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Butter
Bean and Sausage Hot Pot
Perfume the
winter kitchen and fuel the fires of anticipation with the aromas of this
slow-cooked meal composed of tender butter beans and smoked sausage infused
with rosemary, garlic and fennel.
Ingredients:Serving: 12 one-cup servings
1 pound smoked sausage
1/4 pound bacon 3 cups fennel, sliced 2 inches long and 1/4 inch thick (1 large bulb) 1 cup celery, sliced 1/2 inch thick 1 cup diced onion 2 tablespoons coarsely chopped garlic (about 3 cloves) 1 pound dried butter beans 1 1/2 teaspoons chopped fresh rosemary 1/4 teaspoon ground pepper 1 bay leaf 2 14 1/2-ounce cans chicken stock 5 cups water Directions:
Make the
hot pot: Brown the sausage in a large skillet over medium-high heat.
Remove and slice into 1/2-inch rounds. Set aside. Cook the bacon in the
same skillet until crisp and golden brown; remove from skillet and set
aside, reserving the bacon fat. Reduce heat to medium, add the fennel and
celery to the bacon fat and cook for 4 to 5 minutes. Add the onions and
garlic and continue to cook until onions become translucent. Remove from
heat. Place the browned sausage, cooked bacon, sautéed vegetables and
remaining ingredients in a slow cooker and cover. Cook on the low setting
until beans are tender -- 6 to 8 hours. Serve hot.
Nutrition:
Crock-Pot
Broccoli Cheese Dinner (EASY & GOOD)
2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
(defrosted or frozen; doesn't matter)
1 can broccoli-cheese soup (try to find the low-sodium kind if you want) 1 C chicken broth (I used bouillon granules mixed with water) 2 Tbsp. dried parsley 1 clove garlic, minced pepper to taste 1 C uncooked rice Directions: Place everything except for the rice into the crock pot. Cook on Low until the chicken is done and no longer pink in the center. Add the cup of rice. Cook on Low until the rice is done (do not cook for too long or else the rice will get mushy). Serve immediately with maybe a few sprinkles of dried parsley on top as a garnish. Contributed by Jane Hutchinson
Hamburger Patties -
fresh or frozen, any size Place Hamburger Patty on sheet of aluminum foil, stack potatoes on top of patty, place onion slices on top of potatoes. Salt & Pepper to taste. Wrap aluminum foil around food to make a sealed packet. Bake at 400º for 1 hour or until meat is done. I've also used Portabella mushrooms instead of hamburger meat. Also you can make these with just vegetables, you can add carrots, zucchini, etc. If just using vegetables spray the foil with Pam or add a little marinade to keep vegetables from sticking. Men love these! Contributed by Lisa Evans
Crock Roast
Serves 8 3 pounds rump roast, trimmed 3 cloves garlic 1 teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons thyme 1 onion -- quartered 4 carrot -- sliced 1" thick 1 cup red wine 1/2 cup beef broth In a large skillet, brown the beef on high on all sides. Salt and pepper to taste. Place beef in the crockpot and top with the thyme, and onion. Put carrots around the side. In the skillet that browned the beef, add broth and red wine and cook till boiling, deglazing the pan (scraping up the browned bits) as you go. Pour this on top of the beef. Place lid on the crockpot and cook on high for about 4 - 5 hours or low 7 to 9 hours. Per serving: 189 Calories (kcal); 6g Total Fat; (29% calories from fat); 26g Protein; 4g Carbohydrate; 66mg Cholesterol; 296mg Sodium Leanne Ely, C.N.C.
Crockpot
Apple Pie
8 Tart Apples peeled and sliced 1 1/4 teaspoons ground cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon allspice 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg 3/4 cup milk 2 tablespoons butter soften 3/4 cup sugar 2 eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla 1/2 cup Bisquick 1 cup Bisquick 1/3 cup brown sugar 3 tablespoons cold butter Toss apples in large bowl with cinnamon, allspice, and nutmeg. Place in lightly greased crockpot. Combine milk, softened butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla, and the 1/2 c Bisquick. Spoon over apples. Combine the 1 cup Bisquick and brown sugar. Cut the cold butter into mixture until crumbly. Sprinkle this mixture over top of apple mixture. Cover and cook on low 6-7 hours or until apples are soft. Christy Dixon
Ingredients: 2 LBS. boneless, skinless chicken
breasts, cut up Put chicken in crockpot. Mix other ingredients together and pour over chicken. Cook on Medium-low heat for 4 - 6 hours. Serve over rice or noodles. Shirley
2 frozen pie crusts
5 eggs, beaten
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 red bell pepper, roasted and
chopped
(buy in a jar and use
1/2 cup)
1 - 7 oz.can of green chilies
2 cups grated cheese (1/2 M Jack,
1/2 cheddar)
Jane
Serves 6 1/2 lb. ground beef (can use ground
turkey or chicken) In large heavy skillet, brown and crumble ground meat. Stir in onion and garlic; cook and stir until is sot, about 3 minutes. Dump this and the remaining ingredients into a crockpot set on low. Cook about 6 hours -- more won't hurt it. Serve with Mexican grilled cheese sandwiches (quesadillas) and a salad. Per Serving: 187 Calories (kcal); 9 g. Total fat (42%calories from fat); 12 g Protein; 15 g Carbohydrates; 27 mg Cholesterol; 992 mg. Sodium Food Exchanges: 1/2 Grain (Starch); 1 Lean Meat; 1 Vegetable; 0 Bruit; 1 Fat; 0 Other Carbohydrates
Turkey, Pheasant, chicken or other
fowl. Rivels (two tablespoons flour and one egg mixed with a fork. it forms pea-sized dough balls called rivels--sort of like mini-mini- dumplings or pieces of noodle) Instructions: 1. Kill, gut and skin the bird. (OK--that's Denny's instructions--I NEVER do any of that part. You can use a chicken, turkey, etc from the store. The bird is skinned in this recipe because it saves the PIA of plucking, plus the skin layer adds more fat, but you can use the bird with the skin. If you do you'll need to skim the fat layer off) 2. Boil and de-bone the bird. Cut up giblets (well actually, cut up the gizzard and heart and mash the liver). This is optional, but does make a better flavor. Return bird to pot and add boullion to broth until desired saltiness is reached. Add celery. 3, Add cumin , pepper, parsley and corn. Sugar to taste. (the amount will vary between canned corn, and fresh corn and what time in the season the fresh corn is harvested.) 4. Add the hard boiled eggs and rivels. Stir. You may also add small pasta instead of or in addtion to the rivels. 5. Let cool completely before covering. Note: you can do the cooling in the fridge, but it must be cooled completely before covering it, or the corn gets sour for some reason. I didn't believe Denny when he first told me that, and felt it should be covered--sure enough, the soup soured. Usually when we make this we eat some right away, and freeze meal-sized amounts for later. This is very much a Pennsylvania Dutch (German) recipe. It definately sticks to the ribs (as well as the arteries, no doubt, and possibly the hips, LOL). Kathy
This page was last updated on 03/16/2005
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