Slow Cooker Potatoes Au Gratin with Kielbasa

This dish didn’t turn out like I expected it to at all.  It was actually better than what I thought it would be! I am trying to use my slow cooker as much as I can right now.   The grocery store had 2 lb. bags of frozen diced potatoes on sale this week.  Of course…

Slow Cooker Hot Sandwich

When I saw this recipe on Pinterest for Crockpot Grinders from BigRedKitchen.com I was just waiting for a day that I could try it.  It looked simple enough and my family loves a good sandwich.  The best part was that it could be modified so that each person got exactly what they wanted in their…

Slow Cooker Cashew Chicken

As a busy mom I really try to use my slow cooker at least once each week.  If you really want to use your slow cooker often I highly suggest a programmable one.  That way the cooker can turn itself to keep warm or change from high to low as you need it to.  My…

Sweet Little Smokie Sausages

This is not a great picture but these disappear so quickly around my house it is impossible for me to get a picture! This is the easiest appetizer to make and everyone always loves it.  The pineapple bits and the little Smokies with the sweet sauce are delicious! Ingredients: 2 packages of Hillshire Little Smokies…

Slow Cooker Beef Ribs

So I bought ribs for the first time.  I have always been intimidated about cooking them.  My children always order them when we go out so I decided that since they were on sale this week I would give it a shot. All I did was trim some of the fat off the ribs and…

Slow Cooker Salsa Chicken

This recipe turned out much differently than I thought it would.  I let it cook for quite awhile as we had things to do and it ended up cooking about an hour or two past the time it was done.  It was still very tasty but most of the liquid had been absorbed so it…

Slow Cooker Loaded Baked Potato Soup with Chicken

I love my slow cooker.  Yes,  I am starting to use the term slow cooker as Crock Pot is a brand name and that is not what I have.  But, I am using my slow cooker at least 3-4 days per week right now. This soup, stew, chowder?  Whatever you would like to name it…

Crockpot Beef Stew

My refrigerator is slowly dying and I again needed an emergency dinner so I turned to my trust crock pot.  I LOVE my crock pot!  I had frozen stew beef and needed to make something so the easiest way for me to cook is my crock pot. Ingredients: 1 1/2 lbs. stew beef well-trimmed 1…