CROCKPOT CHILI I

2 onions, chopped
2 cloves garlic (I use the minced kind that comes in a jar)
1 lb. lean hamburger
2 Tbs. chili powder
cumin to taste (I leave this out)
2 cans (16 oz. ea.) tomatoes
2 cans tomato soup
2 cans kidney beans, drained
salt and pepper to taste
optional: shredded cheese and/or sour cream for topping

Cook onions and garlic in 2 Tbs. oil till onions are yellow. Add hamburger and cook till browned. Stir in chili powder and optional cumin; cook 2 minutes more. Meanwhile, in crockpot, combine remaining ingredients. Stir in browned meat mixture. Cover and cook on Low setting for 8-10 hours. To serve: ladle chili into bowls. Top with optional shredded cheese and/or sour cream, if desired. Note: This can be made on top of the stove, too. Let it cook for 1 hour, but stir, so it doesn’t stick to the bottom.

CROCKPOT CHICKEN/SAUSAGE CASSOULET

1 package Frozen lima beans
1 cup Tomato juice
1 Carrot — 1/2 inch pcs
1 Stalk celery — 1/2″pcs
1 Onion — chopped
1 Clove garlic — minced
1 Bay leaf
1 teaspoon Chicken bouillon granules
1/2 teaspoon Dried basil — crushed
1/2 teaspoon Dried oregano — crushed
3 Boneless chicken breasts
3 Chicken drumsticks
8 ounces Smoked kielbasa

Place carrots, limas, celery and onions on bottom of crockpot which has been sprayed
with Pam. Combine herbs, juice and bouillon and add to vegetables. Place chicken on top of vegetables. Cut sausage into pieces. Put chicken and sausage on top of vegs Cover crockpot and cook on Low heat for 10 hours or on high for 5 hours. Remove bay
leaf before serving.

CROCKPOT CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP  - NEW ORLEANS STYLE

1 lg Whole fryer
1/2 c Diced celery
4 ea Cloves minced garlic
3 ea Bay leaves
4 ea Qts water
2 tb Butter
1 c Sliced mushrooms
1/4 c Cream sherry
Green onions for garnish
1 c Diced onions
1/2 c Minced parsley
1 c Chopped carrots
1 ts Poultry seasoning
12 oz Broad egg noodles
1 c Sliced onion rings
1 c Diced carrots
Salt and pepper to taste

First, take the chicken and wash it thoroughly. Remove the giblets, scrub out the internal cavity under cold running water. (But DO NOT remove the chicken skin or any of the fat! You need the skin to make a rich stock.) Next, take a crock pot and place the chicken and giblets into it. Then drop in the diced onions, the ½ cup of chopped carrots and bay leaves, poultry seasoning and *2* quarts of water. Then, with a spoon, evenly distribute the seasoning mixture around the chicken, turn the crock pot to high, and cook for at least six hours (or overnight). Remember, the longer you cook, the richer the base stock and the more tender the chicken. Cook noodles, but make sure they are firm.

After the noodles are cooked, butter them slightly and set them aside. When the chicken is tender, take a set of tongs or a strainer spoon, remove it from the crock pot and set it on a platter to cool. Strain out all the seasoning vegetables from the stock, place the stock into a metal bowl, and place the bowl into the refrigerator or freezer until the chicken fat congeals (which should take about 1 hour). Meanwhile, pick the chicken off the bones and, with a sharp knife, chop it into bite-sized pieces. Then, in a heavy 12- inch skillet, melt the butter and saute the sliced onions, mushrooms, and carrots until they’re tender. Then drop in the chopped chicken meat. And over medium-low heat, cook it into the vegetables for about 10 minutes. While the chicken and vegetables are sauteing, remove the chicken stock from the refrigerator, skim off all the fat, and place the skimmed stock into a soup pot, along with the remaining 2 quarts of water. Season the soup stock to taste with salt and pepper. Now drop in the sauteed chicken, mushrooms, onion rings and diced carrots - along with the sherry, the Tabasco, and as soon as it comes to a boil, reduce the heat to low and simmer the soup about 30 minutes to allow all the flavors to thoroughly blend.

ASPARAGUS CASSEROLE

2 cans sliced asparagus, (10 oz each)
1 can cream of celery soup, (10 oz)
2 hard cooked eggs, thinly sliced
1 cup grated cheddar cheese
1/2 cup coarsely crushed saltines or Ritz crackers
1 teaspoon butter

Place drained asparagus in lightly buttered slow cooker/Crock Pot or
slow cooker/Crock Pot baking insert. Combine soup and cheese. Top
asparagus with sliced eggs, soup mixture, then the cracker
crumbs. Dot with butter. Cover and cook on low for 4 to 6 hours.

APPLE GLAZED PORK ROAST

4 lb. pork loin roast
6 apples
1/4 cup apple juice
3 T. brown sugar
1 t. ginger, ground
Rub roast with salt and pepper. Brown pork roast under broiler to
remove excess fat; drain well. Core and quarter apples. Place apple
quarters in bottom of crockpot. Place roast on top of apples. Combine
apple juice, brown sugar, and ginger. Spoon over top surface
of roast, moistening well. Cover and cook on Low for 10-12 hours,
until done.

This easy version of Apple Brown Betty is done in the crockpot. Just set and forget!

APPLE BROWN BETTY

* 3 lbs. cooking apples
* 10 slices of bread, cubed (about 4 cups)
* 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
* 1/4 tsp. nutmeg
* 1/8 tsp. salt
* 3/4 c. brown sugar
* 1/2 c. butter or margarine, melted
Wash apples, peel, core, cut into eighths; place in bottom on crock.
Combine bread cubes, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, sugar, butter; toss
together. Place on top of apples in crock. Cover. Cook on low setting 2 to 4 hours.
Makes 6 to 8 servings.

BACON CHEESE DIP

* 16 slices bacon, diced, fried and drained
* 2 8-ounce packages cream cheese, softened and cubed
* 4 cups shredded cheddar cheese
* 1 cup half-and-half
* 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
* 1 teaspoon dried minced onion
* 1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
* dash hot sauce

Put all ingredients in the Crock Pot and cook on low, stirring occasionally until cheese
melts, about 1 hour. Taste and adjust seasonings, add bacon, and keep on low to
serve. Serve with cubed or sliced French bread.

ALL DAY CROCKPOT DELIGHT
2-3 lbs. boneless chuck, cut into 1 inch cubes
1/2 c. flour
1/4 c. butter
1 onion, sliced
1 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. pepper
1 clove garlic, minced
2 c. beer
1/4 c. flour
Coat beef cubes with the 1/2 cup flour. Brown in melted butter. Drain
off excess fat. In crock pot, combine browned meat with onion, salt,
pepper, garlic and beer.
Cover and cook on low 5-7 hours (all day) until meat is tender. Turn
control to high. Dissolve remaining 1/4 cup flour in small amount of
water. Stir into meat mixture, cook on high 30-40 minutes. Serve with
rice and salad.

BAKED HAM IN FOIL

Pour 1/2 cup water in Crock-Pot. Wrap precooked 3 to 4 pound ham in
foil, place in Crock-Pot. Cover and cook on High 1 hour, then Low 6 to
7 hours or until ham is hot. If desired, sprinkle ham with liquid smoke
before wrapping in foil.

If cooking larger ham, cook 1 hour on high then low 8 to 10 hours.

BARBEQUE BEEF STEW

* 2 lbs. stew meat
* 3 tbsp. oil
* 1 c. onion, sliced
* 1/2 c. green pepper, chopped
* 1 lg. clove garlic
* 1/2 tsp. salt
* 1/8 tsp. pepper
* 2 c. beef stock
* 1 can (8 oz.) tomatoes
* 1 can (4 oz.) mushrooms
* 1/3 c. barbecue sauce
* 3 tbsp. cornstarch
* 1/4 c. cold water

Saute onion, pepper and garlic in oil. Add salt, pepper, beef stock,
tomatoes, mushrooms and barbecue sauce. Cook in slow cooker/Crock
Pot on low heat 8-10 hours. Mix cornstarch, cold water and thicken before serving.

Serve over hot cooked rice.