Articles tagged “Crock Pot Recipes”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

The Vegetarian Slow Cooker: It's Not Just For Cold Weather Anymore By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Apr 9 2010 I wanted to have a few friends over for a few glasses of biodynamic white wine and some screen porch appetizers and I got some great ideas from the book. I decided to try out the mushroom and roasted garlic crostini with goat cheese. My husband made fresh baguettes last night and I had some great goat cheese from right up the road at Split Creek Farms in Andersen, SC. It's a really simple recipe but the end product is a pretty elegant little appetizer. + READ MORE

Crock Pot Comfort: Soy Glazed Chicken Hot Pot By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Jan 25 2010 I know I've whined a bit in the last few weeks about having a bad cold. Well, all my heavy-duty coughing has resulted in a broken rib, which is astonishingly painful. The crock pot has been a real life saver for me over the past two weeks, because I can get an easy meal started in the early afternoon when I still have a bit of energy, and then I don't have to worry about it for the rest of the day, + READ MORE

More Crock Pot Cooking: Thai Green Curry with Vegetables and Tofu By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Jan 20 2010 My husband was hovering around the kitchen while I was making my black bean chili yesterday, and he got all excited because he thought I was making the Thai Green Curry that was on the opposing page. He was so crestfallen to discover his error, that I had to promise to make the curry for him today. + READ MORE

Energy Efficient Cooking: Black Bean Chili with Avocado Salsa By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Jan 19 2010 I've been enjoying The Canadian Living Slow Cooker Collection so much, I went back to it to see what I could find that was vegetarian. This black bean chili was really appealing to me. It took no time at all to get it going and then the house filled with that wonderful chili aroma. + READ MORE

Soup of the Week: Chicken Noodle Soup By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Jan 15 2010 I had a cold so I made Chicken Broth with Greens two weeks ago which made me feel much better. Now the cold is gone except for a residual barking cough, so I felt like it was time to make myself some more chicken soup. This time I went for childhood comfort soup - chicken noodle + READ MORE

Mulled Apple Cider for New Year's Eve By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Dec 29 2009 My daughter, who loves apple cider, made us some really delicious mulled cider on Christmas Eve. It seems to me that this is a wonderful drink to serve for NewYear's Eve as well. It's spicy and warming and entirely satisfying and will make your house smell wonderful. + READ MORE

Kelly's 12 Most Delicious Cheap Meals of 2009 By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Dec 28 2009 It's that time of the year when people start compiling "best of the year" lists. We decided to do it last year and I published the 10 Best Economical Dinner Recipes of 2008. It was quite popular, so I'm doing it again this year. Here is the list of my favourite economical recipes of 2009. + READ MORE

Dust off the Slow Cooker for Ayurvedic Kitchari By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Nov 10 2009 As the fall and winter begin to set in and you begin to crave warming, hearty foods, the slow cooker becomes ever the more useful. I'm not saying that it's not useful throughout the year, but for me winter is prime slow cooker time. + READ MORE

Warming Slow Cooker Cabbage, Perfect for a Frosty Day By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Nov 10 2009 Cabbage is a great addition to soup, stew, and loads of slow cooker recipes. It's hearty and it's grown locally in autumn all over the place. It also keeps for a long time. + READ MORE

Crock Pot Beef Stew Perfect for a Rainy 'Summer' Day By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Jul 8 2009 All year long I look forward to going to our cottage, which is strictly a summer place and we have to use a boat to get there. There's no insulation and we use an efficient fire place for heat. Every morning in July and August, I take my cup of tea out to my deck and sit under my umbrella and read. From my vantage point right at the edge of the lake I get a pretty good view of the wildlife around me. Chipmunks, red squirrels, snapping turtles, mink, ducks, loons, hummingbirds, and this year a beaver are pretty frequent visitors. Usually. + READ MORE

How to Use a Solar Oven: Beans and Rice Recipe By Sami Grover IN Food & Health Jul 7 2009 When I wrote my post on how to use a solar cooker, I mentioned that we often make use of the stove to get a recipe going. Kind of like using a haybox cooker, the idea is to build up enough heat in the food to start it, and then allow the solar cooker to keep it cooking until it is done. + READ MORE

Sites We Love: We Love A Year of Slow Cooking for Easy, Delicious Recipes By Blythe Copeland IN Food & Health Jun 15 2009 If you thought slow-cookers went out of style alongside avocado-colored appliances and shag carpets, you weren?t entirely wrong. But as busy schedules push aside home-cooked meals and healthy dinners, the Crock-Pot is a foolproof?and eco-friendly?solution to the fast-food-every-night problem: it uses minimal energy, which is good for your wallet and your carbon footprint; it makes a ton of food, so you always have leftovers; you can use less expensive cuts of meat; and you can throw in meat and vegetables raw (or even frozen) before heading off to work and come home to a mouth-watering meal. + READ MORE

Emeril's Crock Pot Sausage and Peppers (Video) By Team Planet Green IN Food & Health Apr 17 2009 Emeril Lagasse's recipe for crock pot sausage and peppers from the RV Livin' episode of Emeril Green. + READ MORE

Make White Beans with Rosemary in Your Crock Pot By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Mar 25 2009 Only a few days back from my trip to Kenya, I was still feeling a bit tired and not terribly interested in cooking, so a crock pot meal seemed like the appropriate thing to do. + READ MORE

Prepare A Traditional Irish Stew for St. Patrick's Day By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Mar 16 2009 One of my closest friends lives in Ireland and she was surprised the first year she was there just how important and serious St. Patrick's Day is there. I think she was surprised because here in North America everyone uses it as an excuse to drink too much beer and wear silly green clothes, whether you are of Irish heritage or not. + READ MORE

Make a Greener Corned Beef and Cabbage for St. Patty's Day By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Mar 5 2009 I'm Irish and so is my husband but I have to admit that this is not a meal that we often partook in until I realized how easy it was with the slow cooker. Celebrate this fabulously green hued day with a greener take on an ol' Irish favorite and pair it with a homemade green beer. + READ MORE

Prep Food for the Week with a Slow Cooker Thai Lentil Stew By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Jan 28 2009 I made this last Sunday and we ate it for three days and enjoyed it each and every day. It's easy, filling, flavorful, and great for this frigid weather. Lentils, a small but nutritionally mighty member of the legume family, are a very good source of cholesterol-lowering fiber. + READ MORE

Make an Indian Inspired Dinner in Your Crock Pot By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Jan 28 2009 Mondays are always busy for me and fitting in the time to cook dinner was always a problem. I'm sure many of you live this way all week. You get home from work and have to get something on the table quickly because a family member has to rush off to sports practice or a lesson. My husband and I both work at home and our kids don't live here anymore, so Monday is my only panic day. + READ MORE

Make This Hearty Braised Beef Sauce for Pasta By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Jan 16 2009 I'm doing something I've never done on Planet Green before. I'm giving you a recipe that took me three days to make. You can do it faster, of course, but taking the time really makes a huge difference in flavour. + READ MORE

Soup of the Week: Mushroom Barley Soup By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Jan 8 2009 It took me about ten minutes to make it first thing in the morning, then I sat down to practice my piano. Three hours later, I got up and the soup was done. I knew that my husband loved it too because he nodded his head a lot while he ate. + READ MORE