Looking for Easy, Yummy Crock Pot Recipes!!

Hi V.,

A great one is a pound of chicken breasts, a jar of salsa and a little bit of water. cook for 8 hours. during the last hour mix in a block of cream cheese and break apart the chicken with a fork. serve with taco shells. its a huge hit in our house.

Hi V.,

Boy, oh boy do I know how nice it is to have dinner ready in the evening after a hustle-bustle of a day and so I am happy to share a few recipes that I tinkered with and have used for years...

SLOW COOKIN' CHICKEN & DUMPLINGS:

-4 skinless, boneless chicken breasts (diced into edible sized chunks)
-2--10 oz. pkgs. of Grand's Buttermilk biscuits (cut into chunks of your preference--will be placed over top---and should at least be quartered for cooking)
-2 Tbsp. butter
-3 cans low sodium (healthy request) condensed cream of chicken soup (set one empty soup can aside to use for water)
-3 soup cans full of water (or enough to fill crock pot to desired level--after adding ALL ingredients except biscuits
-1 small onion, finely diced
-2 diced carrots or 8-10 diced baby carrots (or to your taste)
-3 stalks celery, diced
-fresh minced garlic (to taste)
-pepper (to taste)
-2 tsps. of parsley flakes
-1/2 pkg. of onion soup mix
-1/4 cup warm water
-1 1/2 tsps. cornstarch
-1-2 cubes of chicken bouillion

To do: Dice chicken breasts into bite-sized chunks and put into bottom of crock pot. Add diced onion, carrot and celery. Pour cans of soup over mix and then add in spices--garlic, parsley, onion soup mix, bouillion. Now add in 3 soup-cans-full of water (or amount you need for your particular cooker--there should be enough room at top to add biscuits onto top later) and stir well. Then, in a 1/4 cup of really warm water...mix in your cornstarch and stir until smooth with no lumps and then stir into your crockpot. Cover and cook on HIGH for 5-6 hours (each crockpot is different). An hour before serving, add in butter and stir contents well and then place your cut biscuits evenly over the top of your chicken mixture. (You can also lightly sprinkle some garlic salt and parsley over the top of the biscuits for presentation, if desired.) ((Dough should be cooked enough to no longer be raw in the center.))

ZESTY SLOW COOKER BARBECUE CHICKEN:

-6 frozen skinless, boneless chicken breast halves (if not frozen, then you may want to add in about 1/4 to 1/2 cup of water that you would have melted from the frozen chicken)
-1 (12 oz) bottle of barbecue sauce
-1/2 cup italian salad dressing
-1/3 cup brown sugar
-2 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
-2 cloves crushed garlic
-1 tsp. of yellow mustard

TO DO: Place your chicken in your slow cooker. In a med. sized bowl, mix your barbecue sauce, salad dressing, brown sugar, worc. sauce and garlic and then pour evenly over the chicken. (If needed, add water in also as noted above.) Then cover and cook for 3-4 hours on HIGH or 6-8 hours on LOW. It's great served with mashed or baked potatoes and some fresh steamed green beans. Enjoy! :)

SLOW COOKED BEEF STROGANOFF:

- 1 lb. beef stew meat - cubed
-2 (10.75 oz.) cans of condensed golden mushroom soup
-either: half of a large onion diced, or a whole small onion
-1/2 packet of onion soup mix
-1 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
-1/4 cup sour cream
-1/2 cup water
-4 ounces cream cheese
-minced garlic, salt and pepper --to taste
-pkg. of large egg noodles

TO DO: Note: Pre-cook egg noodles and have them ready to go if you need everything done right at supper time, otherwise, you can cook the egg noodles about half-an-hour before you are due to eat. Place the meat, soup, onion, onion soup mix, worc. sauce, water and salt, pepper and garlic into your crockpot and stir well. Cover and cook on LOW setting for 5 hours (your time may need to be adjusted?). Then, just about 15-30 minutes prior to serving, stir in your cream cheese and sour cream and then re-cover until you are ready to serve. Stir well and serve over egg noodles of your choice with a green veggie and you are good! Enjoy! :)

I have more that I can send you later, if you like. I hope these help and that some of them work for you. I am always tinkering with recipes to "make them my own" and so please do the same with these! God bless.

We made this one the other day...
http://www.recipezaar.com/Crock-Pot-Cheesy-Chicken-Ham-So...
I added a lot more ham than it says to because we had a ton of leftover ham. And you don't need that much butter. Served over egg noodles and it was a hit. My husband thought it tasted a little like a tuna helper but even so it was eaten by everyone and super easy.
I'm also a fan of throwing the pork shoulder in the crock pot for about 12 hours on low, then adding bbq sauce and honey and cooking for another 4 hours or so for some great pulled pork sandwiches. Can't get any easier than that.

I am also always on the lookout for easy crockpot recipes! The second is also a site that's all crockpot.... I haven't tried other recipes off it; I'm hoping to use my crockpot more this year. We love these two soups (but they seem to turn into more of a stew unless you add more liquid!):
http://southernfood.about.com/od/crockpotsoup/r/bl43c14.htm
http://crockpot365.blogspot.com/2008/11/salsa-chicken-and...