (vegetarian) in my slow cooker. I look forward to doing more vegetarian meals in my slow cooker, too.
HI Cindy….. I would love to have your Slow Cooker Recipe for Vegetarian Split Pea Soup!! Happy New Year!!
My favorite slow cooker meal is beef pot roast. Love it!
Pot roast and veggies would have to be my all-time favorite. But potato soup rates really high. And the cheesy chicken and broccoli we just tried was REALLY good! Can you tell I love my slow cooker?
PUT YOUR BABY BACK RIBS IN YOUR SLOW COOKER WITH SALT AND PEPPER NO WATER.. OR ANY SEASONING YOU WANT AFTER 4 HOURS ON LOW TAKE OUT AND PUT ON THE BBQ TO BROWN. ADD BBQ SAUCE IF YOU WANT.
My favorite slow cooker recipe is beef stew. We love it and have it each month.
Creamy Scalloped potatoes
Just started a new full time job with travel time up to 1 hour each way…the slow cooker is a must! Thanks for all the great recipes you provide!
It is crockpot enchiladas
Pot roast with potatoes and carrots is our favorite crockpot meal. Thanks for a great giveaway.
My slow cooker meal is Chicken and Dumplings
Our favorite is Cranberry Pork roast.
I would love to have your recipe for the cranberry pork roast, please. Thank you so much.
Hi, another request fr the cranberry pork roast it’s sounds awesome!
Thank you in advance
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Any type of soup is my favorite to make in the slow cooker. So simple and easy to use.
Gee, this is hard, but my husband and I love chili,so I would have to say Chili. It smells so good, especially when you walk in the house and you smell that good smell.
The thing I make most in my crockpot is the easiest thing I make – ham and Lima beans. Use a picnic ham, dry Lima beans and enough water to cover. Cook all day and eat on rice. I don’t add any salt while it’s cooking because you never know how salty the ham will be.
I love kimchi and pork loin cooked in a crock pot
If love to know what kind of kimchi u use
Janei
My family love the simple stuff: red beans, cornbread, & fried potatoes w/ onions. We have done other stuff, but really love the beans.
You mean my mother used a slow cooker?!!!
I was stricken with a auto-immune system disorder nearly 24 years ago. Since getting around the house is difficult, I like to use my slow cooker-especially for one pot meals-meat, potatoes and veggies. They are all great in the crock pot,
I love beef stew make in one of my slow cookers.
If I am cooking, it is Mexican Pork Stew. If my mom is making something in the crockpot, my favorite is Ox Tail Soup
I love to make beef tips and rice. You get a package of stew meat, eight ounces of sour cream, package of brown gravy mix and four cups of water. Cook on low for eight hours. Add more water if needed. Serve over hot rice. This is a true comfort food.
My favorite slow cooker meal is probably salsa chicken.
Soup!!!
I love making a crockpot breakfast bread pudding
We are all busy, slow cooking comes to the table tender juicy everything cooked through tender, just right. You feel good on a cold night to have a hot meal ready waiting.
I make chicken soup in the slow cooker. I learned years ago to line the cooker with cheese cloth before putting in the chicken and vegetables, so when it is done, I just lift everything out and you don’t need to strain the soup.
Great idea! Thanks for sharing
My favorite thing to cook in the slow cooker is spare ribs. They come out so juicy and fall right off the bone.
Chili is the best in a slow cooker
Definitely, Pulled Pork… the most delightful thing ever in a slow cooker… yum yum… simmer that pork and add spices and seasoning towards the end. Oh my family loves it. The smell is so good to walk into and the eating is even better!!
Now my mouth is watering and I am putting some pork in right now.
Pork Chops in a mushroom sauce. Yummy
I love doing a turkey breast in my crock pot. It turns out so moist and makes lots of gravy.
My favorite is roast, potatoes, and carrots. Don’t have many recipes for slow cooker.
I love making Kalua Pork in the crockpot – so easy and takes fantastic!
I’m one to use my slow cooker on rare occasions but would love to start using it more. My husband makes the statement he doesn’t want crockpot meals every night but being a stay at home mommy of two babies (2 1/2 years and 10 months) it would be nice to use it more!
I think my favorite has to be roast with brown gravy, potatoes, carrots and green beans.
I really don’t have a favorite. I have made many things lately in my crock pot. I seem to have rediscovered it. It could be enchilada casserole, or possibly chicken parm, or could it be pulled pork, no wait, chili. I don’t know it all seems to be good and so much different than I expected!
Philly Cheese Steak is my favorite dish in a crock pot.
My fav by far is from the Best of the Best of Tx II
Siesta roast and beans (pork roast, pinto beans with green chilies)
I have to say it is Beef Stew! Makes the whole house smell terrific too!!
My favorite is breakfast casserole.
My favorite meal so far is Mandarin Beef. It tasted delicious and smelled fantastic while it was cooking. It’s like having someone else do the cooking when I can do other things while dinner is cooking. Makes me feel pampered even though I’m not.
My favourite recipes are Mongolian Beef & Orange Chicken & CP Meatballs & Spaghetti,
My favorite crock pot use is pulled pork. While camping at the beach put pork loin into crock with onion soup kid diced tomatoes and water cook on low 8hrs when done beach remove pork using two forms pull into shreds allow each person to place pork on roll top with barbecue sauce.
Super bowl sunday place 3lbs kielbasa cut into 1 inch pieces cover with unsweetened applesauce and 2 tablespoons of caraway seeds simmer on low for six hrs
I like to use my slow cooker for about any type of soup, stews. Chicken or pot roast especially when the beef is tough, they come out sooo tender.
Cherried Pork in the Slow Cooker
White Chicken Chile is my all time favorite. I made it at my sister’s. There was only a cup full left, and my niece’s friend got up and had it for breakfast the next day.
My favorite meal to cook in the CrockPot is Pork Chops and potatoes.. Cover them with milk and butter. Eat—Delish!!!!
We love chicken and dumplings in the crockpot! The whole house smells great!
My favorite crock pot meal is pot roast.
My favorite “Go To” in the crockpot is my Beef Roast. It’s a favorite with my family as well as work Potlucks!!
Beef Stroganoff. It’s my husband’s favorite and I love it too.
It is just my husband and I and we are both retired now but we use our slow cooker at least 4 times or more a week. We have numerous favorites but love stuffed peppers, all kinds of soups, pot roasts lasagna etc and so convenient to cook spaghetti squash for other re ipes instead of using the oven or cooking up a bunch of chicken and ground beef and freezing for recipes and using for side dishes when the oven or charbroiled grill and smoker are going! Still the best invention ever. I need to update mine as many years old.
I love to put a Boston Butt in my slow cooker until it’s ready to fall apart. It’s so tender and smells so good!
My favorite crock-pot meal is a big pot of white beans and ham. Yummo! Thanks for the chance to win the cookbook!
My favorite supper to make is cube steaks and potatoes. Cube steak is a very tough meat, cooking it in the crockpot makes it just melt in your mouth. No knife is needed!!
My favorite would be Slow Cooker Chili Dogs.
Ive used a slow cooker off and on all my young life, but never took its capabilities seriously But now in my adult life I’ve learn to take it more seriously and appreciate its value in the serious cooking world. So I have to say fresh pork and loved the best. I used this to make pulled pork and it came out so tender and delicious, my whole family enjoyed this meal. I’ve been using my crockpot ever since.
Slow cooker pot roast with beef stew the next day. Chili. New England Clam Chowder. JR: thanks for the great hint!
I love a beef roast and veggies
I love my crock pot and am always looking for new recipes for crock pot cooking. I have severe arthritis along with a couple of other auto-immune diseases and it is difficult for me to stand at the stove and cook. So my crock pot has been a life saver for me. I found a recipe for Bavarian Beef Stew a couple of years ago and absolutely LOVE it!! And, my dogs love it too!! Of course, they share everything with me.
Turkey breast stuffed with a wild rice and cranberries dressing. We are all looking forward to Thanksgiving dinner!
chicken and rice in slow cooker is my favorite. Not only good but also fast and easy.
I love the chicken enchiladas I have made in the slow cooker.
Favorite – Easy, taking a lesser cost cut of meat and turning it into a feast with the magic of the Slow Cooker!
Well it seems the consensus pot roast, my favorite. As a very busy professional by week and catering weddings on weekends, I couldn’t even think about not having my slo cooker. Second would definitely be chicken and dumplings. The easiest is shredded chicken for sliders. So many great meals
Love my BBQ Ribs in slow cooker. Put everything in cooker and ready for dinner at six.
I Love anything I can put in a Crockpot for dinner! I really love beef dishes the most. I have a hard time standing to prepare a dinner but if I throw something in a crockpot there’s dinner!!!
soups and pot roast
chicken soup
My favorite is chicken thighs and vegetables with rice
Actually I am not that good with a slow cooker. I dabble some. I would love to be able to do alot more with it. That is why I would love a copy of not your mother’s slow cooker favorites. If I don’t win could you at least tell where I can purchase one. What little I do use my slow cooker for I really enjoy it. I make chili, soups and I actually made a breakfast bake. It turned out really good. So as you can see I need help with my slow cooker.
I have many recipes I love cooking in my slow cooker- pot roast with potatoes and carrots, ham with carrots, homemade spaghetti sauce with meatballs or sausage, soups. There’s lots of chicken recipes also.
my family enjoys eating corned beef from the slow cooker. The meat is so tender and it falls apart, easy to eat.
Love to use slow cooker for my dal makhani (stewed lentils Indian style)!
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My husband recently passed away and I’m taking care of my five month old granddaughter. I’ve been trying out new recipes to let my daughter take home . I know I was tired when I came home from work when my children were little and would have loved the main part of the meal given to me or at least started. So far our favorite has been crock pot beef stroganoff . It is so creamy and the stew beef is so tender! I’ve made this two weeks in a row by my son in was request . Also the potatoe soup was delicious!
My best meal so far has been stuffed peppers…. My husband went crazy……live my crockpot
I love my slow cooker ! I love bourbon stew in my slow cooker
I like making crockpot Pulled Pork for great sandwiches during football season. Very delicious and easy to make.
Red Beans
I made some cream of potato soup, with fresh potatoes, in my slow cooker and it was delicious.
I made some cream of potato soup in my slow cooker and it was delicious.
I use my slow cooker to make Hungarian Goulash. Prepare before going to church on Sunday. Come home to a house that smells great. Later that day cook some noodles and put the goulash over them for a great meal.
We love cooking Chili in our crockpot! We just recently tried crockpot stuffing and chicken…YUM!
My favorite slow cooker meal is taco soup. I love to put it on first thing in the morning and have it waiting for me when I get home from work.
My slow cooker/crock pot has become my best friend in the kitchen since I’ve had to go on disability & have some major health challenges. But since I started using it so often, I use it for so much more than the typical pot roast (which we all love too!) I’ve made everything in my crock pot from spaghetti and meatballs to lasagna, smothered pork chops, maple French toast casserole, 2 kinds of chili (white & red), and strawberry cheesecakecheesecake. My grown kid’s favorite is a tie between creamy, cheesy chicken rice with broccoli and Swedish meatballs in gravy over parslied egg noodles. My fave is my Mexican lasagna! Making me hungry. Think I’ll put a boneless turkey breast in for dinner tonight ?
Oh my word, I can’t begin to tell you my favorite slow cooker recipe. I have over two hundred new recipes I have taken off Facebook and emails to try. I never ever pass up an email when it’s a slow cooker recipes.
I like waking up the smell of breakfast
Chili is ny goto crock pot meal.
My family and I love soups and stews but French dip is my favorite.
I use my slow cooker almost daily. It is hard to choose a favorite recipe but it would maybe be one of my homemade soups.
Crock pot beef stew
Chicken leg quarters w/ different sauces.
my husband has gotten my son and girl friend in love with the chicken in crockpot then shredded and put back in with sweet baby rays
My favorite is probably Creamy Italian Chicken and put over hot rice or noodles. It is so good and smells delicious. I get so many comments on this 🙂 I especially like my slow cooker when we travel a distance for a reunion meal, I just put something (macaroni and cheese) in my slow cooker and plug in electric converter in the car and it’s all done and hot when we get there!
Chicken and rice. Amazing!
I love to make oxtail stew in my crockpot
Mac and cheese
Pork and sauerkraut!
French Dip au jus – using a 3# chuck roast with beef broth, low sodium soy sauce, rosemary, thyme, salt & pepper – on low heat for 8-10 hours. I take out the meat, pull it apart & set aside in a separate container; strain the juice & put in Separate container. Refrigerate overnight, skim the now-hardened fat from the juice. Combine them both back again, reheat & make hoagies with low-fat provolone. Pretty economical, low in salt & low in fat. Delicious!!!!
I like to use my crockpot for making Christmas candy. It’s nice not to have to stand and stir the chocolate while it melts. Thanks for this great giveaway.
I just recently made the San Francisco Pork Chops. They are, by far, my favorite meat recipe I’ve made in my slow cooker. I live alone but I use my slow cooker quite often because I can make a “one pot wonder” and freeze individual servings for the future.
Spare Ribs and sauerkraut
We love hot beef sandwiches made in the slow cooker. The house smells really good and the beef just falls apart and shreds so easily. Served on buns, what more could you want.
I love my slow cooker,and have for years!Now its just me after I loss my husband,three and a half years,after 40 years of marriage,due to a inherited Heart Disease. Believe me my life is not the same! I use my slow cooker more than ever now,as I can prepare foods that I can use for a few times! My favorites are Homemade down south BBQ,the vinegar base,its delicious,also my Seared Chuck Roast,with potatoes,onions,carrots,,and a few pieces of garlic and can of Beef broth !or Beef Consomme! Also Meatloaf,that keeps well also,and sometimes I add a few cut up potatoes,along side of it.
I am without a kitchen right now (remodeling) and would love some slow cooker recipes for my tiny crock pot. I only have my tiny crock pot & my microwave. I’m lost without my kitchen & won’t have a new one for at least 2 more weeks.
I’m lost 67 years old and I just started using a crockpot. I don’t have a favorite meal yet but I’m sure I will soon.
Creamy ranch pork! you can use country style pork ribs, a pork roast or pork chops.
Place pork in crockpot, pour a big can of cream of mushroom soup over, sprinkle with a pack of Hidden Valley ranch dry dressing. Mix dry dressing with soup. Season to taste! I normally add rice or a box of augratin potatoes an hour before done. Really, really good!
I love to make pulled pork in my slow cooker. So tender and juicy! Thanks for the opportunity to win Not Your Mother’s Slow Cooker! I am introducing my daughter to the slow cooker. She is just learning how to cook so this would be a perfect gift! <3
We call it Goulash. Mine is really never the same. I start out looking for leftovers in the refrigerator. My family never has been big on vegetables. This way I make sure they get a more balanced diet. You can use chicken, beef,or fish. I have made it with rice, pasta or potatoes. You usecan any kind of vegetables. You can use your favorite soup. I have used cream of mushroom,, celery, tomato soup. I do recommend using a name brand like Campbell’s soup or home made soup. some times I use home made pasta sauce or Prago chunky sauce. I use cheese between my my layers you can use as much as you want. , Cheese helps to glue it together. I like craft cheese, it gives it a great taste. . It’s great for home or a pot lucks, The biggest problems is having some leftovers for freezing up for when you don’t feel like cooking or have the time to cook and need something fast. We have a great meal, save money with no fuss.
Beef and Broccoli is my favorite. I use my slow cooker at least once a week.
We cook something in our crook pots every day! Barbeque is one of our favorites.
MY FAMILY LOVES MISSISSIPPI CHICKEN. I LOVE ANYTHING THAT YOU PUT IN THE CROCKPOT AND COME HOME TO A READY MEAL.
I like to make a lot of things in my crockpot but one of my favorite things is meatball stew.
my husband has gotten my son and girl friend in love with the chicken in crockpot then shredded and put back in with sweet baby rays
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my husband has gotten my son and girl friend in love with the chicken in crockpot then shredded and put back in with sweet baby rays
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Our favorite is shrimp and anduille gumbo. So good when it’s cold out. Big flavor. Big spice.
Potatoe Soup is a fav – also use to make lots of “dips” when its game time or just because. Crab dip is a great crock pot dip 🙂
I like to make desserts….such as cakes or cobblers in the slow cooker. The last time I used the slow cooker was to make a peach cobbler. It was really great to know that if it boiled over I would not have to clean the oven. Ooohhh and the peach cobbler was really good. Thanks for the giveaway.
I grew up with my mother using her slow cooker to cook old family recipes. I would love to be able to do it with my family like my mother did, but with newer recipes. This book would be a great start for me and my family to make new memories to last through the years !
Italian Sauce or Chili on a cold snowy Sunday a bowl of chili with cheese and onions to warm up
A beef in a red wine sauce.. My entire family loves it!!!
I would have to say my three meat chili! This Halloween we had a small get together so I made my chili the day before and it was a hit! I loved how people just served themselves and I was able to give candy out to the trick or treaters! Until I ran out of candy and was frantically looking for treats to drop in their bags! I said to my husband the next day ” we should of gave them chili!”
Roast Beef, after a day of the fragrance filling the house. Serve with crusty bread to soak up all the juices.
The best present to give or receive is a slow cooker… What could be easier? There are so many wonderful recipes that you can try and enjoy! I think this is one of our best tools in the kitchen! I am glad to see such a wonderful range of recipes. I hope everyone owns more than one. I like the ease of adding a can of jellied cranberry to a pork roast in the slow.cooker… easy, flavorful and delicious!
Working 12 hour shifts and having to still feed my family, I love using my crockpot. I make soup, pot roast, pasta, chicken, or dessert in the crockpot. It helps me have dinner ready for my family, and little clean up for me.
I love to make spaghetti squash in my slow cooker. Just pour in some marinara sauce in bottom of pot, cut a squash in half and clean out seeds. Then place open side down and cover and cook on high for 5 hours. Finished! That’s all there is to it, scrape it out and turn it into spaghetti and pour marinara over it! Healthy and delicious!
My personal favorite is a beef pot roast with carrots And parsnips my familys all around favorite is turkey meatballs with spaghetti sauce, to use with pasta or rolls with melted mozzarella cheese.
Our favorite recipe for the Crock Pot is Pinto Beans.
We take care of our little grand-kids, at least 4+ days a week, so being able to use my slow cooker early in the morning, before they get here, allows me more time to play with and tend to them while they are here. The meats & vegetables are so tender that my granddaughter (19 months old), can easily eat them. I look for new recipes to fix, pretty much daily, as I have been recently diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, and had to change our way of eating. I have found so many great slow cooker recipes, that I have gotten my diabetes under control, without having to eat such a bland diet… and the house always smells so good throughout the day with all the great aromas coming from the kitchen!
Chili for a specific food done in a crockpot; breakfast is my favorite meal so I love breakfast crock pot recipes.
Potatoes, green pepers and Italian sausage. Cut everything into bite size pieces – layer adding salt and pepper on each layer and cook all day. Love it!
Pot roast with all the veggies , so easy I can even do it !!
My favorite crockpot dinner is cranberry chicken breasts. I use my crockpot a lot. I love the convenience and the success of the recipes I have used.
I would love the cookbook! Thank you for offering it!
poor man steak
I love making pasta fagioli. Not only does it tastes good and the family asks for it, but the entire house smells great while you are waiting on it.
Hands down, barbecue pulled chicken.
Pot Roast, Potatoes and Carrots!!! That is our favorite!!!
Chicken with Gravy. It has become my go to recipe.
I love my crock pot. We use it frequently. most often for chicken potato soup, also chili and stews.
It seems like I can almost throw anything in my crock pot and some wonderful veggies and it comes out
delicious. Thanks for this great give away.
….anything my husband decides to cook!
Pot Roast with potatoes, onions and carrots! Perfect dinner for the fall and winter and so easy to do! I season with garlic and love the aroma that comes with this meal!
This would be a blessing! I look at slow cooker recipes for my husband and myself and they all seem so “old” (just like the 2 of us!!). Would love to have new, innovative recipes to try.
Without a doubt my favorite crockpot meal is pot roast!
Since I live alone, and my commute to work is an hour each way (at least!), the crock pot is invaluable to me. I love making eggplant parmesan on Sunday, and dividing it up into nightly portions, then on Monday, I’ll cook a chicken dish (Marsala, Butter, you name it, I’ll try it) and that makes the rest of the week’s lunches and dinners. By the way, I’ve just bought my 5th crock pot. Not that any have broken, I just keep finding new ones to add to the lineup. My latest is a 9″ x 13″ actual casserole size, with travel locking handles, and a place to hold the lid. Perfect for potlucks!
I’ve used my crockpot for years for a lot of different meals. Love that it does the work and results in deliciousness. My favorite meal is a Broccoli/Chicken/Cheese recipe that I”ve adapted from the original.It cooks for 7 hours, then add the broccoli for the last hour and shortly before serving stir in sour cream, a little bit of heavy whipping cream and co-jack cheese. Let the cheese melt and you have a wonderful, filling offering. You could also use sharp cheddar with good results for this.
I love to make chicken with noodles and gravy. Sometimes I leave out the noodles and add dressing. Sometimes, I make dumplings. Anything with chicken and broth turns into a wonderful dish in my slow cooker!
I like breaded with flour and mrsdash and browned cube steak stew with carrots potatoes celery onions and 1 15 oz can diced tomatoes. I add 12 oz can mushroom soup 1 Tbs Mrs dash 1 Tbs parsley and water to cover.stir and cook 8 hours on low or 6 on high. Add 2tbs low salt soy sauce at the end and stir gently.absolutly delish,and the steak is wonderfully tender.
The recipe I use almost every day is slow cooker steel cut oats. I can put it together before bed and its ready for breakfast in the morning.I use my slow cooker for lots of desserts like peanut butter chocolate pudding. My husband really loves that as he is a dessert man. When I’m looking through recipes that look interesting I try to figure out how to make it in my slow cooker. I run my business full time from home plus take care of my husband who has health issues. Life is busy so I need my slow cooker. Actually I have 2 that I use regularly,sometimes at the same time. Dinner in one and dessert in the other.
My all-time favorite is Hawaiian Kahlua Pork – a pork butt roast seasoned with pink Himalayan salt, honey teriyaki sauce, garlic, pork rub, and a splash of Kitchen Bouquet – roasted in the slow cooker on low for 16 hours. It’s so moist and tender and melts in your mouth!
I need this cookbook because I would like to use my slow cooker more but have run out of ideas….oh wait! maybe I need to think about dinner before breakfast so I can put everything into the crockpot while I spend my day with children. It should be easy to use. I am not using it. Maybe it is the clean up. I shall revisit that appliance…with a new cookbook. Thanks!
a god pot roast with lots of veggies and gravy..yum yum !!!!
A favorite? That’s like asking who your favorite child is! LOL Because I love them all.
I do make a lot of chicken dishes. And just now made ham & escalloped potatoes. So if it says Crock Pot…that’s for me!!
Beef stew using mushroom soup, potatoes, and carrots!
I love to make Meatloaf in my slow-cooker! It’s so juicy! It just melts in your mouth.
I have 2 crock pot favorites! Pot roast with potatoes, carrots, celery & beef broth! Puller pork made out of pork loin! They are both yummy! Love my crock pot!
Make that pulled pork NOT puller pork! LOL!
I have lots of things that I cook in my crockpot but my most used is barbecue meatballs for special occasions.
I’ve been using slow cooker ever since they came out on the market. The slow cooker is one of the best kitchen appliances a person can have. My favorite dish made in the slow cooker is definitely beef stew.
My favorite is Excellent Hamburger Soup. (My name for it since I modified a Hamburger Soup Recipe.)
I just love it, Containing cabbage, hamburger (lean of coarse), the usual potatoes, onions, and carrots, With rice and crushed tomatoes. Spices sweet basil, thyme and bay leave. For me this is the ultimate comfort food.
Ham and Potatoes are our favorite…….we have to go to a lot of horse shows and the people get so excited make I make this dish. It’s so easy and great to feed several people. All I do is mix up 3 boxes (or more) of Scalloped Potatoes and add cubes of ham (already cut) put the lid on and walk away.
Family loves thick pork chops covered with mushroom soup. The pork chops are so tender and the soup makes a juicy gravy to put over mashed potatoes, I would love to learn a lot more of crock pot recipes.
My favorites include Chicken & Dumplings and Orange Chicken!
We only purchased our slow cooker recently, but of everything we have made chicken piccata has been our favorite
Boneless country style ribs mixed with Kraft bbq sauce and raspberry jelly! Slow cook for 6 hours 🙂 delicious!
My favorite to cook in crock pot is roast. Makes the house smell amazing all day! Not to mention saves me lots of time out of the kitchen preparing dinner for the night.
I love cooking turkey wings in the slow cooker
My family loves thick pork chops cover with cream of mushroom soup. The pork chops get so tender and the soup makes an awesome gravy to put over mashed potatoes.
My family loves thick pork chops covered with plenty of cream of mushroom soup. The pork chops are so tender and the soup makes wonderful gravy.
Pork or any dish made with pork…wonderful aroma to come home too and know that you don’t have to fire up that stove…
Nothing like coming home and smell the good smells of the crock pot no matter what you are cooking. I love using mine tho. Just made spare ribs last night.
all day chili
slow cooked Pork Butt with onions and no sugar.
I love anything you can make in a crackpot. my age is catching up with me and I still cook for family. I love things that are easy and fast to fix. even baking potatoes in crock pot. I have 3
I think one of the BEST inventions for the kitchen was the Slow Cooker!! What a god-send especially for working mothers!! I have MANY “favorite” recipes but my all time one is pulled BBQ beef (you could easily use pork too). I start with a beef roast the size varies on how many I plan to serve. I have put the roast in frozen but prefer partially or totally thawed so it comes out not quite so runny. On top of the roast sprinkle a package of Lipton onion soup mix (dry). I then make a mixture of Coke and ketchup (diet coke does NOT work) and pour over the top. The amount again depends on the size of the roast. I cook it on low all day until tender. You remove the roast and shred with a fork and return it to the sauce. YUM YUM YUM and the leftovers are just as good!!!
loose meat sandwitch
It’s just me at home but most recipes are set for two or more people, which is actually a good thing. That then leaves leftovers that I can freeze for later or eat the next day.
I eat a lot of chicken and like recipes that are a bit on the sweet side, like barbequed chicken. It’s so convenient when you don’t have to spend a lot of time putting a meal together. As they say, “just set it and forget it”! Thanks for making it so easy.
I like to use my slow cooker for lots of things, but when I’m doing a whole meal, beef stew is the best. It can cook all day on low and be tender as can be when it’s time for supper.
I love coming home to a house smelling so delicious because something has been cooking in the crock pot all day. My crock pot never makes it back into the cabinet because I use it quite regularly. Love that I can put stuff in there and when I get home it’s ready to eat.
My husband loves my Lasagna recipe,put it in at lunchtime and make garlic bread at supper! Easy!
Trio Bean Casserole
I just started to use a crockpot. Everyone is getting me enticed with what they can make in a crockpot. I bought my first crockpot when I was having Thanksgiving last year and worried about getting all the side dishes hot with limited space with the turkey. My friend gave me a recipe for stuffing that uses the crockpot.
It was great. I actually plugged it in my laundry room as it cooked an brought it out when the other dishes were all ready. What a help that was. I am so interested in trying pot roast in the crockpot. I have a feeling one crockpot won’t be enough as the possibilities sound endless..
I love to make vegetable soup in it! It seamers and it smells so good when we arrive home!
I love to cook any kind of dried beans or peas in my slow cooker. No need to presoak the beans. Just put them in the slow cooker with two quarts of broth and whatever seasonings I’m using, turn it on low and let them simmer all day. By dinnertime, you have tender beans in a luscious broth. Yummy!
I Love cooking a great pot roast in my slow cooker!
I have made crockpot apple butter and it is delicious! I have also enjoyed ribs, roasts, chicken, vegetables, soups, and chili. All have been wonderful. What did we do before crock pots?
Our favorite is of course beef pot roast but, we also do a variety of soups, chili, & most recently lasagna.
baby back ribs using sweet baby ray’s sauce…..ummmm gooood!
Our favourite is stuffing.
Chili
Beef stew for sure, plus it has the house smelling great when you get home from work.
Beef roast with potato’s, carrot’s, and onions.
bbq pulled pork
I would have to say my favorite recipe in the slow cooker is roast or carne guisada
I love slow cooking, doesn’t heat up the kitchen or need a sitter. My family loves the easy barbeque chicken, but I’m a big fan of pot roast.
My personal favorite is CHILI.
Chili, any soup, nacho cheese dip or any pulled meat. All delicious!
My favorite is what I call kitchen sink casserole. what ever meat I have left over, veggies, 1/2 bottle of Italian herb dressing or if I want it creamy a can of cream of what ever is in the pantry, I cook wild rice seperatley and add to the c.p. the last hour
My favorite slow cooker recipe is Russian chicken. It has Russian dressing and apricot preserves.
My favorite slow cooker recipe is just seasoned chicken, then I can freeze some to use later and make many different things with the cooked chicken. Also use it to make a big pot of beans with ham and jalapenos!!
My favorite crock pot meal is turkey breast in cream of chicken……..
my best would be too hard to pin down to one recipe! chili,stew,chicken/tomatoes, slow cooked ribs. easier the better!!
Hawaiian chicken – one can of chunk pineapple, chicken, bottle of bbq sauce 🙂
Pot Roast
Our favorite Slow Cooker meal would be beef stew. We have it monthly. The kids love it. #SlowCookerWeek chasnpon48 at yahoo.
I use the crock pot to make everything especially chicken stock but our favorite is pot roast and vegetables. Thank you!
Roast with onions and potatoes and different vegetables
Korean Barbecue ribs
My favorite is BBQ pulled pork! Then I slather lots of cole slaw on top!
I have had a slow cooker I think since early 70’s. It is a Presto that also browns. I have made oodles of food and soups all these years. Chili and beef stew are two of my favorites. Now desserts are new favorites.
I love to throw a ham all by itself in my slow cooker and cook. I have also just cooked collard greens for the first time in my slow cooker and they were fabulous.
I have had a crock pot since I was married back in 1979 and really like using my crock pot for many recipes but I think I like making Roast Beef or Swiss Steak in it the most. The meat is always tender and juicy. Once I put the meat in the crock pot it’s no fussing for me.
I love my slow cooker, I have two of them. I love making a turkey breast in it, it comes out so good. I also make sweet and sour meat balls for the holidays. I make applesauce in there also, I love when I can have both slow cookers working at the same time.
I am permanently disabled with severe rheumatoid arthritis so I do a lot of slow cooker meals. There are 2 recipes that I dearly love. Slow Cooker Cheesy Potato Soup and Crock Pot Lasagna. I just took up a nice pork roast this evening from my crock pot! It’s hard to choose a certain recipe…But Crock Pot Lasagna was one of my first recipes that I tried so I guess I’ll choose that one!
I love Porkchops with veggies.. They are beyond moist and yummy…
Buffalo Chicken Dip! A huge hit whenever I bring it to pot luck dinners or parties!
My favorite slow cooker recipe is white chicken chili. It is perfect year round!!
Favorite slow cooker meal is mac. and cheese. I usually make it for Christmas.
I love chicken and stuffing,potroasts,& pinto beans in my slow cooker!
italian beef sandwiches !! MMM!!
I love my slow cooker and I make Chicken and Dumplings with a( little bit of butter). It is great eating with the cool weather coming in now.
I love my creamy chicken noodle soup or loaded baked potato soup in the crockpot.
My favorite slow-cooker meal is Ham and Scalloped Potatoes. Layer sliced potatoes, sliced onions, ham and cheddar cheese. Top with mushroom soup (celery or broccoli works well too). Cook on low for 6 – 8 hours. Yummy!!
I love meatball soup in my crockpot, however, any soup is good. I love smelling it cook throughout the day while I am working.
Like anything I can cook in slow cooker just put anything in and leave it cook
Like to cook anything in slow cooker just put it together and just leave it cook
The lemon chicken breasts I made the other day were super good!
I like any type of roast, although pork pot roast is my favorite
also home made chili cooking all day, that means I get to sample all day.
My favorite Crock Pot meal is Cabbage Rolls stuffed with ground chuck, tomatoes, onions, thyme, eggs, rice , tomato sauce, salt and pepper .
I love to use the slow cooker! Pulled pork , Chili and Beef Stew are some of my favorites!
Pulled pork, is pork loin, BBQ Sauce, Brown sugar, a little hot sauce for spice. Oh so good
Luv to make the pulled pork and lasagna in the slow cooker.
I love my slow cooker. It makes life so much easier and it makes the house smell so good all day.
Thai beef and noodles. Recipe from Chrissy Tiegen makes my family happy.
It’s a turkey breast. about 20 years ago my husband showed me how to do one in a crock pot. I thought he was crazy. Now it’s the only way we cook them. Turns out so very juicy.Frees up my oven for other things. This year we are trying a ham in our crock pot also for Thanksgiving. I’m sure it will be just great. (Turkey breast , Italian dressing, butter and seasoning )
I think crock pots/ slow cookers are a gift from God, Ya just put the food in and come home to a hot meal, soup, etc. and with all these recipes the possibilities are endless…..
I love slow cookers and am always looking for a new recipe! 🙂
I make an awesome cook all day roast and my chicken pot pie in the crockpot is always gone !!!
cooking chili and ribs in my slow cooker
Wow! I loved reading all these recipes and ideas!! I will do much more crock pot cooking. The kids are coming in for Christmas! Won’t they be pleased!! Thanks for all the tips! I fee as though I have been given a gift!!
Loved all the ideas!! I will look for more crock pot recipes!! Thanks!!
My favorite slow cooker meal is chili. Whenever someone comes in while the chili is cooking, they say it smells so good, may I stay for dinner. A compliment for sure.
My favorite slow cooker meal is my mom’s beef stew recipe 🙂
I love making Machaca Beef in my crock pot using basically a London broil with various seasonings and onion that comes out like shredded beef. I use in tacos, tostadas, anything Mexican and transform the leftovers to BBQ beef sandwiches. Delicious!
My crock pot is very old but I still use it frequently. I like making chicken dishes and BBQ ribs in the crock pot.
I like pot roast he best. Next is pulled-pork and finally Chicken Enchiladas. I’m retired but substitute so on those days dinner is ready and leftovers for the next day UM! Need more ideas.
My favorite crock pot recipe is vegetarian chili. Warm, filling & oh so good!
Anything and everything tastes better when cooked low and slow in a crock pot/slow cooker all day all the flavors just hangs out and mingles together..love my slow cooker/crock pot
Soups! All kinds of soups, but especially minestrone. There are a lot of minestrone recipes.
Honestly everything I make in my slow cooker is amazing but I’ll choose one and its Jalapeño Lime Chicken Soup and its so delicious my entire family loves it and I now have to double my recipe!!!
I’m getting older and need to watch my weight and it’s getting harder to lose what I gain. Love the recipes I even pass some on to my granddaughter
White Chicken Chili
I love my slow cooker for everything. We use it 5 out of 7 days a week. It saves time and then when I get home dinner is ready or when I wake up breakfast is ready. Awesome!
I like doing cholent in mine
I love to make split pea soup!
My favorite slow cooker meal is meat loaf. It cooks up great in the slow cooker. I use 2 lbs ground beef, one egg, a little ketchup to taste, 1/4 cup of bread crumbs and a box of stove top stuffing and mix all together. Put in slowcooker on low for 4 to 6 hours ( time is depending on the slow cooker-some cook slower or faster than others). Sometimes I will mix a little brown sugar with alittle ketchup and brush on top of the meatloaf after I have scored the top with a knife and I let the meatloaf cook a little while longer. It is soo good. I do not have an oven right now so my husband and I have tried different things in our slow cooker and this meatloaf is our favorite.
I love to make chili
I like to make chicken and turkey thighs in my slow cooker, and beef stew. The meat gets soooo tender. Also like to make Chex mix in there too. It’s a more reasonable amount.
My husband and I are both retired now, so the slow cooker plays a big part in our meals. It’s hard for me to stand up for long periods of time, due to some health issues, so any time I can cook a meal in our slow cooker is a big help. My biggest issue is that both my slow cookers are old…they don’t have timers on them, so I have to be careful and make sure we are home to either turn it on or off. A brand new one with a timer on it would be wonderful!
Pot roast is my go-to crock pot “recipe.” There isn’t a recipe, just meat, vegies and seasoning.
Mmmm, a nice slow cooked chicken and red sauce or bbq of any kind are my family’s favorites. My personal favorite is the chicken. My mom made it when I was little and we called it ketchup chicken because it was red like ketchup..Still love it to this day! I also make a great Cheesy Tortellini – always have to do a double or triple batch because it goes so fast (works well with ravioli also).
I have 2 slow coockers, large one for double batches for the crowd or the medium when it’s just me and the hubby.
My husband does not like the texture of onions or celery. In order to add flavor to recipes, you can puree these vegetables and add to soups and stews
One of my favorite slow cooker meals is my mom’s mac and cheese! I have yet to perfect it, but have yet to be totally disappointed with any of my attempts.
The mashed sweet potato posted looks really great as well, I’ll have to give that one a try.
One of my favorite recipes is any type of soup or porridge! It’s really easy to cook it overnight and have it for breakfast the next day so it’s helpful as well.
As the mom of three young boys, I’ve developed a deep and meaningful relationship with my slow-cooker. Luckily, it’s a healthy relationship, given all the healthful yet delicious meals I make with it. Chicken fajita bowls topped with sliced avocado and scallions, turkey chili (in which I hide copious finely diced veggies) and my grandma’s pot roast are a few go-to’s my kiddos, husband, and I devour regularly. I love walking into our house at the end of the day to that rich, oniony aroma that immediately transports me back to my Nanny’s kitchen in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The avocado appliances, the linoleum floor, the knotty pine cabinets, and my grandmother standing at the counter chopping up “the holy trinity,” as she called it: carrots, onions, and celery. Our slow-cooker offers an olfactory postcard from the past, and sometimes it brings as many tears to my eyes as it does drool to my mouth. See? A deep and meaningful relationship. 🙂