#slow-cooker

[barananduen-blog]

"THE SECRET OF THE LOST PEARL, S.2" - BEHIND THE SCENES XIAO SHUNYAO PAINTING PEOPLE'S FACES

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[slowlycooking]

11 Slow-Cooker Breakfast Recipes That Will Make Your Mornings Easier

Why make breakfast in the morning when you can make it the night before?!

[johnschneiderblog]

The little cookbook

Although this slow-cooker is fairly new, the cookbook is damn near a half-century old.

I know this because it came with one of the four "crock pots" we received as shower/wedding gifts in June of 1975.

It's a stretch, really, to call it a "book." It started out as a book, but now it's a sheaf of food-stained, dog-eared pages. The staples that once kept its spine intact are long gone. Its pages are crumbling at the corners.

For 50 years, through all those meals for six, we've called it "the little cookbook." As in, "I have a taste for chili; where's 'the little cookbook?'"

And it's still the document I turn to when it's vegetable-venison soup season.

[askwhatsforlunch]

Velvet Hot Chocolate

We have a slow-cooker, which we’ve won, I believe; but I never use it. Even when I make stews, I tend to pop the Dutch oven in the oven and forget it for a few hours. But the slow-cooker turns out to be a wonderful invention for hot chocolate. All you need are three (good quality) ingredients, which you pop into the slow-cooker, and you can go for a long walk in the sun or the snow and come back to this beautifully thick and creamy Velvet Hot Chocolate! Happy Friday!

Ingredients (serves 2 to 4; depending on the size of your mugs!):

1 litre/1 quart whole milk

200 grams/7 ounces good quality dark chocolate (at least 56%)

1/2 tablespoon Homemade Vanilla Extract

Pour whole milk into the slow-cooker. 

Roughly chop dark chocolate and add to the milk, along with Vanilla Extract. Cover with the lid and heat over a low heat, 80°C/175°F, for one hour.

Then remove the lid, and give a good strir. Increase heat to 100°C/210°F, put the lid back on, and cook, another hour. 

Finally, remove the lid, give a good stir to mix, and cook, another 15 to 20 minutes, stirring occasionally until you have a beatifully smooth, thick and glossy hot chocolate.

Serve Velvet Hot Chocolate hot, sprinkled with chocolate shavings.

[lundsandbyerlys]

Slow-Cooker Pulled Pork Sandwiches

The root beer makes all the difference in this simple slow-cooker recipe!

8 servings Preparation time: 7 hours, 10 minutes

Ingredients

1 (2-5 pound) pork shoulder roast

1 ½ cups (12 ounces) bottled or canned root beer

2 ¼ cups (18 ounces) any Lunds & Byerlys Bar-B-Q Sauce

8 Lunds & Byerlys Bakery Buns

Directions

Place pork in a slow cooker. Pour root beer over the meat.

Cover and cook 6 to 7 hours on low until the pork shreds easily. Drain well. Stir in barbecue sauce.

Serve on buns. Top with Our Deli Coleslaw if desired.

Recipe adapted from Allrecipes

[pane-bistecca]

Lamb-shanks cooked with carrots, onions and mushrooms in my trusty SlowCooker/Crockpot

[the-food-bloggess]

EASY CHICKEN PARMIGIANO INGREDIENTS: 1-2 lbs Organic Chicken Breasts 1 Jar of your favorite Marinara Sauce 1/2 tsp Corn Starch 1 Cup Shredded Low Fat Mozzarella 1 Cup Shredded Parmesan Cheese 1/4 Cup Bread Crumbs (optional) Fresh Basil Leaves (optional) Favorite Pasta or Quinoa DIRECTIONS: Pour Marinara into large bowl, add 1/2 tsp Corn Starch. Whisk together. Pour a little less then half of whisked Marinara into bottom of your Crockpot/Slowcooker. Place Chicken Breasts flat down into Slowcooker. Cover the Chicken with 1/2 Cup Parmesan and 1/2 Cup Mozzarella. Reserve rest of cheese for later. Pour remaining Marinara on top of Chicken. Cover with Crockpot Lid. Heat on High for 2-3 hours or Low for 4-6. Open lid and add remaining Cheese, cover and let melt for around 15-30 minutes. Toast Bread Crumbs (I like to use Italian Seasoned Bread Crumbs; If you only have plain, feel free to add oregano, basil, garlic and onion powder to crumbs for an Italian flavor) Simply toast by stirring bread crumbs in a med-high heated pan until browned. No need to oil pan! Serve your Chicken Parmigian over your favorite pasta, sprinkle with bread crumbs and garnish with basil leaves if desired. This is SUCH an easy and yummy favorite in our home. Even my picky eating son gobbles this up! He calls it "Pizza Chicken Pasta" LOL 😁

[slowlycooking]

Slow-Cooker French Dip For Nights When You Need Dinner To Cook Itself

These slow-cooker French dip sandwiches feature tender beef sandwiched between provolone cheese and toasted hoagie rolls. Dry soup mix adds