Crock pot ideas/Recipie

[tulip]

Oh what a great idea Tulip! I don't even have a crock pot but I might get one to make lasagne!

Yeah, I've never had a crockpot before my kitchen renovation started. The lasagne is fantastic. I use a whole bag of fresh spinach in there (just layer it with the other stuff!)

[Serendipity]

Our slow cookers are probably the most used appliances in our house!
We do a lot of hiking and nothing beats coming home knowing that dinner is ready and smelling fabulous!
Use this website a lot and have found just about everything on it:

www.justslowcooking.com/index.html

I have a slow cooker hot apple cider recipe that I've been using for years. Actually have made it outside on a campfire and in a pot on the stove, but the best is in the slow cooker - again because the house smells soooooo good when you come back after a long cold (we live in Northern Ontario) winter day hiking or skiing.

1 quart cider or apple juice (I've used both)
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 tsp. whole cloves
1 small cinnamon stick
1/8 tsp salt

Simmer over low heat at least 1 hour (better for 4 + hours)

Recipe can be tripled, quadrupled, etc.

Enjoy!

[surgtech1956]

I'm going to make either black bean or lentil soup - I don't think we have any bacon, I might revamp the recipe. Anyone have any recipes using barley?

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

I'm going to make either black bean or lentil soup - I don't think we have any bacon, I might revamp the recipe. Anyone have any recipes using barley?

Here's a bunch to look over:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...up&btnG=Search

[surgtech1956]

Thanks, going to check them out.

[oxysback]

My favorite crock pot recipe:

Chicken Adobo

1 small onion
8 cloves of garlic
3/4 cups of soy sauce
1/2 cup of vinegar
3 pounds bone in chicken legs and thighs

Combine all ingredients in slow cooker. Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours. Serve over cooked rice.

This was a favorite dish of mine when we lived in the Philippines. This recipe is easy and delicious. Everyone we've made it for has loved it!

[ehirsch83]

Thank you ladies for this thread!
I always thought of crockpots as thick, unhealthy, cornstarchy mushs.. My Ex's mom used to make horrendous concoctions in hers!!

But all of the recipes here inspired me, showing how healthy and yummy one can cook in a crock pot! I received a Macy's gift card for Christmas and today I was in Macy's looking for things to spend it on and I saw that the kitchen appliances(like everything else in the store!!) was on sale. I opted to buy the 5qt crockpot and I can not wait to test it out Sunday.

I go to work and don't get home until 7 most nights, if not 8:30 if I go to the gym after work and by the time I get hom the SO and I are just soo tired. I feel that the CrockPot is just what we need! Put it together in the AM and have it ready when we get home.

Thank you again to all of you wonderful women here on TE for sharing these great recipes and inspiring me to try something that I once had a negative conotation towards.