Category Crock Pot

Crock Pot Pork Carnitas

Very authentic recipe by Melissa Darabian. Easy and delicious. Perfect for your next taco night! Cut the recipe in half if you want less servings. If you want a delicious pork butt or pork shoulder and you live near La Verne, California. I highly suggest picking up your meat from The Corner Butcher Shop - 2359 Foothill Blvd...Read More

Crock Pot Split Pea Soup

Looking for something to do with the leftover ham bone from Thanksgiving and Christmas? Freeze it and make a homemade split pea soup in your crock pot. Serve alongside a grilled cheese sandwich, green salad, toasted baguette, in a sourdough bowl, or crackers. My 1st attempt at split pea soup and I am in LOVE!Read More

Jack Daniel’s Rib Glaze

This calls for quite a bit of Jack Daniel’s. When you smell it afterwards, you just get pure Jack Daniel’s in your nose. It will cook out as you cook your meat. The recipe I used this for was 3 different ways using Ranchers Reserve beef chuck flanken-style ribs. These ribs just fall right off the bone. I marinated some of the ribs overnight and cooked some in the oven and some on the BBQ grill...
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Texas Pot Roast

Who doesn’t like slow cooking a pot roast for 10 hours and enjoying the roast just falling to pieces because of its tenderness? This pot roast is a perfect combination if you like beef and you like spicy. Put it on top of mashed potatoes or enjoy it like a roast beef dip on a nice french roll.
 
Ingredients:
 
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Italian Beef Sandwiches

I wanted something super easy that I could just throw in the crock pot and walk away. On this day I left the house at 8am and didn’t get home until 10pm so I wanted my Husband to be able to reach into the crock pot and eat whenever he was ready. When I got home that night, he raved about this beef and that he couldn’t stop eating it. It tasted the best the 1st day but still good as leftovers.
Makes 7-8 ...
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Crock Pot Macaroni and Cheese

While I was getting my hair done by wonderful Allison, we got talking about food and she mentioned a recipe she heard of by Trisha Yearwood that you could make in the crock pot. She was wondering if that was even possible, so I volunteered to find the recipe and attempt it to see if it was worth anything. AND IT WAS! Very tasting and beyond easy.
Ingredients:
  • Cooking spray
  • 8 ounces cooked elbow macaroni (h...
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Crockpot Tex Mex Carnitas

I got this recipe from the 30 night’s of Paleo Crock Pot Meals website. First recipe I made off this sight and it was a huge hit. The leftovers taste even better!

http://hollywouldifshecould.net/2011/11/a-month-of-paleo-crockpot-recipes/

Ingredients:

2-3 lbs. pork butter or shoulder (I used 2.71 pounds of Pork shoulder blade, Boston Roast

1/4 cup diced yellow onions

1/4 cup diced chilies or 4 oz. can

2 ts...

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Chile Verde Tacos

My dear friend Ashli shared this with me. So very thankful!

Ingredients:

1 x 4  lb. pork butt / pork shoulder – Estimated cost for 4 pounds is $10.00

1 jar of Chili Verde from Archer Farms (Target) or a Jar of 505 Southwestern Green Chile Salsa from supermarket 16oz. Some Targets don’t carry the Chili Verde any longer, so you may have to use their Roasted Salsa Verde by Archer Farms...

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