Olive Garden eat your heart out - it's Slow Cooker Zuppa Toscana Soup for supper!Winter seems like a soup fest! If I have a fire burning in the kitchen wood stove, I will leave pot of soup simmering on it. But even in the winter, I'm pretty busy and don't always have the time to babysit the kitchen woodstove so I rely on the old slow cooker. Crock pot cookin' is a favorite … [Read more...]
Slow Cooker French Onion Soup
The Lowly Onion Becomes Slow Cooker French Onion Soup This recipe for Slow Cooker French Onion Soup allows the lowly onion, the bridesmaid never the bride of the culinary world, to show off its star quality. How many savory recipes, particularly soup recipes, can you think of that don't include the onion? Not many! It always seems to be there....the little background note … [Read more...]
Slow Cooker Beef Stew – a warming solution for chilly days!
 Slow Cooker Beef Stew - The solution to a chilly Fall day! There is nothing so comforting as sitting down to a bowl of piping hot, gravy laden beef stew on chilly fall night. The beauty of doing it in a slow cooker is once you assemble it the stew takes care of itself and is waiting for you at the end of the day. A hearty, glorious meal in a bowl, it's easy to … [Read more...]
Creamy Slow Cooker Pumpkin Risotto
Slow Cooker Pumpkin Risotto Recipe has moved - Follow this Link … [Read more...]
Slow Cooker Barbecue Pulled Pork Sandwich
Slow Cooker Barbecue Pulled Pork Sandwich is so easy!Fork tender, spicy and sweet, this slow cooker barbecue pulled pork sandwich has a unique secret ingredient - root beer![/caption]What is the best cut of meat for Pulled Pork in your slow cooker?Choosing the right cut of meat is very important for the success of your Pulled Pork Sandwich. The most common cut … [Read more...]
Slow Cooker Zucchini Italiano Casserole Recipe – A great Vegetable Side Dish
Zucchini Casserole Recipe -My Garden Overfloweth Zucchini have to be the most prolific vegetable on earth. Once they start ripening in the garden the game is on! How do I get the family to eat all of them? You can't give them away as everyone who has a garden has an overflow too. Note to purveyors of seeds - You only need to put about 6 seeds in a packet!So what do I do to … [Read more...]
Slow Cooker Stuffed Cabbage Roll Recipe
Slow Cooker Stuffed Cabbage Rolls are tasty and healthy!Today I am making slow cooker stuffed cabbage rolls! This Cabbage Roll recipe is absolutely delicious and makes cabbage, which can be an acquired taste, a lot more palatable for kids. Let's face it...stuff something with hamburg and pour a some tomato sauce on it and most likely your kid will eat it!Stuffed … [Read more...]
Slow Cooker Lumberjack Ground Beef Casserole
This recipe in the top 50 at allfreecasserolerecipes.com for the month of Fbruary 2018!!!!!!!!!! An Old Maine Logging Camp Favorite Adapted for the Slow Cooker! This old logging camp favorite has been adapted for cooking in today's slow cooker. Here in the Northwoods, the logging camps were famous for the hearty meals that they served their work crews in the old days. Back … [Read more...]
Slow Cooker Risotto Recipe
Risotto, in a slow cooker, is Risotto perfection! Risotto, that yummy gourmet comfort food, has intimidated a lot of cooks, including me. After seeing an enraged, cursing Chef Gordon Ramsay throw a saute pan full of risotto into the garbage while Hell’s Kitchen competitors look on with wide eyed shock, you definitely get the impression that you should be terrified to attempt … [Read more...]
Slow Cooker Ham Recipe – Moist and Fork Tender
This slow cooker ham recipe is moist and fork tender!This Slow Cooker Ham recipe is my "go-to" recipe when cooking a ham dinner. It is so much better than the traditional oven "baked ham" because it consistently produces a delicious, tender, moist ham that will be an easy focal point for your ham dinner.  This ham recipe is delicious and can be adjusted for cooking … [Read more...]