Posts Tagged ‘ Slow Cooker ’

I was searching around for slow cooker recipes and thought the Food Network‘s Web site was good place to start. There’s always so much hype around those recipes. I came across one that had so many bad reviews, and I mean really bad reviews, that my competitive nature just kicked in and I felt...
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My kids requested tacos for dinner. Not a bad idea since I wasn’t in the mood to “cook.” However, I also wasn’t in the mood to clean my stove and I was dreading the browning, simmering, and constant monitoring of the meat. I had a brainstorm and tried something new. I made the meat...
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I bought a bunch of Granny Smith apples a few weeks ago, and I was disappointed. I suppose I really shouldn’t have been, it’s not apple season. However, this doesn’t mean that apples can’t be used for cooking; in fact this seemed like a good idea. So, as I continue on my quest for...
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I had 7 ears of corn. I knew they  were only going to last so long in my refrigerator and I knew they wouldn’t all be cooked immediately, so I decided that my Crock Pot would be a good place to experiment with all that corn. I found several online recipes for Creamed Corn,...
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As a nice Irish girl, I’m naturally attracted to potatoes. I’d even say I haven’t met a potato I didn’t like. So when I came across this recipe claiming to make the potatoes the star of the meal- I just had to try it. Let me say, I was not disappointed. The flavor is...
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I have a friend who has two slow cookers and isn’t shy about making TWO pots of BBQ Pulled Pork at once: It’s that good! I love a pulled pork sandwich and when I realized how easy it is to make in a slow cooker, I actually understood why one would want to make...
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I bought pork chops with the intention of broiling them like I always do. However, as life has it, there was a busy day coming up and if I didn’t use my Crock Pot, dinner was going to be macaroni and cheese or whatever else I could pull together in a pinch. The last...
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This is one of my favorite recipes! It was originally printed in the March & April 2002 Cooks Illustrated magazine, and then reappeared in the Best Slow and Easy Recipes from America’s Test Kitchen. While there are pot roast recipes in the book that are made specifically for the slow cooker, this is my...
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A friend gave me this recipe with the background that is it a favorite in her house for her whole family. I liked those two words–favorite and family. Cooking something my kids will also like is a plus and makes my life easier. I like this recipe for several reasons: It was easy to...
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This will probably be one of my last Crock It! soup recipes for the season. As the weather gets warmer I find that while I don’t mind using my slow cooker for main meals, and don’t mind a hot meal in the summer, I am not much of a hot soup person. I’m not...
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