Saturday, September 27, 2008

Yummy, easy, and healthy crock pot meals!

I just LOVE my crock pot!! We use it at least twice a week. Here are some yummy recipes that are super easy!! I am all about easy recipes with easy ingredients that are pocket friendly too. So here they are...



1.) Chicken and Dumplings
Ingredients:
-1 can 98% Fat free cream of chicken soup
-Boneless, skinless chicken breasts
-1 Can bisquits (any kind, I use grands or HEB brand)

Directions:
-Pour cream of chicken soup in the bottom of your crock pot
-Fill empty can of chicken soup with water, add to crock pot
and stir
-Lay chicken breasts in crock pot and sprinkle with salt and pepper
-Cook either on low for 6-8 hours, or high for 3-4 hours
-30 minutes before you eat use 2 forks to shred chicken in crock
pot, then add biquits (cut up to size of dumplings you like)and
allow to cook for 30 more minutes,then ENJOY!

2.) Pot Roast
Ingredients:
-Rump roast
-Potatoes (opt.)
-Carrots (opt.)

Directions:
-Season roast with salt & pepper or your choice of seasoning
-Place roast in crock pot and cook on low for 6-8 hours (My mom
cooks her's on high for like 45 minutes first and then switches to
low for the rest of the time and it's great that way, but if you
don't have time it turns out great the other way too)
-*You can also slice your potatoes and carrots and put with roast
and they turn out really yummy. ENJOY!

3.) Beef tips (Thanks to the Mosiers)
Ingredients:
-1 package stew meat
-1 can 98% fat free cream of mushroom soup
-1 packet french onion soup mix

Directions:
-Pour can of cream of mushroom soup into crock pot
-Fill half of the empty can with water, pour in crock pot and stir
-Add stew meat and stir
-Cook on high for 3-4 hours or low for 6-8
-*Serve over rice or egg noodles ENJOY!

4.) Love Soup (stew)
Ingredients:
-1 large can stewed tomatoes
-1 can tomato paste
-1 large can tomato sauce
-1 package stew meat
-2 potatoes (chopped into bite size pieces)
-1 cup carrots (chopped)
-1 cup frozen corn
-1 cup frozen green beans

Directions:
-Add all ingredients to crock pot and stir together
-Cook on low for 6-8 hours
-*Serve with Jiffy cornbread (a great fall time meal!) ENJOY!

5.) BBQ chicken sandwiches
Ingredients:
-Boneless skinless chicken breasts
-1 bottle of Masterpiece BBQ sauce

Directions:
-Place chicken in crock pot and smother with BBQ sauce
-Cook on low for 6-8 hours or on high for 3-4 hours
-*You can shred this up and serve on hamburger buns or just
leave whole and eat with your favorite veggies or salad

***You can make almost any kind of chicken in the crock pot. Just buy your favorite marinade, mix together honey and mustard, or just pour some good ole' cream of mushroom on top and there you go!

- I hope you get to try these recipes and ENJOY!!

Joyfully His,
Carissa

2 comments:

Justin and Rachel Smith said...

Thanks! I needed some recipes that are easy to make and cook themselves! You're the best!
Rach

The Williams Family said...

I love to use the crockpot but Jonathan thinks that everything that I cook in it is only for cold weather food....something about working out in the heat all day and he doesn't want "crockpot" food until its winter! Thanks for the recipes, I want to try the beef tips....let me know if you find any other great ones. These were also good b/c they don't have diary....most casserole type crockpot recipes have cream of something in them.