Crock Pot Meals

Cooking chicken is easy in the crock pot but with a good marinade the chicken can have an even better taste as it cooks slowly in the sauce. Be a star at your next party or dinner with some of these marinades.

Each marinade is enough for 8 pieces of chicken.  Just mix the ingredients together and coat the chicken and let sit at least an hour, longer if you can, brushing the chicken with any extra marinade a few times.  It is best to keep refrigerated in hot weather.

Honey and Coriander
2 tabs honey
2 tabs chopped coriander
1 lemon or lime peel grated

Spicey 1
1/4 cup honey
1/3 cup soy sauce
50g (1.5 oz) butter melted

Spicey 2
1/3 cup tomato sauce
3 drops tabasco
50g (1.5 oz)  butter melted

Mustard and Honey
1/4 cup honey
1/4 cup veg oil
2 tabs Dijon mustard
1 tsp bbq season

You can then just place the chicken in the crock pot which has been sprayed with some oil to stop anything sticking and cook.

Enjoy!

This is one of the easiest soups to make and if you love vegetarian soups then you are going to love this one.  There is hardly any preparation and you get a great soup every time.  Cooking this soup in the crock pot helps you from overcooking the carrots and in my opinion you get a better result.

Here is the recipe:

Vegetarian Carrot Soup

Combine the first 5 ingredients in your crock pot and cook on high for 3 hours.  Check to see the carrots are cooked and if not, then cook another 1/2 to 1 hour.  Some crock pots cook faster than others so this is why I suggest this.

Strain the liquid into a large jug and puree the carrot mixture.  Add back the liquid a little at a time until you get a texture you like.  Add the lemon juice and stir through.  Serve with a tablespoon of cream or yogurt (I like the yogurt taste) with some extra tarragon for garnish and serve with toast, crusty bread or crackers.

If you use the skim milk yogurt this is a no fat recipe perfect for my diet right now.  This makes a great crock pot meal for lunches during the week.

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Finding crock pot recipes should not be difficult if you are searching online as the internet is so big.  That's what I thought when I was previously looking for quality recipes.  What I found though was a lot of information I had to sort through to find a good recipe or one that was at a standard  that I was looking for.    I like to use items you find in your pantry and avoid if possible using canned goods.  This was a bit of a hit and miss process I found though.

I started to adapt my own standard recipes to crock pot recipes and only looked at quality sites if I had to.  This worked for awhile but then I needed more, and got inspiration from my mother's recipes as well.  Slow cooker recipe eBooks also were not at a very good standard generally as I am sure most of the recipes were not tested and tried.  Printed cookbooks were superior by a long way.

I decided to set up this blog to give you quality, tested crock pot recipes and ideas and I am now in the process of writing my own eBook on cake and dessert crock pot recipes.  I found these recipes the hardest to find online so I decided to write this eBook.  I should be finished the book in the next month.

I have decided to give it away to my readers who are on my email list so if you haven't grabbed the soup recipe eBook featured to the right then do that soon.  You then will be on the list and you will be one of the first people to get the eBook when I release it.  It will only be available for my readers on that list.

I will keep you informed on the release date as it gets closer. Here's to more crock pot meals.

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I love lamb stew and this recipe is just delicious made in the crock pot.  Its a three step process but very easy and while it is cooking you have a lovely aroma through the kitchen and house.  I used the cheapest cuts of lamb I could get but just make them nice thick pieces.

Crock Pot Lamb Stew

Melt the butter in a frying pan and brown the chops then add half to the crock pot and half of the vegetables. Place the rest of the chops on top with the remaining vegetables.  Add the flour and the curry to the frying pan and brown for a few minutes.  Combine the wine, plum jam, ketchup and stock together and add to the frying pan stirring constantly until it comes to the boil and thickens to a nice gravy.  Season with salt and pepper and pour over the chops and vegetables in the crock pot.  Cover and cook for 4 hours.

This crock pot lamb stew serves 4.  I accompany the meal with rice.  This is a another great crock pot meal to try.

I know I post a lot of soup recipes but it's because I really like soups.  They fill me up for longer than other meals so they are an excellent choice when I am watching my weight.  I like vegetarian soup especially as it is quick to make and inexpensive too.  The following recipe is also easy to make and you can adjust it to whatever vegetables you have at hand, within reason, to get a good result and a tasty vegetarian  soup.

Frugal Vegetarian Soup

Cut the vegetables into small pieces, slice the onion and place them  in the crock pot.  Pour over the stock until the vegetables are covered.  Cook on high for 3 hours.  The larger the pieces the longer it will take to cook.  Remember though that sweet potato and pumpkin take less time than potato to cook in the crock pot so cut them into slightly larger pieces.

Take  half the liquid out of the crock pot and put aside.  Allow the soup to cool a little while then puree the contents and add back the liquid, a little at a time,  to get a good consistency.  This should be thick but not too thick, if you know what I mean.  Serve with fresh bread or toast and this recipe can also be used as a quick entree.  I like to add the curry for a different taste and I take it to work for lunch if there is any leftovers. Serves around 4 - 6 depending on how much vegetables and stock you use.

So, you now have another successful and easy crock pot meal and at a very low cost.  Frugal cooking doesn't have to mean tasteless cooking.

Chicken soup has to be the most popular soup people make and is often made when we don't feel very well especially with a cold or flu.  Making a traditional soup means doing it the old fashioned way so that is what I have done here.   A note though, if you are making it for someone with a sore throat think about sieving or blending the vegetables to make it easier to swallow for them but still getting the goodness of the soup.

This crock pot chicken soup recipe is delicious and good for you so enjoy all the time not just when you are sick or feeling down.   You can freeze this soup very easily as well so you can make enough for another time or for your work day lunch.  Here is the recipe:

Crock Pot Chicken Soup

Chop the onion, celery and carrot finely.  Put the chicken and vegetables into the crock pot and cover with the water.  Cook on low for 6  hours (8 hours for the whole chicken).  Take the chicken out and the bouquet garni.  If you want to sieve the vegetables do that now.  Remove the chicken from the bones and add to the soup.  Cool the soup overnight and skim off any fat from the top.  You can add noodles if you like, reheat and serve.  Sprinkle with the extra parsley just before serving.

That was a fairly easy crock pot chicken soup recipe really.  You don't have to cool the soup overnight if you don't want to but I recommend it and the flavors will be better as well.

** You can add some chicken stock powder if you like the taste a little stronger

I love to go to Pot Luck Parties and family gatherings where I take along a dish I have made to contribute to the meal.  The crock pots that have a lock down lid and handles make it easy to move the crock pot meal to your destination.   Slow Cooker Liners are good too as you can tie the contents up and then replace the lid so you wont spill any of the contents.

You can also buy a Crock Pot Travel Bag and this helps with transporting the hot crock pot as well.  There are two sizes so check that your crock pot will fit before buying.  Have you ever dropped a dish while trying to carry it?    I did, and it was one of my favorites that couldn't be replaced so don't let his happen to you.

I love being with family and friends and the crock pot is a great boon for when I am asked to 'take a plate'.  No fuss cooking, a great crock pot meal and no fuss carrying as well.   Making and taking your crock pot meal also helps the hostess/host with one less dish to heat in the oven.  I know my oven would not take more than about 4 casserole size dishes.

Crock pot meals make good choices for when you need to supply a meal so take your crock pot with you.

If you are looking for a simple recipe then Marinated Crock Pot Chicken is the one you will want to try.  You use a whole chicken and marinate it for a few hours then place in the crock pot and it does the rest.  How simple can it get!   The flavors of the marinade really penetrate the chicken and you can then thicken the liquid in the base of the crock pot for a lovely sauce.   I hope you like this recipe as I do.

Marinated Crock Pot Chicken

Combine all ingredients in a bowl except the garlic and the rest of the lemon (not used for the juice)  and stir well.   Place the garlic and the lemon in the chicken cavity and then pour the marinade over the chicken.   Place in refrigerator for a few hours or overnight, basting with the marinade occasionally.  Place into the base of the crock pot and cook on high for about 4 hours.  You can baste it with the juices about twice during cooking, trying not to leave the lid off too long.  Remove the chicken and cut into serving pieces.  Thicken the juices with a little flour mixed with water to make a sauce to pour over the chicken.  Serve with rice or potatoes and vegetables.  Serves 4.

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