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Waldo
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Username: Discowaldo
Post Number: 17
Registered: 12-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 13, 2004 - 3:50 pm: | 
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I just recently purchased a small 1.5 quart crock pot and I am dying to use it, does anyone have any good recipes for me??  |
emmie
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Username: Emmie
Post Number: 224
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 13, 2004 - 6:03 pm: |
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There are tons of crockpot recipes on the internet. When I want to check them out I just google "crockpot recipes" and amazing things come up. There is one whole website dedicated to only crockpot recipes. I love loading it up in the morning before I go to work and dinner is ready when I come home. Good luck and have fun. |
papayagirl
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Username: Papayagirl
Post Number: 145
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 13, 2004 - 8:45 pm: |
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Two of our faves... (although we have a 6 qt pot, so you'll have to scale back the ingredients significantly)
Kalua Pig in a Slow Cooker
http://pork.allrecipes.com/AZ/KlPiginSlwCkr.asp
French Dip
http://beef.allrecipes.com/az/EasySlowCookerFrenchDip.asp
And this is an endless thread that'll give you tons of ideas for ingredients that you can creatively throw together:
http://www.bhg.com/bhg/dgroups/viewThread.jhtml?forum=7&thread=16587
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Soda
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Username: Soda
Post Number: 1179
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 14, 2004 - 10:15 am: |
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Look for a recipe for French Onion Soup, slow-cooked with a touch of cognac. It's just the thing for these frigid days.
--Soda |
Waldo
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Username: Discowaldo
Post Number: 18
Registered: 12-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 14, 2004 - 6:43 pm: |
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Thanx everyone  |
Ms. G
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Username: Deborahg
Post Number: 748
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 14, 2004 - 8:53 pm: |
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Oooh, I LOVE my crockpot. Favorite recipe book hands down is Lora Brody's Slow Cooker Recipes. I got it off half.com for a few books. Try the coconut rice pudding, the pasta and fagioli, the slow-cooked ribs... |
Ms. G
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Username: Deborahg
Post Number: 750
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 14, 2004 - 8:59 pm: |
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Oooh, I LOVE my crockpot. Favorite recipe book hands down is Lora Brody's Slow Cooker Recipes. I got it off half.com for a few books. Try the coconut rice pudding, the pasta and fagioli, the slow-cooked ribs... |
algebra2
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Username: Algebra2
Post Number: 1545
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, January 15, 2004 - 12:33 pm: |
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Here are a few suggestions from a friend of mine ...
Beef (in the form of a couple small roasts or some lower-end steaks), coarsely chopped onion, can of beef consomme, a couple of splashes of red wine, a handful of baby carrots. Cook on low about 8 hours. The meat will so tender you can cut it with a fork. The carrots and onions will absorb the flavors of the consomme and wine. Yum.
Chicken breasts or tenders, a bottle or two of your favorite barbecue sauce, chopped onion and/or peppers. Seasonings to taste. Cook on low all day, then shred for barbecued chicken sandwiches.
Chicken breasts, salted. Lightly browned if you have time. A couple of cans of peeled, diced tomatoes (flavored with onion and garlic even better). A small can of tomato sauce if it looks like there's not enough liquid. A clove of garlic. A generous sprinkling of pizza seasonings. Cook on low all day, serve with Parmesan cheese. You can also serve pasta to spoon the sauce over.
This is from the current December/January issue of TOH.
1 boneless rolled pork loin roast (3 to 4 pounds), halved
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 can (16 oz) whole-berry cranberry sauce
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup cranberry juice
1 tsp ground mustard
1/4 tsp ground cloves
1/4 tsp cornstarch
1/4 cup cold water
Salt to taste
Brown roast in oil on all sides over medium heat. Transfer to a 5-quart slow cooker. Combine the cranberry sauce, sugar, cranberry juice, mustard, pepper and cloves; pour over roast. Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours or until a meat thermometer reads 160 degrees. Remove roast and keep warm. In a saucepan, combine cornstarch, water and salt until smooth; stir in cooking juices. Bring to a boil. Cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Serve with roast.
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Jackie Day
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Username: Zoesky1
Post Number: 224
Registered: 6-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, January 15, 2004 - 12:55 pm: |
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I've been interested in getting a crockpot too. I work full time in the city and don't get home until 6 pm each night...my nanny cooks dinner for the kids two nights a week and we eat out every Friday, but that leaves me two weeknights a week to cook and by the time I get home the kids are cranky and can't wait for me to make something...even a frozen pizza takes too long. But I know nothing about crockpots, didn't grow up with one, and none of my friends (who are mostly stay-at-home moms anyway) use them. So what do you do? You load the thing up with food in the morning and it cooks all day? Does it need any attendance during the day? Is it safe to leave on all day? How long does it take, generally, to prepare in the morning (I know it would depend on the recipe, but typically...). |
sac
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Username: Sac
Post Number: 867
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, January 15, 2004 - 4:23 pm: |
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Jackie - Yes, you put all the food in in the morning. (Or you can get it ready the night before and put the insert into the fridge overnight ... then just pop it into the base and turn it on in the morning.) Crock pot recipes are designed not to require mid-day intervention so you just leave it on all day while you are at work (or whatever.) Some recipes have you add a final ingredient or two or take some other action at the end of cooking prior to serving, but in most cases, you can just serve right from the pot. The instruction booklets that come with the pots usually have a few recipes to get you started and then you go from there.
I have a couple of the 'Fix It and Forget It' crockpot cookbooks which my family likes. I'm picking up some new ideas to try from this thread also. |
Tom Reingold
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Username: Noglider
Post Number: 1764
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, January 15, 2004 - 5:00 pm: |
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Speaking of cranky and hungry kids and parents, there's a great book called "Cooking Time Is Family Time" which has recipes and information on how to involve your kids in the cooking process. The more involved they are, the more patient they are, and it's a great skill to pass on. Cookbooks for kids help this process along, too. It has helped a lot with one of my daughters, who is becoming a good cook. When she reads cookbooks, she gets inspired.
When you practice this technique, which I admit I'm still learning, the question "when is dinner?" evaporates.
Tom Reingold the prissy-pants
There is nothing
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