Whole Celeriac with Barley and Kale in the Slowcooker

I first came across this recipe as “Zombie Brains” in Jaime Oliver’s Save With Jaime.   After looking for online for accounts of people who’d tried it, I found this post on the blog Eat Simply, Live Well. She had the clever idea of turning the idea into a one pot slow-cooked meal in the oven. …

Slow Cooker Three Bean Chili

This recipe is one I made up based on what I had on hand and ideas from several recipes on the internet – I experimented with mole sauce a while ago which uses cocoa powder without sweetness for a savory seasoning, and wanted to try it with a chili.  I used a 6.5 quart slow…

Slow Cooker Smothered Pork Chops

I found this recipe for smothered pork chops in The Best Slow & Easy Recipes: A Best Recipe Classic which I just picked up from the library(there is a video of the episode here). I find their cookbooks and shows are great, as they give you a lot of tips and tricks for improving recipes,…

Slow Cooker Beans and Barley

I wanted to make an easy side dish, and this recipe fit what was hanging around in my pantry.  It is based on sever Red Beans and Barley recipes I found online, but I’ve made it less tomato-ey by draining out the canned tomatoes very well. 1 cup uncooked, rinsed pot barley (not pearled) 1…

Spicy Chick Peas With Beef

I saw this recipe on a great website, Kalyn’s Kitchen and it seemed like a great way to use up a small amount of ground beef and some chick peas I had cooked earlier in the week. I adapted it to simmer in the slow cooker, and changed a few seasonings for what I had…

Leftover Turkey Stew with Sweet Potato Dumplings

Normally, I like to make hot turkey sandwiches from leftovers, but we didn’t have gravy, and after liking the sweet potato biscuits so much, I thought I’d try sweet potato dumplings. Turkey Stew with Sweet Potato Dumplings 2 cans cream of mushroom soup 2 cups (or what you have) leftover chopped turkey meat 4 cups…

Slow Cooker Black Bean and Sweet Potato Soup

I made this to use some of the leftover pork roast, and more importantly the gigantic bone from the roast.  I love making broth.  I save all of my vegetable scraps in a large freezer bag for this purpose, and it makes me feel very virtuous and thrifty.  You could certainly omit the broth rigamarole…

Slow Cooker Pork Roast

I’m constantly trying to cook roasts in the slow cooker without having them simmer in about half a pot of liquid.  I don’t have cooker insert rack, so I experimented before with using halved onions – but of course they turned to mush.  Another thing I try to control is that the veg seem to…

Slow Cooker Spicy Pork and Bean Stew

I’ve been working my way through our stockpile of dried beans and came up with this idea to go with a small pack of pork stew meat I got on sale. Slow Cooker Spicy Pork and Bean Stew 1 1/2 cup dried white beans 1 cup dried chick peas 6 cups low-sodium broth (I had…

Cornmeal Dumplings

I’ve made dumplings more often than I can count, but I’ve never made Cornmeal dumplings so I thought I would give it a try – I’m going to put them on top of a stew in a slow cooker, but you could use them in any stew or soup I’m sure. Cornmeal Dumplings 1/2 cup…