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Chicken Shwarma in the Slow Cooker

September 8, 2011 by Tiffany

I ran across a recipe for Chicken Shwarma on the blog, Jersey Girl Cooks. Lisa roasted her chicken in the oven and it looks fabulous. But being the lazy cook that I am, I decided this would work in the slow cooker.

Hot dog! I was right! My family loved this meal and I know I’ll be making it again.

I only made minor alterations to Lisa’s recipe. I changed the cooking method and more than doubled the recipe so it would feed my family. I never could find tahini, so I served it with cucumber-yogurt sauce instead. If I ever find tahini paste (Walmart, are you listening?) I’m going to try Lisa’s sauce.

Here’s what you’ll need: [Read more...]

Filed under: Chicken, Crockpot, Main Dish Tagged with cayenne pepper, Chicken, chicken thighs, crock pot, Crockpot, curry powder, garlic, lemon juice, Middle Eastern, olive oil, pita, salt, slow cooker7 Comments

Italian Parmesan Herb Chicken and Potatoes in the Slow Cooker

August 25, 2011 by Tiffany

I put this together before church one Sunday morning. It smelled (and tasted!) fantastic when we got home. If you have garden fresh tomatoes, they make a wonderful side dish. A simple tossed salad would be good too.

I don’t have an ingredient picture this time. I think I was too busy getting ready for church, cooking as fast as I could. I forgot to snap the photo.

I did use frozen chicken tenders and skipped thawing them. They cooked just fine. You can also save time by estimating the herb measurements instead of measuring.

Here’s the how-to: [Read more...]

Filed under: Chicken, Crockpot, Main Dish Tagged with basil, Chicken, Crockpot, Italian, kosher salt, olive oil, onion, oregano, parmesan, pepper, potatoes, slow cooker, thyme11 Comments

Drive. Play. Feed. Sports Season Suppers – Rock the Slow Cooker

August 23, 2011 by Tiffany

Whoever invented the slow cooker should be held in high esteem, right up there with the inventor of the Ziploc bag.

You can make your slow cooker work even harder for you by choosing the perfect recipe to coordinate with your day. What do I mean by that?

Well, some days you may only have 5 minutes to throw food into the slow cooker.

Some days, you need the recipe to cook all day long. Not every meal will hold up to that.

And some days, not only will you not be home to cook dinner, but some members of the family will need to eat before you get home. I’ve found on nights when Jim or the older kids are going to have to fix it themselves, it needs to be ready to go. No veggies or rice or pasta to cook to go with it. It’s got to be simple and done.

With all of that in mind, here’s a list of meals to fit each category. If you want to check out all the slow cooker meals on my site, click the recipe box at the top of the page.

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Filed under: Crockpot, tips Tagged with 5-10 minute prep, Crockpot, slow cooking, sports, weeknight dinner12 Comments

Ravioli in the Slow Cooker

August 18, 2011 by Tiffany

This is so good and so easy! I think I actually like it better than cooking it on the stove. And it’s perfect for a day when you have a few minutes to pull dinner together in the afternoon. It only cooks about 3 hours (you can stretch it to about 5 if you cook on low). I love having dinner ready at dinner time, without doing any cooking right then.

I completely forgot to take photos of the finished dish, so you’ll have to make do with this ingredient photo.

I found the recipe at Crystal & Co. She used a jar of spaghetti sauce, but I didn’t have any, so I made up a quick homemade version. The hands-on prep is still super quick.

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Ravioli in the Slow Cooker

Ingredients

2 bags frozen ravioli
28 oz can crushed tomatoes
6 oz can tomato paste
1 small onion, diced (optional)
2 garlic cloves, crushed
1 tsp. dried oregano
1 tsp. dried basil
1 tsp. dried parsley
1 tsp. dried thyme
1/2 tsp. sugar
salt and pepper to taste
1 cup Mozzarella, shredded

Instructions

Pour the frozen ravioli into the slow cooker.
Stir the crushed tomatoes, tomato paste, onion, garlic and seasonings together in a bowl. Pour over the ravioli and stir to coat all the ravioli with sauce.
Cook on high for 3 hours or low for 5 hours.
About 20 minutes before you're ready to eat, sprinkle the ravioli with Mozzarella.

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Filed under: Crockpot, Main Dish, Pasta Tagged with homemade sauce, Italian, ravioli, slow cooker14 Comments

Sweet and Sour Pork Chops in the Slow Cooker or How to Make Dinner from What’s in the Fridge

May 5, 2011 by Tiffany

Good news! Just by rummaging through your pantry, fridge and freezer and creatively combining a few ingredients, you can have dinner tonight.

Here’s how it works. Choose a meat from the fridge or freezer. I chose boneless pork chops, but you might pick chicken or beef instead.

Check the fridge for a likely looking veggie or two. I found a green pepper and onion. Other candidates include red pepper, green onions, sugar snap peas, green beans, carrots – you get the idea. Anything that you’ve got that sounds good. [Read more...]

Filed under: Crockpot, Main Dish, pork Tagged with green pepper, ketchup, onion, orange sauce, pork chops, slow cooker2 Comments

Scalloped Potatoes in the Oven or Slow Cooker

April 28, 2011 by Tiffany

Sometimes you just need a choice. I usually do homemade scalloped potatoes in the oven, but this time I needed to make them early in the day.

It was one of those nights when you rush in the door at dinner time and need it to put itself on the table.

You know the kind.

Slow cooker to the rescue. Again. [Read more...]

Filed under: Crockpot, Side Dish, Vegetable Tagged with butter, Crockpot, flour, milk, potatoes, slow cooker6 Comments

Italian Seasoned Salt Chicken in the Slow Cooker

April 26, 2011 by Tiffany

A few weeks ago I decided to make some flat bread with homemade Italian Seasoning. That didn’t work out too well on my first try. I’ll have to play around with it a bit.

But I have been using the Italian Seasoning on all kinds of other foods and it’s been really good. The seasoning adds lots of flavor to chicken or pasta dishes. This time, I used it on chicken thighs in the slow cooker. Here’s what you’ll need:

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Filed under: Chicken, Crockpot, Main Dish Tagged with basil, black pepper, Chicken, crushed red pepper flakes, garlic, Italian, kosher salt, oregano, slow cooker, thyme9 Comments

Velma’s Chili from Mitford Cookbook and Kitchen Reader

April 8, 2011 by Tiffany

Have you read the Mitford series books by Jan Karon? Father Tim and Cynthia feel like old friends and so do all the other characters that populate the small town of Mitford.

On my last library trip, I spotted the Mitford Cookbook and Kitchen Reader. It’s full of recipes mentioned in the books (Orange Marmalade Cake, anyone?) and also lots of excerpts. Food and stories is a hard combination to beat.

One recipe that caught my attention was Velma’s Chili. I did make a few changes to it. For one, I used half the meat it called for. Two pounds of meat for 6-8 servings sounded like too much. I doubled it and made a few other alterations as well. Here’s what you’ll need to make my version: [Read more...]

Filed under: Crockpot, Main Dish, Soup Tagged with celery, chili, chili powder, garlic, ground beef, kidney beans, Mitford series, onion, red wine, tomato sauce, tomatoes7 Comments

Beef and Bean Topped Potatoes

March 4, 2011 by Tiffany

This is a quick meal, except for the potato baking. But even that can be done in the microwave if you’re really pressed for time.

And there are a couple things you can do to make it even faster. Keep cooked ground beef in the freezer so it’s ready to go for recipes like this. You can also keep cooked bacon and onion in the freezer.

Or you can slow it down by putting the topping in the slow cooker until you’re ready for dinner.

Another bonus, this recipe is versatile. Vary the ingredients for what you have in your pantry. I don’t think you can mess this one up. Nearly anything goes.

Here’s what you’ll need: [Read more...]

Filed under: Crockpot, Main Dish Tagged with bacon, baked potatoes, beans, cheddar, green chilis, ground beef, onion, tomatoes6 Comments

Maple Apple Chicken in the Slow Cooker

March 3, 2011 by Tiffany

Did you know you can convert all kinds of recipes to cook in the slow cooker? This one started out as a skillet meal. I didn’t have time to cook it right before dinner, but I did have a few minutes earlier in the day to put ingredients in the slow cooker.

The ingredients are a bit odd – Italian dressing and pancake syrup. Not your usual combo, but it makes for a flavorful sauce with a hint of sweet. Here’s what you’ll need to make it: [Read more...]