Slow Cooker Recipe - Lasagna

If you are fond of eating outside, then you are sure to love a slow cooker. Slow cooker recipes taste just like high quality restaurant food; in fact some claim that they taste even better! What’s more, slow cookers shave off a lot of time that you would normally spend in the kitchen, and they are easy on the electricity bills as well. Slow cookers really are a boon to all, especially for you if you spend most of the day working.

Ingredients

For a creamy, tasty Lasagna recipe, you need 1 pound of lean ground beef, 1 chopped onion, 1 can (29 ounces) of tomato sauce, 2 teaspoons of minced garlic, 1 and ½ teaspoon of salt, 1 can (6 ounce) of tomato paste, 1 pack (12 ounce) of lasagna noodles, 1 tablespoon of dried oregano, ½ a cup of grated Parmesan cheese, 12 ounces of grated cottage cheese and 16 ounces of shredded mozzarella cheese.

Preparation

Take a large skillet, and add the ground beef, onion and garlic. Cook on medium heat until the beef turns brown. Then, add the tomato sauce, the salt, oregano and the tomato paste. Stir until the ingredients blend well together. Cook until heated through. Take a bowl and mix the cottage cheese, the shredded mozzarella and the grated parmesan.

Slow Cooker Recipe - Shrimp Creole

A slow cooker can cook some really great seafood. This Shrimp Creole slow cooker recipe can be put in the slow cooker in the morning when you go to office, and by the time you come back, the slow cooker would have cooked it for you! You end up saving a lot of time, and the food never gets burnt. Also, even though the slow cooker stays on for a long time, it actually saves energy. You can save quite a bit of money on your electricity bills. 

Ingredients

For a Shrimp Creole, you need ¼ cup of butter, 1/4 cup of buttermilk biscuit mix, 2 of tomato paste (6 oz cans), some dash pepper, 2 bay leaves, 1 cup of chopped celery, 4 lbs. of shelled shrimp, 1 chopped onion, 3 cups of water, 2 teaspoons of salt, ½ teaspoon of sugar, 1 cup chopped green pepper and some hot cooked rice.

Preparations

Take the onion and the quantity of butter, and sauté in a large skillet. Add the buttermilk biscuit mix and stir thoroughly. Add all the remaining ingredients to this mix, but set aside the shrimp and hot cooked rice (you won’t need the rice until before serving, so you don’t need to prepare it now). Cover the mix, and let it cook on the low setting for 7-9 hours.

Slow Cooker Recipe – A Chocolate Brownie Pudding Cake Dessert

A slow cooker can make some incredible desserts. The quality and taste of any dessert made in the slow cooker is very, very good. In fact, most people seem to prefer making food in the slow cooker instead of buying it. If you find a slow cooker to your liking, then you will certainly save on the take away money. This slow cooker recipe for the chocolate brownie pudding cake is easy to make, and you will certainly earn brownie points for it.

Ingredients

You need a ¾ cup of water, 2 tablespoons of Cocoa, 1 egg, another ¼ cup water,1/4–½ cup of chocolate chips (if you want), 1 teaspoon of butter or margarine, ¼ cup of peanut butter, 2 and ½ cups of brownie mix and ½ a cup of brown sugar.

Preparation

Add the ¾ cup water, the brown sugar and the cocoa in a saucepan. Mix together and wait for it to boil. While waiting, take a mixing bowl and add the rest of the ingredients and whisk thoroughly. Spread the batter in the bottom of the crock pot, which should be buttered lightly beforehand. Pour the mixture that you set to boil earlier over this. 

Slow Cooker Recipe – Beef Stew

A slow cooker lets you cook all kinds of food – from beverages, to sauces, chicken, chili, pasta, lamb, desserts…the list is endless. You can impress your friends and family with your slow cooker recipe and the best part is that you don’t need to waste much time in the kitchen as the food almost cooks itself in the slow cooker! Here is how you can make a filling and steamy Beef Stew for those dark and stormy nights.

Ingredients

You need 1 pack of frozen peas (10 oz), 2 carrots cut into thick slices (slantwise), a finely chopped onion, 8 oz of sliced mushrooms, ¼ of a cup of red wine, 1 can (14 and ½ oz) of stewed tomatoes, 2 tablespoons of dry thyme, ¼ of a cup of flour (all purpose), a little more than 2 pounds of round lean boneless beef cut in cubes (should be trimmed of fat), 1 pound of small potatoes that have been scrubbed and cut (lengthwise) into quarters and some salt for taste.

Preparation

Add the onions, carrots, potatoes and mushrooms into your slow cooker and mix thoroughly. Take the beef cubes and layer well with the flour.

Slow Cooker Recipe – A Mulled Apple Cider

If you own a slow cooker, then you know that they are a great investment. Slow cookers are easy to use, you need very little cooking knowledge, and they save time and you can go to work while the food is cooking at home! They are also completely safe to use, the food does not burn and your house won’t go up in flames if you go wrong. While slow cookers are mainly for cooking food, they do admirably well when it comes to preparing beverages too. Here is a unique slow cooker recipe for preparing a mulled apple cider.

Ingredients

The ingredients for the Mulled Apple Cider are easy to gather. You need a little less than a ½ cup of light brown sugar, 1 and ½ teaspoons of whole cloves, 2 large sliced oranges, 3 single whole cinnamon sticks, 1 teaspoon of whole allspice and 2 quarts of apple cider.

Preparation

You need to mix all the ingredients thoroughly first. You can place all of them directly in the slow cooker to mix them. The mixture should be stirred until the brown sugar has blended completely. Cover the mixture, and then cook on the low setting for 2 – 4 hours. Take out the preparation and strain all the spices. The Mulled Apple Cider is now ready to serve.

This slow cooker recipe is enough for a bunch of people.

Slow Cooker Recipe- Barbecued Goose for a Sandwich

A slow cooker is a brilliant invention. It saves a lot of time, you don’t have to worry about cooking mishaps as it never burns any food and it even saves money by reducing energy bills. With a slow cooker recipe in hand, even if you’re not famed for your culinary ability, the slow cooker delivers delicious food that is as good as any you could get outside. A Barbecued Goose stuffing in a sandwich sound good to you?

Ingredients

For a Barbecued Goose stuffing, you will need 2 teaspoons of butter, 1 single goose breast, 1 and a ½ teaspoon of Worcestershire sauce, 2 cups of chicken broth, 1 single sliced small onion (yellow), 1 single minced garlic clove and some of your favorite barbecue sauce.

Preparation

Melt the 2 teaspoons of butter in a saucepan on medium heat. Add the garlic clove and onion and then sauté for about 5 minutes.

Slow Cooker Recipe - Meatball and Cheese Soup

A slow cooker is something that will shave off hours of the time that you spend in the kitchen everyday. All you need to do is gather a few ingredients according to a slow cooker recipe and then mix them and place them in the slow cooker. The slow cooker does all the work for you; you don’t have to do anything! It also saves a lot of energy, so you will get some relief from high energy bills. To get you started, here is a recipe for a unique and mouthwatering concoction – a delicious Meatball and Cheese Soup that will do wonderfully for any meal.

Ingredients for Meatball and Cheese Soup

You need 2 cups of water, 2 cubes of beef bouillon, ½ a cup of sliced carrot, ½ a cup of chopped onion, 1 cup of whole kernel corn, 1 cup of chopped celery, 1 cup of chopped potato, 1 pound of ground beef, 1 big egg, 1 jar of Cheez whiz – (16 oz) meatballs, ¼ cup of bread crumbs, ½ a tablespoon of salt and ½ a tablespoon of Tabasco sauce.

Preparation

The preparation is very easy, and you won’t need too long to finish. Just mix all the ingredients together, but keep aside the jar of Cheez whiz for later. After the ingredients are mixed thoroughly, take the meats and roll them up into meatballs; medium size will work best.

Slow Cooker Recipe – Potatoes and Stuffed Cabbage

A slow cooker lets you cook all the foods that you could cook with other cooking implements. The slow cooker has many advantages; it makes delicious high quality food, the slow cooker recipes are easy to assemble and it saves more energy than an ordinary cooker. The slow cooker can cook meat as well as vegetables with equal ease. Let’s see how to make a recipe for tasty and healthy potatoes and stuffed cabbage.

Ingredients for Potatoes and Stuffed Cabbage

1 head of cabbage, 5lb of potatoes that are peeled, 2 of onions, 1 carrot, a little (1/4 teaspoon) of ground black pepper and same of ground ginger, 28 oz of tomatoes, a single peeled and sliced apple, 2 of egg whites, ½ a cup of uncooked rice and 1 tablespoon of dill weed.

Boil the head of cabbage. Then, separate the leaves. Keep aside 3 of the largest cabbage leaves, and the rest should be

Slow Cooker Recipe – Pumpkin Pudding Dessert

You can make some delicious desserts with a slow cooker. The Pumpkin Pudding Dessert slow cooker recipe is creamy, tasty and needs very little time to cook. Just gather the ingredients, mix them together and put them in the slow cooker. You don’t need to stand by the side of the cooker or stir the preparation; the slow cooker does the cooking for you. You end up saving a lot of time that you would otherwise have wasted in the kitchen, and the quality and taste of the dessert that you get is exceptional.

Ingredients for Pumpkin Pudding Dessert

You need a can of solid pumpkin (15 ounce), a can of evaporated milk (12 ounce), 3/4 of a cup of sugar, ½ a cup of baking mix or biscuit, 2 eggs, 2 tablespoons of melted margarine or butter (according to your preference), 2 and ½ of spice of pumpkin pie, 2 tablespoons of vanilla extract and some whipped topping for later. You also need a non stick spray.

Preparation

Take the 2 eggs and beat them. Then take a large bowl and mix all the ingredients together, except for the whipped topping. Then spray the slow cooker thoroughly with the non stick spray.

Slow Cooker Recipe – Making a Pepper Steak

A slow cooker is a favorite device of busy, working professionals. Slow cooker recipes are easy to find, ingredients easy to obtain and the food easy to make. Just mix ingredients according to the preparation, put the in the slow cooker, come back after a few hours and the food is done.

Ingredients for a Pepper Steak

A pepper steak comes out full of flavor from a slow cooker. It’s a great accompaniment with regular rice or noodles.

You need 2 pounds of sirloin beef, a single cube of beef bouillon, ½ a cup of a chopped onion, 2 chopped green bell peppers of a large size, a can of stewed tomatoes (about 14.5 ounce) with the liquid intact, 3 tablespoons of normal vegetable oil and same quantity of soy sauce, some garlic powder, a little hot water (1/4 cup) and a single tablespoon of salt, white sugar and cornstarch each.

Preparation

Take the beef sirloin and cut it into small strips of about 2 inches. Sprinkle a little garlic powder according to preference and set aside. Heat the vegetable oil in a large skillet at medium intensity and add strips of the beef sirloin.

Slow Cooker Recipe - Baked Chicken

You should invest in a slow cooker if you haven’t already. The appliance needs little energy, and it is very convenient to use. All you need to do is make any one preparation according to popular slow cooker recipes and put it in the slow cooker for a few hours and it’s done. Put some food for cooking in the device in the morning, go to work, and it will be ready for dinner when you come home!

Ingredients for Baked Chicken

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You can make a delicious baked chicken preparation in just 20 minutes. You need a single whole chicken, which should be about 2 or 3 pounds, some salt and pepper for taste and some paprika (1 teaspoon, or according to taste). You will also need some regular aluminum foil and paper towels.

Preparation

Take the aluminum foil and wad it tightly into small balls of about 3 or 4 inches. Then, place the balls in the slow cooker at the bottom. Take the chicken and rinse it out thoroughly, on the inside as well as the outside, under running water.

Slow Cooker Recipe – Casserole

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Contrary to what the name of the device would suggest, the slow cooker actually saves you a lot of time and effort. All you need are some slow cooker recipes and the ingredients mentioned in them to prepare great restaurant quality food in the comfort of your home.

Ingredients for Casserole

 The beauty of casserole is that you can eat it in the morning for breakfast, for lunch, as a snack in the evening or for dinner.

Slow Cooker Recipe - Creamy Chicken and Wild Rice

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 Creamy Chicken and Wild Rice

Number of servings: 8

Perparation time: about 5-8 minutes

Cook time: 7-8hours on LOW, 4-5 hours on HIGH

Ingredients list:

• 2 cans of Campbell's Cream of Chicken (1 can= 10 3/4 ounces). You can also try any other fat free cream of chicken soup.

• You will also need 1 1/2 cups of water.

• 6 ounces of long-grain and wild rice mix.

• 4 large carrots. They have to be thickly sliced.

• 8 boneless chicken breast halves.

First step: mix water and soup, then add

Slow Cookers – an Overview

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If you are tired of being attentive to what you cook and if you have some time, then slow cooker may turn out to be a suitable option for you. Mostly used for preparing dishes like stew, roast etc; slow cooker is also known by the names Slo-Cooker and Crock-Pot in United Kingdom and United States respectively. A slow cooker maintains a low temperature throughout and is controlled by an electric power supply.

Design

A slow cooker is made of either a lidded oval or a round cooking pot. This pot has generally ingredients like porcelain or ceramic and it is surfaced by a metal housing. This housing generally has an electric heating element which is controlled by thermostat.  A transparent glass made lid is placed in a groove in the pot edge. The vapor gets condensed inside the groove and creates a low pressure region which helps in cooking. It is not at all similar to a pressure cooker as there are hardly changes of any explosion taking place unlike a normal pressure cooker. These slow cookers come with various capacities from 500 ml to 6 liters. The heating element is placed at the sides or at the bottom. Therefore the recommended minimum liquid level should always be met.

Operation

You need to place the raw food along with any liquid like wine, water or stock. Then the lid should be put on and closed for a specific time period.  The food gets processed automatically according to the cooker’s automatic high and low thermostat settings. After some time, the cooker attains a constant temperature which leads to vapor. This vapor helps to process the raw food.

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Advantages 

•        The food has less chances of getting burnt even if it is cooked for a long time. Therefore, you can be worry free. 

•        You can leave for office placing food to be processed on slow cooker and then on return, you will find it cooked. You can use a slow cooker with internal timer for this purpose as well. 

•        In a slow cooker, the food is cooked on a single pot, therefore reducing the washing troubles. 

•        Most of the slow cookers have sealing of lid functionality; therefore, the food is less prone to spill during transport.

•        The food being processed with a slow cooker generally stays hot even after hours; therefore it is not required to reheat the food before you eat it.