Cold Weather Recipes

I love my crockpot and use it all the time. Check out allrecipes.com I get tons of great meals from there. You can just put crock pot or slow cooker in the search box, or you can search by ingredients you have on hand. I always sort by rating to get the best recipes! I love to make chili, BBQ pulled prk, sloppy Joe, any sort of roast, clam showder, stew, to name just a couple. Here is a few links to my favorite crock recipes from the site. Take a few minutes to read others ratings/suggestions and they really help! Enjoy.

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Easy-Slow-Cooker-French-Dip/... (This one I add some extra seasonings, use Killian's beer, add some au jus packs and worchestire sauce...butter rolls, add garlic salt and cheese, and put in the broiler to serve beef on)

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Slow-Cooked-Chili/Detail.aspx (I add some cumin and mild gardinera)

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Slow-Cooker-Beef-Stroganoff-... (add some fresh mushrooms)

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/My-Best-Clam-Chowder/Detail....

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Slow-Cooker-Beef-Stew-I/Deta... (Follow user Corinne's suggestions!)

Stews and soups are very popular in our house.

This is a favorite in our household and it's sooo easy!

Vegetable Beef Soup

Saute a diced onion in a large soup pot. Brown 1 lb ground beef (or ground turkey, chicken, etc), in same pot. Once meat is browned add enough beef broth to cover meat. Add one bag of frozen mixed veggies (whatever kind you like...we usually use the corn, green beans, lima beans, peas, carrots mix). Add 4 cups of V8 juice (sometimes I mix 2 cups of Spicy V8 with 2 cups of regualr V8). Add a can of kidney beans if you like them. Simmer until heated through. We like to serve it over cooked macaroni noodles. As an alternative, sometimes we throw in a cup of brown rice or barley when we add the veggies and then obviously don't serve the noodles. I haven't done this in the crock pot, but I'm sure you certainly could. Enjoy!

Hi A.!

Are you familiar with the Pampered Chef? The Pampered Chef offers many recipes that are delicious and can be prepared in 30 minutes or less. I would love to cook one of these yummy recipes for your friends and family.

Just to name a few...
Grilled Chicken Penne Al Fresco (made in the microwave!)
Asian Pork & Noodle Skillet
Mexican Chicken "Lasagna" (made in the microwave!)
Loaded Baked Potato Chowder (made in the microwave!)
South of the Border Meatloaf (made in the microwave!)

I would love to chat with you to see which one you would like. Please give me a call whenever it is convenient for you.

S. Centeno
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