Easy slow cooker chicken cacciatore. Serve over angel hair pasta. 'Cacciatore' is Italian for 'hunter', and this American-Italian term refers to food prepared 'hunter style,' with mushrooms and onions.…
Although different seafood is used to make this stew nice and thick, feel free to use what seafood you enjoy in the stew. Just make sure to put plenty in!
A classic stuffing recipe that's full of flavor and herbs. A great option for Thanksgiving because you can throw it in the crockpot and tend to your turkey!
This easy pork chop recipe is very versatile – cook in the over or in the crockpot – either way dinner's on the table with very little work on your part.
When you first put the soda in the crockpot, it will bubble and smell very sweet, like cola. Don't worry! This goes away as it cooks AND makes the best gravy as is when it is done cooking!
This recipe was inspired by my like for lightening up a dish when a hearty base is being used. This dish is wonderful served along side home-made dumplings.
This is a great one pot dish that can be made for a crowd or family the night before. It's a great way to use apples when they're so plentiful in the fall!
Boneless pork simmered in ginger ale and peach nectar, then shredded and sauced. Easy and delicious! I love crock pot recipes because they make it easy to multitask. I can do laundry, watch my grandson,…
This is great for working people: put it in before you go to work and when you get home your house smells like chicken teriyaki. It's also very budget-friendly and the leftovers just get better.
This recipe has a unique taste and is low in calories and fat! My mom used to make this with pork and one day I decided to make it with chicken instead and now I make this for my family all the time.
This soup is wonderful in the fall and winter! It tastes so good that you would never know that it is fat free. For a heartier soup, add some browned hamburger or ground turkey.
This is one of the best taking cubedsteak crockpot recipes I have ran into. It is so easy and the combination of cream of mushroom and cream of chicken soup are delicious.
Pot roast, the ultimate slow food, can simmer all day in a crockpot. This one's subtle cloves, ginger and apple juice provides a hint of Bavaria on a cool day.
A hearty soup with ground beef, two types of beans, corn and cheese! This is a great meal for those cold winter nights or to take to a pot luck dinner.
This super easy soup is a great tummy warmer on a cold day. My husband doesn't really care for soup but requests this one a couple times a month during fall and winter.
This recipe began with my Aunt Ellie and I just added to it. It is one of those random recipes that one merely adds more ingredients as one goes along, if the meal is for more than 4 people. Here goes.
This is a great solution to tacos when you don't have the time to prep. The meat mixture cooks all day so you can have tacos when you walk in the door!
After much searching for what to do with pears that would last more than a few days, with no success, I made up my own. It can be made with sugar or Splenda, I've made both and everyone loves it. It's…
Very good for home or carry out, if you like cabbage you will love this, can be spicy or mild. I got this from a good friend and revised it a bit from his. Also good Weight Watchers dish if following…
This delicious hearty soup is appealing to the eye because of the fall colors. On Sundays, I would always come home to the smell of fresh buttermilk biscuits and this fantastic, tasty soup heating…
Instead of making tortilla soup on the stove try this recipe for a crock pot style. This is so much better since you can actually walk away and let the flavors cook with one another.
This is a very easy recipe for a delicious pot roast. It makes its own gravy. It's designed especially for the working person who does not have time to cook all day, but it tastes like you did.
One day I was sitting and had a taste for stuffed cabbage, but after a long day I did not feel like starting such a large cooking adventure. So "voila" my casserole was born!
This is a great recipe for pulled turkey sandwiches that tastes just like pulled pork barbecue sandwiches. I serve them on a bun with coleslaw and home fries and my family loves it. It is easy and a great…
This recipe came about after years of tweaking and experimenting to find a more savory meal with less of a beef-stew feel to it. You will have more success and better flavor with a fattier roast that's…
I've been making these wonderful nibbles for a long time and I'm amazed at the time it's saved me! These spiced nuts are perfect for the holidays and can be made in the crock pot!
This is a very fun winter beverage that's so easy to make. Put all the ingredients in before you go outside in the now, and when you come back in you'll have hot, spiced hot chocolate to warm you up again.
This hearty winter soup makes a great first course or an entire meal. It'll warm you up from the inside out, but you won't have to slave over the stove all day to do it.
With sauteed onions, potatoes, baby carrots and seasonings, this is a fantastic stew to make with fresh venison! Serve with mashed potatoes and homemade bread and butter
Made in the crockpot, just set this to cook before you go to bed and it'll be ready in the morning! Feel free to use soy sausage to make it veggie-friendly.
This chunky vegetable chili cooks up in a slow cooker and is like a bowl of very thick vegetable soup. Three types of legumes combine with a rich, spicy tomato broth to create a zesty and flavorful dish.…
This variation of Portuguese chicken is rustic home cooking. It has a lightly creamed tomato and red pepper sauce, finished with fresh herbs and lemon. Serve with sautéed peas, potatoes, leeks or green…
This recipe is easy and takes the work out of making dumplings. It's creamier than the traditional chicken and dumplings. Calories and sodium content can be reduced using reduced calorie and low sodium…
This fabulous crockpot soup is filled with flavor. With three different types of beans and lots of other yummy goodies, this soup could be a filling lunch or dinner served with cornbread.
Great for those cold rainy Northwest days when you need something hearty or for those days when you have a large group to feed. We used ours over hamburger buns. Tortillas would be just as good or even…
A real good recipe for those cold rainy/snow days! This recipe is really good the day after you make it. It seems the flavors blend so well and it thickens in the fridge overnight. Just take it out an…
A very tasty side dish, great for company, especially at Holiday times for this makes a "pot full", and doesn't tie up your stove/oven. HOWEVER, when the family gets together, it all goes!! May change…
This is an easy crock pot or slow cooker chicken soup. I needed to extend one can cream of chicken soup and 4 chicken breasts to feed more than 2 or 3 people... my family loved it. It's great for…
My family loves turkey and I wanted something easy. We serve it as a meal and then shred what is left and make sandwiches with it. It is very moist and tender.
If you love cheese and you love chicken then this is the best recipe! This recipe also adds in the flavors of carrots, broccoli and celery. All children love this as well.
This is my one of my favorite crock pot dishes. Love to come home from work to this. Remember to use the crockpot liners. These can be found in your grocery stores in the aisle where the foil and plastic…
I created this recipe for a Lenten luncheon at church and was asked for the recipe a dozen times! This tomato cheese tortellini bisque recipe is so easy to put together. It's a meal in itself! Serve…
This is a very easy dish to make using a slow cooker process. If you like beef stew, chili beans with meat and corn, you will love this. Can be as spicy as you like depending on how much paprika or cayenne…
This crock pot roast recipe is so simple. Just pop your roast the freezer to your crock pot and let the pot do the work. This meal is even as delicious as it is easy to make.
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The taste of this stew will blow you away with its flavors of meat, onions and potatoes. I've been cooking this for over 10 years. It can also be cooked on the stove and if you cut everything just…
These are perfect for pot lucks or when you just don't have time to cook. My cousin gave me this recipe and its always been a hit! Everyone is always asking me to make them. If only they knew how easy…
As I live in Texas, Mexican recipes are a big part of who I am as a cook. I love the festive flavors. Combining two of my favorite Mexican dishes, posole (hominy stew) and chicken mole (chicken in sauce),…
In this super-easy crockpot soup recipe, you don't even need to cook the chicken before since it cooks itself in this time. It's so good, it even gets a compliment from my husband. This one is a keeper!
A simple and delicious way to make chicken in your crock pot. The chicken is marinated in Italian dressing with sherry sauce, cream cheese and mushroom soup.
This is a great comfort food dish with easy, wonderful flavors. It can be made mild or if you're like me, it can be as hot as you can handle it. Fantastic crockpot dinner. I hope you'll try it and please…
This magnificent chicken cacciatore recipe is the winner of the Recipe4Living Herb Recipe Contest! Chicken thighs marinated with fresh rosemary, and thyme, sauteed in a light sauce with white wine, tomatoes,…
These hearty sandwiches are flavored with chili powder, brown sugar, liquid smoke and cider vinegar. So delicious it'll be a family favorite in no time!
This pork stew is especially good on a cold winter day. The men in my family enjoy this with its full bodied flavor. I developed this by accident one day cleaning out the fridge.
This potato goulash recipe was passed on to me from my mother. It was a comfort meal growing up and continues to be one now. My kids ask for this all winter long.
I usually serve this meat on hamburger buns, add a little coleslaw on the side or maybe some fresh corn on the cob and you will have yourself one heck of a good BBQ meal and you won't even have to slave…
Our family prefers this simple beef or pork roast preparation! If you're allergic to spices or just don't like them, this simple delicious recipe is for you. Like the old saying, sometimes less is better!…
My five college kids love this dish. It's not that hard to make! Feel free to double this and freeze half for another day. I use my crockpot all the time. In fact, all my college kids have one too. What…
The BBQ beef takes maybe 5 minutes to prepare, then it cooks slowly all day long. When you come home, your house will smell amazing! The beef is tender, the BBQ sauce makes it a kid-favorite, and you…
Whether or not you like green beans, you will still love this. This has been in our family for generations. The ingredients sound strange but the outcome DELICIOUS!!!
You can count on having this just about every Saturday morning at my house! The cinnamon smell that rolls through the house in the early hours of Saturday morning... You see, the beauty of this recipe…
This is a hearty Italian soup. Serve with bread and it's a full meal. The recipe was originally from my husband's Aunt Tina. This can be done on regular stove or crock pot!
Try out this easy meatball recipe in your slow cooker! While this isn't your typical recipe with tomato paste (that is the true Russian way), I figured I couldn't go wrong with mushroom soup, which my…
Being full-time RVers, my husband and I are frequently on the road in our 40 foot motor home. I often put dinner up in the crock pot in the morning, set the crock pot into the kitchen sink and let it…
Try this out - it's delicious. Years ago, I added food coloring to my stew in place of what I now use (Gravy Master) and it came out blue! Hence, the name blue stew!
This recipe is so easy! You won't believe how little effort goes into it. My kids love it too. Just throw it in the crock pot in the morning, and come home to a wonderful family dinner with just a few…
I love smoked garlic, the trouble I find is in finding the large garlic bulbs like you see on the cooking shows. I have done every grocery store and farmers market in 3 counties. I have even made the…
This is a very tasty and easy recipe for creamy chicken! We make it at least once a week. Hope you like it as much as we do. We serve it with mashed potatoes.
This is a kid favorite, and even though it is done in a crockpot it doesn't need to cook for hours and hours. And it is way better than the kind that comes in a box.
I created this crockpot meal out of desperation! I needed to prepare a soup for a Girl Scout Soup Supper Fundraiser and didnt have time to do any shopping, so decided that I would just have to make do…
This is a great recipe for feeding a crowd at breakfast, such as New Year's morning. Prepare it the night before and it cooks while you sleep, ready to go in the morning. Good wrapped in a tortilla, too.
Perfect recipe for those cutting back on red meat who cannot handle too much spice/heat in their chili. Those who want to kick it up can add hot sauce, peppers, cheese, cilantro, green onions once served…
This recipe is great as an appetizer served with crackers or french bread, or as a side dish along with a meal, or just soup and salad. Freezes well for later use.
A truly delicious brisket that, because of the non-traditional ingredients, is tender enough to cut with a fork! Serve with unpeeled potatoes cooked in the abundant gravy on the stove top.
A fork-tender, wine-scented, amazing meal! Just toss a few ingredients in the crockpot, let it cook through a cold winter's afternoon, and enjoy a hearty dinner that the whole family will love.
We call it "DUMP-CHICKEN" because you DUMP the mix into a 1 gallon freezer baggie with the chicken and freeze it. Then when you want to eat it, you thaw overnight in the fridge and DUMP it into a pan…
This is so versatile as if you like lots of sauce, increase the sauce or if you enjoy cheese put extra cheese etc....add whole chills or corn. This is just a base recipe that can be doctored up to ones…
This hearty Italian meal makes for a simple and satisfying dinner. It cooks unattended in a slow cooker while you're outdoors enjoying the crisp autumn air.
Saucy casserole that allows you to enjoy all the rich flavor of traditional chicken cordon bleu with less effort. This is quick to put together and is a definite hit with my busy family that tends to…
As a working mom, I was always looking for slow cooker recipes. This is one that was a big hit with my family and everyone that I have served it to since has raved about how delicious it is. Another yummy…
I made the seasoning through my own tasting and these are all the right ingredients to make a superb pot roast that will melt in your mouth after cooking.
The most tender, tasty, surprising meat dish. Don't tell them about all the fruits they'll never believe you, just serve and enjoy the compliments. My Grandma Rose was a child of the depression and she…
This recipe is very quick and easy for the working family. This is great served over hot dogs on a bun, in a bowl as Chili with shredded cheese on top, or as a dip with corn chips. Your mind and your…
This is an amazing shredded pork recipe similar to what you would eat in a rice bowl (or in an enchilada) at a Mexican restaurant. It is easy to prepare and simmers in a slowcooker all day, ready to enjoy…
A tasty and easy way to make beef stew. It can be made in the crockpot or oven. Very good. You can use all prepackaged and prepared food or all fresh foods for this one. It depends how much time you have…
I developed this recipe over several tries, and ended up with a delicious aromatic roast that falls apart in your mouth. It's very simple to make; no complicated ingredients.
This is a large recipe that can be used as a main dish or side dish, and it will be a definite crowd pleaser! It won first place out of 19 entries in a crockpot cook-off!
These fabulous sandwiches feature pork shoulder that is slow cooked in a scrumptious sauce made with Campbell's® Condensed French Onion Soup, ketchup, vinegar and brown sugar, to serve on sandwich buns.
The crockpot tenderizes any cut of roast so its really not necessary to get the best cut of meat. You can add carrots or potatoes to the crockpot an hour before you cook them to make a really simple…
I'm a quilting teacher, and was teaching a class one day - wondering out loud what in the world I would make for dinner. One of my students, an older gal, gave me this recipe! Men absolutely love it.…
A cook out favorite for our family. Along with a favorite potato salad recipe, baked beans, roasted corn on cob, slaw & garlic bread. Tastes wonderful and a very attractive dish!
This is an easy way to serve kielbasa or hot dogs. It's also a fun cocktail appetizer. This can be prepared beforehand and kept warm in a crock pot under low settings for a couple of hours. Feel free…
This only requires chicken and an envelope of spaghetti sauce mix. It is quick and easy for you who go off to work in the morning and are in a rush. Serve with any side dishes.
This dish is a very different blend of flavors, a great fusion choice! Some may say different isn't good but we think different about that. Try this recipe with a side of fried asparagus and fluffy basmati…
This unique soup has a sweet flavor from the honey and apples, but is quite savory from the ham, bacon and onions. A fantastic combination just the way Grandma made it.
This is my family's favorite of all our meals. Summer or winter, they request it all the time. Begin with a leftover roasted chicken from the deli for ease of cooking. Also can stretch a large roasted…
In Italy, spirited chicken dishes like this one are known as 'pollo alla contadina' or peasant-style chicken. Serve with pasta such as fettuccine or linguine.
The chicken will be falling apart tender. Be careful removing it from the crock pot. The leftovers can be turned into a stew by adding gravy and peas, or a potpie by adding gravy, peas, and a bottom…
This is a meal for anyone who has the time to make it and for anyone who is super hungry. A great mixture of Italian dressing, garlic, onion, chicken broth and cream cheese.
The crockpot allowed me to have dinner ready every night without facing the temptation of take-out, and provided a great way to cook larger/tougher/cheaper cuts of meat so they would be tender and tasty.
The crockpot does wonders for lean cuts of beef, which can be tough and chewy. A day in the crockpot makes beef meltingly tender. The beauty of this all-in-one meal is that beef is just one part of this…
This is a great main entrée along with some delicious sides. Just follow the simple instructions and you will everything you need for a elegant dinner.
This beef stew with dumplings is a hearty dinner you can make in 30 minutes! Serve directly from the slow cooker with a salad and breadsticks. It's a meal no one can refuse!
The picture doesn't do these sandwiches much justice, but they are always a huge hit when I serve them! Photos can't capture the amazing aroma throughout the house, after the beef has been cooking all…
This is a slow cooked meal that is well worth the wait. Add some cream of potato soup and a ranch style dressing mix to make the creamy sauce that you mix with the potatoes and chicken.
The coca cola in this roast is a beef tenderizer and you can taste the coca cola in the juices. The juices can be made into gravy or spooned over mashed potatoes as is. I LOVE my crockpot!!
We began making this recipe after a trip to the Greek Island of Santorini, where we had a delicious meal consisting of most of the ingredients listed above. It seems like every time we make this meal,…