Food Guide and Recipes

Believe it or not there are a ton of ways to cook chicken in a Crockpot. Crockpot chicken recipes are easy, once you get the hang of using a Crockpot, and delicious. The Crockpot method produces chicken dishes, bursting with flavor, making them as satisfying as they are healthy. Furthermore, once you master Crockpot cooking, you will find that these Crockpot chicken recipes virtually make themselves.

Still, the Crockpot – while a great and versatile cooking tool – is not as user friendly as the oven or microwave. It is very easy to ruin your meal either by cooking the ingredients incorrectly or using Crockpot recipes that are not well designed. Continue reading ‘How to Cook Chicken in a Crockpot: Our Top 5 Crockpot Chicken Cooking Tips’ »

Chicken Fricassee

This is a simple recipe, it only takes say 30-45 minutes prep time and it cooks in 4-5 hours, but the longer you keep it cooking the more flavor you have. Do not let the prep scare you it is simpler that it sounds. I am just trying to be through, and well defined, so that is it well understood.

Ingredients:

Cut veggies as described below

1 large whole Onion

2 bunches of Green

1 bunch Parsley (cut these with kitchen scissors)

1 Green Pepper

1 Jalepino Pepper

Set this aside for later

1 chicken leg and thigh (per person)

1 ½ cup oil

1 cup flour

1 Tablespoon Hungarian Paprika

(this has more flavor, less heat, it is also darker in color)

Salt and pepper to taste

1 Tablespoon of chicken seasoning

2 cloves garlic or 2 Tablespoons garlic in a jar

2 Cups of Water

1 Cup rice cooked (per person) serve on the side. Cover with the Rue. Continue reading ‘Cajun Chicken – Chicken Fricassee’ »

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During the fall and winter months, I enjoy making hearty soups and stews in my crock pot for my family. I love the fact that I can spend a few minutes in the morning preparing it, put it into the slow cooker and walk away…a few hours later, our dinner is hot and ready to enjoy.

The following recipe was given to me by my 83 year old great aunt about 25 years ago. To this day, I still enjoy making it for my family. If you don’t like okra, you can certainly omit it from the recipe. At times, I have actually substituted the okra with some fresh green beans or green peas, and the stew was just as delicious. Continue reading ‘Crock Pot – Old Fashioned Beef Stew Recipe’ »

Each of us has a busy lifestyle. Because of this we tend to forget the most important aspect of our lives: food. Who has countless hours to spend in the kitchen, when they could spend that time doing something else, something more resourceful? Why would we even consider cooking a meal, when there are so many restaurants and fast-foods on every corner?

Let me ask you something about these quick and easy ‘solutions’. Would you consider damaging your health by choosing fast-food because you don’t have the time to spend at a table and eat a regular meal? Are you willing to spend a fortune and eat at a restaurant every night, when you could provide food for the entire family for a week with the money you spend in a single night at a restaurant? Continue reading ‘Why use slow cooker recipes over traditional recipes’ »

Did you know that you can bake delicious desserts using your crock pot? These days, you can cook or bake, just about anything in your slow cooker.

Here are a few tips to get you started.

1. As a rule of thumb, it’s not a good idea to remove the lid during cooking. Removing the lid releases the heat and steam, which can add-on additional cooking time. Continue reading ‘Baking Desserts In Your Crock Pot’ »

I was walking through the aisles of the grocery store a couple of days ago, and I noticed the increase in prepackaged slow cooker meals. I already know the rewards of using a slow cooker because I’ve been using mine for years, so it came as no surprise to me when others started talking about the advantages of cooking with a crock pot but why did it take the rest of the country so long to find out? But even with this increase in popularity, I’ve recently been asked by a few “newbies” “Is slow cooking really that great?”

That question would be easy to answer even if all you’ve ever done is make chicken stew with your slow cooker. It’s just too easy and the food tastes exceptional when cooked slowly and evenly in a crock pot. Continue reading ‘Is Slow Cooking Really That Great?’ »