Corned Beef and Cabbage

It was that time of the year again, so I pulled out my one and only crockpot recipe book and went to town.

Tender and juicy.

You can never have to many "after" pictures…..

Hungarian Beef Stew

This is very easy and very good tasting recipe. Cooking with the slowcooker is just so nice because you don't have the stress of making dinner in the evening.

Here are the ingredients:

After browning the meat and mvoing it to the slow cooker, sautee the onions and green peppers:

Add the Paprika:

And the liquid:

Pour it into the slow cooker and add the rest of the ingredients:

I know this picture doesn't look real yummy, but believe me, it's good. It's so good that I forgot to take any more pictures, so I have to update this when I make it again.

Crock Pot Sloppy Joes

Find a review of the cookbook and the recipe here.

Here are the ingredients:


Add the beef with the onion, bell pepper, celery and garlic to the pan and cook until the meat is done:

Transfer to the slow cooker and add the rest of the ingredients:
Cook for 6-7 hours and serve on hamburger buns. We loved it so much that I forgot to take pictures:)

Crock Pot Roast

This recipe doesn't need much, except time. You can find it here.
Sautee the celery, turnip, carrot and onion:
Move the vegetables to the crock pot and brown the roast in the pan:
Other side:
Put the meat on top of the vegetables in the crockpot and add the wine to the pan and reduce:

And after a few more steps you end up with a delicious meal:

Chili Night

It's cold, it's College Football Saturday, which means it's time to have some chili! We use the "Texas Chain Gang Chili" recipe. I believe its' from this book, but since I found it online I'm not sure, so here are the ingredients:
1/4 cup olive oil; 2 yellow onions; 8 cloves garlic; 4 jalapenos; 1.5 lbs ground beef; 1.5 lbs beef chuck, cubed; 2 tsp salt; 5 Tbsp chili powder (or fresh/dried ancho chili pods); 2 Tbsp cumin; 2 Tbsp oregano; 1 28oz can crushed tomatoes; 3 cups beef stock; 2 16oz cans dark red kidney beans.

Chop and sautee the onions and garlic first:

Meanwhile chop up the jalapenos. We remove the seeds. Oh and by "we" I mean my husband:)

Sautee it all some more and move it to the slow cooker:

In the same pot brown the meat:

And add the spices:

We decided to let it simmer for an additional 30 minutes because the chuck was kind of tough and this really helped.

Add the broth and tomatoes (not the beans):

Then we transferred it to the slow cooker:

About 5 minutes before we were ready to eat we added the kidney beans:

Serve it with some corn muffins:

And top it with some sour cream, cheese and spring onions:

Served over rice....Yum!