How safe is a slow cooker?
Cooking with a slow cooker is probably safer than with conventional cooking, plus you get the added advantage… [more]
Got any good chicken slow cooker recipes?
I've seen some really good chicken slow cooker recipes but nothing that really jumps out at me. Any… [more]
Rich Beef roast with slow cooked vegetables
Just look at this delicious beef roast straight from the slow cooker, with the vegetables infused with… [more]
Under Appreciated SuperFoods - The Top 10
Acai berries, mangosteen and macqui berries -- they've all been deemed "superfoods" because of their… [more]
Healthy Eating
Crack this healthy nut Walnuts are delicious and include heart healthy nutrients. Good healthy… [more]
Slow Cooker Recipe Blog
Low Fat Turkey Chili for the Crock Pot
Low Fat Turkey Chili If you’re looking for a low fat alternative to the traditional red meat chili, then go try this delicious version of turkey chili using ground turket meat. Ground turkey is readily available as a healthy, beef substitute. Use the white meat because it has a lower fat content than turkey brown [...]
Share Your Slow Cooker Recipes?
My husband always wanted to try some food from a slow cooker. So I recently bought a small one to make meals just for the two of us. It didn’t have any recipes with it, so could you share your best slow cooker recipes with me?
Slow Cooker Pot Roast – with Gravy
Pot roast, what is it? Well it’s certainly cooked in a pot, but it’s not a roast. Pot roast is actually a braised beef dish. It’s called pot roast simply because we used a roast size piece of beef. It’s slow cooked by braising and that allows you to use a less expensive piece of [...]
Slow Cooker Chicken Cacciatore – Hunter food
Chicken Cacciatore by Chef John In Italian, “Cacciatore” means ” hunter”, and in cuisine a meal that has been cooked “hunter style” is known as “ala cacciatore”. The classic ingredients for a cacciatore dish are tomatoes, onion, mushrooms, bell pepper, and herbs. Sometimes wine is added and it can be either red or white. The [...]
Slow Cooker Recipe Guest Blogger
Under Appreciated SuperFoods – The Top 10
Acai berries, mangosteen and macqui berries — they’ve all been deemed “superfoods” because of their high antioxidant status. But you don’t have to focus solely on high profile — and often expensive — fruits to promote optimal health. Many of the most nutritious, health-protective foods are quietly lurking in the bottom of your refrigerator drawer [...]
Beans of the World – with Recipes
It’s hard to find a food that has traveled as well as the little legume. In ancient times, its portability made it a staple of travelers, explorers and conquerors. In modern times, these nutritional powerhouses have opened up a world of ethnic cookery for health-conscious cooks. In India, cooks season chickpeas, colorful lentils and tiny [...]
Sure curing makes for delicious fish recipes
Restaurateurs are using a time-honored preservation curing technique to produce vibrant flavors, and you can try it at home. There is an old road in Japan that runs from Wakasa Bay to the city of Kyoto known as the Saba Kaido, or Mackerel Road. For centuries, the road was used to carry fresh mackerel roughly [...]
Yesterday’s Soup – Slow Cooker Split Pea with Ham
I just love this story about being out in a chilly October then coming home to the delicious smell of a slow cooker meal ready to eat. Yesterday’s Soup – Slow Cooker Split Pea with Ham What do you call those days when you aren’t going to arrive home until well after dinner hour? Take [...]
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Slow Cooker Ham, Potato and Carrots
Slow Cooker Ham, Potatoes, Carrots and Onions Here we have a healthy meal combining slow cooker ham, potato, carrots and onions. Simple to make, as are a lot of slow cooked meals. Set your slow cooker on low and this hearty meal is ready in just 2 to 3 hours. Ingredients: 2lb sliced potato 2lb [...]
Crock Pot Beef Roast – a Simple Meal
This is a great video showing a very simple way to cook a delicious pot roast in your slow cooker. There are so many different recipes that you can enjoy pot roast with different flavors all the time and never be bored. Any beef roast however, each cut of beef has it’s own flavor. We [...]
VANILLA Yogurt in a Slow Cooker – 3 Easy Steps!
Make your own Vanilla yogurt in a slow cooker. Control the amount & type of sweetener you use in your homemade yogurt. *reducing sugar will not alter texture *use of other sweeteners may alter texture *make small batch to experiment if using a different sweetener (just a suggestion) =) Ingredients. 8 cups milk 1 [...]
The Indian Slow Cooker – Anupy Singla tells all on Chicago Tonight
This Indian Slow Cooker cookbook is highly recommended if you want to cook Indian dishes in your slow cooker. Watch Indian cookbook author Anupy Singla (The Indian Slow Cooker)as she visits Phil Ponce on WTTW’s ‘Chicago Tonight’ to talk about cooking healthy Indian recipes in a Crock-Pot, and also about the Indian cooking spices that [...]
