Crock Pot Beef Stroganoff

Ok friends, this blog has been neglected for far too long!  I quit my kindergarten job, so now I am going to have some time for cooking and blogging again!!!  I am so excited.  Following is a recipe that I found on Pinterest, that I adapted slightly.  It's pretty delicious.

Ingredients;
2 cans cream of mushroom soup (10 and 3/4 oz. each)
2 Tablespoons Worcestershire
1/2 cup of water
1/4 teaspoon Garlic Salt
a dash of Paprika
1/4 cup minced onion flakes
2 pounds cubed stew meat

8 oz. Cream Cheese- cubed  (Set out to soften 1 hour before adding to crock pot.)
8 oz. fresh mushrooms 

12 oz. bag of Egg Noodles 

Directions:

In bottom of the crock pot, combine soup, Worcestershire sauce, water, garlic salt, paprika, onion flakes- stir to combine.

Add stew meat.  Stir ingredients to coat meat with sauce.

Cover and Cook on Low for 8 to 9 hours.

*1 hour before serving, add cream cheese cubes, and mushrooms to sauce.

When ready to serve, cook Egg Noodles according to package directions.

Serve sauce over noodles.

Recipe Slightly adapted from: The Elegant Artist

Slow Cooker Beef and Broccoli

• 1 1/2 lbs. beef, chuck roast, sliced into thin strips
• 1 c. water with 1 beef bouillon cube dissolved in it.
• 1/2 c. oyster sauce (found at grocery store with Asian foods)
• 1/2 – 1 lb. broccoli florets -steamed
• 2 T. cornstarch
• Cooked rice
• Sesame seeds (for garnish)

1. Arrange beef strips in a slow cooker and pour beef broth and oyster sauce over the beef.
2. Cover and Cook on LOW for 6–8 hours or on HIGH for 3–4 hours or until beef is very tender.
3. Steam broccoli in a Ziploc steamer bag-according to directions on bag.
4. Combine cornstarch and 2 tablespoons of the cooking liquid (liquid from the broth and juices of the meat in the crock) in a small bowl and stir until smooth.
5. Slowly add cornstarch liquid mixture to the crock and stir in until well combined.
6. Fold drained broccoli into the slow cooker.
7. Leave uncovered. Cook on High for about 15 minutes or until sauce is thickened.

Serve over your favorite cooked rice and garnish with sesame seeds!

Recipe slightly adapted and Photo from: Get Crocked 

Rate It!
Jen: 8
Kile: 7
Kiley: 6
Madee: 6
Destrie: 7

Crock Pot Lasagna

Ingredients:
1-1/2  lbs. hamburger
2 Tbsp. mince onion flakes
1-1/2 jars of spaghetti sauce ( I use 2 jars of Ragu 6 cheese sauce (24 oz.)-reserve other half jar for another use.)
1 lb. cottage cheese
parmesan cheese
1/2 can of olives
1 pkg oven ready lasagna noodles (will have some left over.)
2 c. cheddar cheese

Directions:
Brown hamburger.
 Add onion flakes.
 Drain grease and add spaghetti sauce.

 Spray crockpot with cooking spray.

Layer Ingredients in order listed below.

Meat Sauce
 Lasagna noodles
1/4 c. Water
Cottage Cheese
 Cheddar Cheese
Olives

Repeat layers twice, ending with cheddar cheese.
Sprinkle parmesan cheese over top.
Cook on Low for 3 hours.

Rate It!
Jen: 8.5
Kile: 8
Kiley: 8
Madee: 8
Destrie: good

Slow Cooker Pork Chop Meal

Not the best picture....but it was yummy!


Ingredients:
6 boneless porkchops
2 cans cream of mushroom soup
1/2 cup of water
2 cans green beans (i used french cut)
5 or 6 large russet potatoes- peeled and cubed
salt and pepper to taste

Directions:
Spray slow cooker with cooking spray.
Dump 1 can of soup in slow cooker, add water and stir to combine.
Place the pork chops in the slower.  Layer them on top of each other.
Add potatoes, then salt and pepper on top.
Dump other can of soup over the potatoes and spread with a spoon to cover potatoes.
Cook on high for 4 or 5 hours. Until potatoes are tender.
Reduce heat to low and add green beans.  Cook for 1 hour more.

*Recipe adapted from Allrecipes.com

Rate it!
Jen: 8
Kile: 9
Kiley:
Madee: 5
Destrie: didn't like the beans...8 or 9 for the rest!

Crockpot Honey and Parmesan Pork Roast

 
 Photo from Six Sisters Stuff

Ingredients
1 (2-3 pound) boneless pork roast
⅔ cup grated Parmesan cheese
½ cup honey
3 Tbsp soy sauce
2 Tbsp dried basil
2 Tbsp minced garlic
2 Tbsp olive oil
½ tsp salt
2 Tbsp cornstarch
¼ cup cold water

Directions
Spray slow cooker with non-stick cooking spray. Place roast in slow cooker. In a small bowl, combine the cheese, honey, soy sauce, basil, garlic, oil and salt; pour over pork. Cover and cook on low for 6-7 hours.

Remove meat from crockpot and shred.  Return to juices.
Serve on hard rolls.

Rate It!
Jen: 8
Kile:
Kiley:
Madee: 7
 Destrie: 7

Turkey Steak in the Crockpot

 This is a picture of what they will look like if cooked in a pan.  However, this recipe is for the crockpot and there is a white sauce on the Turkey Steak, so obviously they won't look like the above photo.  The crockpot recipe was pretty good, but didn't produce a pretty picture!!  Give it a try...it's easy and I got no complaints here.



Ingredients:

5 Madoxx Turkey Steaks
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 can milk
1/4 cup sour cream
salt and pepper to taste

Directions:
Spray crockpot with nonstick cooking spray.
Layer turkey steak in bottom of crockpot.
In a bowl, stir together, soup, milk and sour cream.
Add salt and pepper-stir to combine.
Pour mixture over the turkey steaks.
Cook on low for 5-6 hours.

* The sauce would be good served on mashed potatoes.

Rate It!
Jen: 7.5
Kile: 7
Kiley:
Madee: 7
Destrie: 7

Crockpot Orange Chicken

 

What You’ll Need:

• 4 – 5 Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts, thawed
• 3/4 cup Orange Marmalade
• 3/4 cup of BBQ Sauce (Sweet Baby Ray’s)
• 2 tbsp. Soy Sauce

What You’ll Do:

• Cook chicken in crockpot on high for 3 hours (Put 1/2 cup water in with chicken.)
• After 3 hours, drain juices from crocopot
• Cut chicken in to chunks and return to crockpot
• Mix together bbq sauce, orange marmalade, and soy sauce
• Pour mixture over chicken, and cook on high for 30 more minutes.
• Serve with rice.

Recipe adapted slightly from Frugal Girls

Rate It!
Jen: 7
Kile: 7
Kiley: not home
Madee: 6
Destrie: not good

Chicken black bean and corn chowder

Recipe and Photo from 365 Slow Cooking

 1 (10.75 oz) can cream of chicken soup
1/2 lb boneless skinless chicken breasts or thighs
1 (14 oz) can black beans, rinsed and drained
1/2 (0.5 oz) envelope dry onion soup mix
1 1/2 tsp chili powder
1 cup water
1 (14 oz) can petite diced tomatoes
1 1/2 cups frozen corn (you can used canned...just drain it)
Grated cheddar and Tortilla Chips- for serving

1.  Add soup, chicken, beans, onion soup mix, chili powder, water, and tomatoes to slow cooker.
2.  Cover and cook on LOW for about 4-6 hours.  Remove the chicken and cut into bite-size pieces, or shred.  Add back into the slow cooker.
3.  Add in corn and let cook for another 15 minutes on HIGH.
4.  Ladle into individual serving bowls and serve with shredded cheese and tortilla chips.

* Sorry no ratings today.  Yummmm!  It's good.

Creamy Chicken and Noodles

 *Recipe and Photo found on Pinterest


 Ingredients:
3-4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
2-10.75 cans of cream of chicken soup
 1/2 cup of butter (sliced)
  42 oz. of chicken broth
24 oz. Egg Noodles

Directions:
Spray crock pot with cooking spray.
Add Chicken to pot.
Arrange butter slices on top of chicken.
 Combine broth and cream of chicken soup.
 Pour mixture over chicken.
 Cover & cook on low for 8 hours.
Take chicken out of crock pot and shred with a fork.
 Add bag of egg noodles to crock pot and put chicken bake in pot.
Cook for 20 to 30 minutes-keep an eye on noodles so they don't get soggy.

Rate It!
Jen: 7
Kile: 7.5
Kiley:
Madee: 7
Destrie: good

Teriyaki Chicken in the Crock Pot

Recipe and Photo from Jamie Cooks It Up!

5 chicken breasts (about 3 pounds)
1 1/2 C water
1 C brown sugar
1/2 C soy sauce
1 t granulated garlic
1 t sesame oil (optional, but wonderful)
3 T corn starch + 4 T cold water

1. Spray the inside of your pretty crock pot with cooking spray. (I used a 4 quart crock)
2. Place 5 chicken breasts into the pot. If you are using chicken that has been frozen, be sure that it is completely thawed before you add it to the crock pot.
3. In a separate bowl combine 1 1/2 cups water, 1 cup brown sugar, 1/2 cup soy sauce, 1 teaspoon granulated garlic and 1 t sesame oil. Give it a nice stir to combine and then pour it over the top of the chicken. Cover the crock pot and cook on high for 4 hours, or on low for 7.
4. When the chicken is cooked through and easily shred-able remove it from the crock pot and place in on a plate.
5. In a small bowl combine 3 tablespoon of corn starch and 4 tablespoons of cold water. Pour it into the crock pot and stir it in thoroughly.
6. Take two forks and break the chicken breasts up a bit.
7. Place the chicken back into the crock pot and stir it around allowing the sauce to mix with the chicken.
8. Cover the crock pot and let the mixture cook and thicken for 30 minutes.
Serve over brown or white rice. Enjoy!

Rate It!
 Jen: 8
Kile: 7.5
Kiley: 8
Madee: not home
Destrie: 7.8

Italian Crockpot Chicken and Veggies

 Recipe and Photo  from Crock-a doodle-do

Ingredients:

4 Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts

16 Ounce Bottle of Italian Dressing (I used non fat)

1/2 Cup of Parmesan Cheese

Italian Seasoning

4-6 Potatoes scrubbed cut in half or wedges (you can peel if desired)

1/2 bag of mini carrots

Directions:

Spray crock with Pam

Squirt a small amount of Italian dressing at bottom of crockpot

Place two chicken breasts in crock.

Pour some of the Italian dressing on the chicken.

Sprinkle half of cheese onto the chicken.

Sprinkle Italian seasoning onto the chicken.

Place next two chicken breasts into crock-pot, if possible not directly on top of the first breasts.

Sprinkle remaining cheese on top of chicken.

Pour carrots on top

Pour more of the Italian dressing on top of chicken and carrots.

Sprinkle Italian seasoning onto the chicken and carrots.

Place potatoes on top.

Pour the remaining Italian dressing on the potatoes.Sprinkle Italian seasoning on the potatoes.Cook on low for 6-8 hours.

 

 * I think next time, I would use a little less of the Italian Dressing and more Parmesean Cheese

Rate It!

Jen: 8

Kile: 8

Kiley: not home

Madee: not home

Destrie: only liked the chicken

Zesty Slow Cooker BBQ Chicken

*Recipe and Photo via Pinterest from Chef in Training.

3 lbs Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast Halves
1 (18 oz) bottle Mesquite BBQ Sauce-I used Sweet Baby Ray's)
1/2 cup Zesty Italian Salad Dressing
1/4 cup brown sugar
2 Tbsp. Worcestershire Sauce

Place chicken in the crock pot.
In a bowl, mix bottle of barbecue sauce, Zesty Italian Salad Dressing, brown sugar, and Worcestershire Sauce.
Pour over chicken. Cover and cook 3-4 hours on HIGH or 6-8 hours on LOW.
Use 2 forks to shred the chicken.

Serve on buns.

Rate It!
Jen: 7
Kile: 7
Kiley:
Madee: 7.5
Destrie: pretty good

SLOW COOKER CHICKEN CORDON BLEU

Recipe slightly adapted from: Get off your butt and Bake

4 to 6 skinless, boneless chicken breasts
4 to 6 slices Swiss or Provolone cheese
4 to 6 thin slices smoked ham
1/4 to 1/2 cup all-purpose flour to shake the chicken in.

Instructions:
Place chicken breasts between sheets of plastic wrap. Using a mallet, pound each chicken breast to 1/4-inch thickness. Season each piece on both sides with salt and pepper. Place 1 cheese slice (Swiss or Provolone) and 1 ham slice on each breast. Roll up each breast (tucking loose ends in if necessary) and using a toothpick, secure the end. Dredge each in flour & shake off any excess. In a skillet, add a few tablespoons of oil and turn your heat to med/high. When the oil is hot, carefully place your chicken rolls in the skillet and brown both sides of the chicken until nice and golden brown.

Place Chicken in Crockpot.

Mix 2 cans of soup and 1 can of milk and 1 cup sour cream together and pour it over the chicken.

Cook 5-6 hours on low.

Rate It! (coming soon!)
Jen:
Kile:
Kiley:
Madee:
Destrie:

Crock Pot Cheesy Chicken Spaghetti

Recipe and Photo found on Pinterest

16 oz. dry spaghetti, cooked
1 lb. Velveeta Light (2%)Cheese
12.5 oz can chicken breast, drained & flaked
1 can 98% FF cream of mushroom soup
1 can 98% FF cream of chicken soup
10 oz. can diced tomatoes & green chilies (Rotel)
4 oz can mushroom stems & pieces, drained
(I used fresh mushrooms)
1/2 cup water
1 small onion, diced
1 med. green pepper, diced
salt & pepper to taste

Spray slow cooker with non-stick cooking spray. Combine all ingredients in slow cooker and stir to mix well. Cook on LOW for 2-3 hours. Stir again just before serving.

Rate It!
Jen: 7
Kile: 6.5
Kiley:
Madee: 8
Destrie: too spicey

Slow Cooker Mac and Cheese

*Sorry.. no picture

Ingredients:
2 cups elbow macaroni, cooked, drained, rinsed with hot water (about 3 cups cooked macaroni)
2 tablespoons real bacon bits
1/4 cup finely chopped onion
1 can (14.5 ounces) stewed tomatoes, undrained
1 1/2 cups (6 oz) shredded mild Cheddar cheese
1 (10 3/4 oz) can condensed cream of mushroom soup or cream of celery

DIRECTIONS
In a slow cooker, combine macaroni, bacon bits, onion, undrained stewed tomatoes, and Cheddar cheese. Pour mushroom soup over top. Mix well to combine. Cover and cook on LOW for 3-4 hours. Mix well before serving.

This is simple, money saving recipe-nothing gourmet or fancy. It tasted good and was easily thrown together with basic ingredients that people normally have on hand.

*Kiley sprinkled parmesan cheese on hers... and I forgot to get her and Madee's ratings!

Rate It!
Jen: 7
Kile: 7
Kiley:
Madee:
Destrie: good

Stuffing Chicken

Recipe from Jamie Cooks It Up
4 chicken breasts, pounded out flat
(I used 10 or so chicken tenders)
8 slices Swiss cheese (or about 3/4 C shredded cheese)
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 c milk
1 Stove Top Stuffing box- chicken flavored
1/4 C butter melted

1. Spray the inside of your crock pot.
2. Lay the chicken out flat in the bottom of the dish.
3. Cover with the cheese.
4. Mix the soup and the milk together and pour over the top of the cheese.
5. Dump the box of stuffing over the top, and drizzle butter over it.
6. Cook on high for 4 hours. The last 1/2 an hour turn the lid sideways, so that some of the stream can escape. You don't want your stuffing to be soggy.

Rate It!
Jen: 7.5
Kile: 7.5
Kiley: 8
Madee: 7
Destrie: good

Zuppa Toscana in the Crockpot

 
 I have posted a recipe for Zuppa Toscana before, but here is a crockpot version of this recipe.  Everyone in our family liked the stove top version a little better than this one...but this was still good!


Recipe and Photo from 365 days of Slow Cooking
1 lb bulk Italian sausage, browned and drained
2 cans chicken broth
1 cup water
1/4 cup onion, chopped
3 large russet potatoes, cubed
1 garlic clove, minced
Bacon bits
1 cup whipping cream ( I would use 2 cups next time.)
Kale
Place Italian sausage, chicken broth, garlic, potatoes and onion in slow cooker. Cover and cook on HIGH for 3-4 hours until potatoes are cooked and soft. Add desired amount of bacon bits, whipping cream and cut up kale right before serving. Top with your choice of cheese; serve with fresh bread. Makes 8 servings

Rate It!
Jen: 7.5
Kile: 6
Kiley: 7
Madee: 6
Destrie: not good