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Curry Chicken and Cauliflower in a Crock-Pot
This is a simple and delicious slow-cooker meal using prepared curry powder as the main spice. You could substitute other vegetables (potatoes would work well), and/or omit the chicken for a vegetarian meal, but keep the cauliflower as it tastes delicious bathed in curry.
Chicken Breasts - 2-3 lbs, cut [...]
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Even though I’ve made a few cakes and a bread in a Crock-Pot, it still seems like a gamble to me, and perhaps that is part of the excitement. The Triple Chocolate Mess Cake in a Crock-Pot is easily one of the most popular posts on this blog, and so I thought I’d follow up [...]
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I really really wanted to add cheese to this delicious dish, but I resisted the urge because the original recipe from CrockTease, lamented the common American tendency to “strangle” artichokes in cheese and butter. Not wanting to be an ugly American, I abstained from my cheese urge and I am glad I did.
In the light [...]
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This is a simple straightforward pot roast - delicious, moist, and about as easy to prepare as falling off a chair. Did I mention it makes its own gravy? Just add a pot roast with some beef stock into a Crock-Pot and walk away for 8 hours. You can add various sliced vegetables for flavor [...]
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Honestly, I was a bit - no, a lot — worried about making a meatloaf in a Crock-Pot. Would it stick to the bottom of the pan? Would it over-cook? Would it be too greasy? No, not at all and no way. In fact, this was one of the best meat loafs I’ve ever had. [...]
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If you have leftover rice from Chinese take-out, this slow-cooker rice pudding is a great way to make a tasty, simple dessert. And if you don’t have left-over rice, cook some up and make this pudding; it’s really rich and delicious.
Rice - 3 cups cooked
Raisins - 1/2 cup
Vanilla - 1 tsp.
Sweetened Condensed Milk - 1 [...]
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It’s fall, definitely. Just last week I posted a Summer Harvest soup, and now summer seems so long ago. Here in Chicago, the days are suddenly much shorter, there’s dry dead leaves swirling everywhere as the wind blows in the new season, and there are pumpkins piled up in front of all the grocery [...]
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This is a delicious fresh-tasting soup that uses vegetables you may still have growing in your garden. Even if you don’t, buy some and make this soup anyway! Home-grown or not, the fresh vegetables give this soup a rich taste.
I still have lots of cherry tomatoes and I was happy to dump 2 cups of [...]
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Beef stew is a perfect slow-cooker recipe because the slow cooking allows the meat to become very tender and tasty. This classic recipe includes potatoes, onions, carrots and celery in a simple and hearty sauce. Even after 12 hours of cooking, the potatoes and carrots are soft but firm enough for a fork.
And as with [...]
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If your idea of a perfect steak is a tender cut of juicy, tasty, tender beef, then this slow-cooker recipe will give you perfection. The round steak cooks beautifully; the meat is flavorful and tender. The mushrooms and onions are moist and tasty, and the two infuse the beef perfectly. Typically I prefer [...]
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