Cranberry Chicken - Slow Cooker

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Ingredients:
4 to 6 boneless chicken breast halves, skin removed
1 can whole cranberry sauce
2/3 cup chili sauce
2 tablespoons cider vinegar
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1 package dry (Lipton) golden onion soup mix
Preparation:
Place chicken breasts in the slow cooker/Crock Pot. Combine remaining ingredients; add to the slow cooker/Crock Pot, coating chicken well. Cover and cook on low 6 to 8 hours.
Serves 4 to 6.

Crock-pot Beef stew

1-1/2 lbs. hamburger (throw it in frozen!)
2 Cups beef broth
2 Cans tomato sauce (8oz.)
1 Can stewed tomatoes
3 diced carrots
3-5 medium potatoes, cubed
1 Can whole corn (16 oz.)
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. garlic salt

This recipe is so great because you just add all ingredients to the crock pot and cook on low for 5-6 hrs. or high for 3-4 hrs.

Slow-Cooker Meat Loaf with Shiitake Mushrooms

Ingredients
2 (1-ounce) slices whole wheat bread
3/4 pound ground round
3/4 pound ground turkey
1 1/2 cups sliced shiitake mushrooms
1/2 cup grated fresh onion
1 teaspoon dried Italian seasoning
3/4 teaspoon salt
2 large eggs, lightly beaten
1 garlic clove, minced
2 tablespoons ketchup
1 1/2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
1/8 teaspoon ground red pepper


Preparation
Place bread in a food processor, and pulse 10 times or until crumbs measure 1 1/3 cups. Combine the crumbs, beef, and next 7 ingredients (beef through garlic) in a large bowl, and shape meat mixture into a 9 x 6-inch loaf. Place loaf in an electric slow cooker.
Combine ketchup, mustard, and pepper in a small bowl, stirring with a fork. Spread ketchup mixture evenly over top of loaf. Cover with lid; cook on LOW for 5 hours.

Yield
6 servings (serving size: 4 ounces)

Nutritional Information
CALORIES 265(43% from fat); FAT 12.7g (sat 4.2g,mono 5.1g,poly 1.7g); PROTEIN 25.2g; CHOLESTEROL 152mg; CALCIUM 41mg; SODIUM 545mg; FIBER 1.9g; IRON 3mg; CARBOHYDRATE 12.7g



Jess Cool , Cooking Light, OCTOBER 2003

St. Patrick's Day Dinner Menu

Slow Cooker Corned Beef and Cabbage

From FamilyFun.com
4 cups hot water
2 T. cider vinegar
2 T. sugar
½ tsp. freshly ground pepper
1 large or 2 medium onions, cut into wedges
1 3-lb corned beef round or brisket, packaged with spices
8 small white or yellow potatoes, scrubbed and cut into quarters
1 head of green cabbage (about 1 ½ lbs) cored and cut into 10 wedges.

In a 6 qt. slow cooker, combine the water, vinegar, sugar, pepper and onions, missing well. Place the corned beef in the mixture. Scatter the potatoes over the top and along the sides.

Cover and cook on High heat setting 4 hours. Remove the lid and scatter the cabbage wedges over the top. Cover and continue cooking on high 3-4 hours longer, or until the beef is tender. To serve, carve the beef into slices and serve with the cabbage and potatoes, with some of the cooking liquid spooned on top of the beef to keep It moist. Makes 6-8 servings.

Be sure to serve with crusty bread, and Dijon mustard and horseradish on the side

(bleh, we don’t do that. We actually don’t cook potatoes in the crock pot either, because we want GREEN mashed potatoes on the side.)

Irish Soda Bread
FamilyFun.com

2 cups white flour
2 cups whole wheat flour
½ cups sugar
2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
4 T. butter, chilled
1 cup raisins
1 ½ cups buttermilk or plain yogurt.

Heat over to 350 degrees. In a bowl, combine the dry ingredients. Cut the butter until it is pea-sized. Stir in the raisins and buttermilk (or yogurt). Turn the dough onto a flour surface, kneed 1 minute, and shape into a disk. Cut an “X” in the top and bake on a greased baking sheet for 45-50 minutes. Makes one 8” wide loaf.

I make two smaller loaves, one with raisins, one without. (It is a crusty, textured bread that taste a lot like biscuits.) I also just use white flour, if I don’t have wheat flour handy.

Drink—Make up Green Koolaid and add one can of lime-ade concentrate to it. You could proably make up both and add them together, if you wanted more drink.

Drink—Homemade Margarita’s—Use Bacardi frozen mix, OR Lime-ade concentrate, water, and ice. Pour salt (or sugar) on plate, dip rim of glass in water then the salt, then fill with drink.

Side servings (anything GREEN)

Green Mashed Potatoes
Peas
Grapes
Green Beans
Broccoli
Green Jello or Jigglers
Lettuce salad
Pistachio Pudding salad

Dessert—shamrock sugar cookies and Mint Brownies.

Barbecued Pot Roast - Slow Cooker

Barbecued Pot Roast
• 1 tsp salt
• 2lb lean pot roast
• 1/2 cup tomato paste
• 24 peppercorns
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 1 tsp worcestershire sauce
Sprinkle salt over the roast and place in slow-cooker. Spread tomato paste over meat; imbed peppercorns into paste; top with onions and worcestershire sauce. Cover and cook on LOW 8-10 hrs. Serve meat with accumulated gravy.

Chicken Tortilla Soup

4 chicken breast halves
2 15 oz cans black beans (undrained)
2 15 oz cans Mexican stewed tomatoes
1 c. salsa
4 oz can chopped green chilies
14 ½ oz can tomato sauce

Combine all ingredients in crock pot. Cover and cook on low 8 hours. Just before serving remove chicken and shred or slice into bit sized pieces. Stir into soup.
Serve with chips and cheese.

*This recipe makes a lot, making ½ of the recipe works well too.