Country Style Scalloped Potatoes

One of my favorite Gooseberry Patch cookbooks is Slow Cookers, Casseroles & Skillets. I can always find a good recipe to prepare for any season. But, most of all, I use it for the colder months.

Served with biscuits or corn bread, Country-Style Scalloped Potatoes is another family favorite. This recipe is easy to prepare, cooked in the slow cooker, and ready to eat within 4 1/2 hours!

Country-Style Scalloped Potatoes

6 russet potatoes, thinly sliced
(I used 5 lg)

1 1/2 lbs ham steak, cubed

10 3/4 oz can cream of mushroom soup

1 1/4 cup water

1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese

grill seasoning to taste

(I used 1 1/2 tsp of Paprika)

Layer potatoes and ham in a slow cooker that has been sprayed with non-stick spray.

(I used my 6 qt)

Combine remaining ingredients; pour over potatoes and ham.

Cover and cook on high setting for 3 1/2 hrs,

until potatoes are fork tender.

Turn slow cooker to low setting; 

continue cooking for about one hour.

DEEEELICIOUS!

Makes 4 - 6 servings.

Cheesy Chicken Tater Tot Casserole - Slow Cooker

Funny.... I use my slow cooker more in the colder months than in the summer.

I suppose it's because in the summer months we eat meals that aren't so heavy...or hot.

And we grill out a lot too.

But, as soon as the cooler weather hits,

my slow cooker becomes the centerpiece on my counter top!

I have a stack of recipes I plan on trying this Fall and Winter...

so stay tuned!

I borrowed this recipe from 

Brandie at The Country Cook

I did add a few extra ingredients though.

....just a few extra seasonings.

 CHEESY CHICKEN 

TATER TOT CASSEROLE

1 (32 oz.) bag frozen tater tots
1 (3 oz.)bag bacon pieces
(or 4 -5 pieces cooked bacon, chopped)
1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breasts, diced
(do not pre-cook chicken)
1 1/2 tsp Montreal Chicken seasoning
1/2 tsp onion powder
2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
3/4 cup milk
salt & pepper, to taste

Spray slow cooker with non-stick spray.

Spread half the tator tots on the bottom of slow cooker.

Sprinkle 1/3 bacon pieces.

Top with 1/3 cheese.

Add chicken on top of cheese, 

Sprinkle seasonings on top of chicken.

Add 1/3 bacon pieces and 1/3 of cheese.

Place the rest of the tator tots on top of cheese. 

Add remaining bacon pieces and cheese.
Pour milk over top.

Cover and cook on low for 4 - 6 hours.

 

YUM!

Slow Cooker BBQ Ribs

I was about to put my ribs in the slow cooker.
I like to use Coca Cola in mine. But, I didn't have any.
Soooo....I decided to check out a few of my favorite blogs
and I found this one. Lo and behold...she had a solution to my problem.
She used Root Beer over her ribs!
Wa La...my problem is solved!
Thank you Beyer Beware for coming to my rescue!


Slow Cooker Country Style Pork Ribs

3 1/2 lbs Country Style Pork Ribs

Pork Rub
1 cup BBQ sauce (spicy or not)
1 cup Root Beer

1 onion, sliced

Sprinkle both sides of ribs with pork rub.
Place ribs in bottom of slow cooker.

Add 1/2 cup BBQ sauce and root beer.

Place remaining ribs on top. 

Add remaining sauce and root beer.

Cover and cook on low for 8 hours.

You will have tender, fall off the bone, delicious ribs!

Slow Cooker Beef Roast w/ potatoes and green beans

I've got to hand it to whoever invented the slow cooker. 

Who ever it was, knew that busy cooks needed

something to help them get supper on the table 

without much fuss after a busy day.

I don't know where I'd be without mine!

Slow Cooker Beef Roast 

w/Potatoes and Green Beans

3 lb beef roast

4 large red potatoes, cut in to quarters

(I leave the skins on)
2 - 3 cups green beans

(I used fresh, but frozen is fine too)

1 TBSP + 2 tsp Montreal Steak Seasoning

1 TBSP Hamburger Seasoning

1/2 cup Worcestershire sauce, divided
1 14.5 oz can beef broth

Mix steak and hamburger seasonings in a small bowl

Add Potatoes and green beans to slow cooker.

Pour 1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce over veggies.

Sprinkle veggies with a few tsp of seasonings. 

Sprinkle half of the remaining steak and hamburger seasonings over one side of roast.

Place roast on top of veggies, seasoned side down.

With a sharp knife, poke roast several times.

Mix 1/4 cup worcestershire sauce and beef broth together. 

Pour over top of roast, making sure you pour directly in to knife holes.

Sprinkle remainder of seasonings over roast.

Cover and cook on low for 6 - 8 hrs,

depending on your tastes for medium well - well done.

Slow Cooker Chicken and Potatoes

 My youngest son has the ability to pick out spices and know that they will taste delicious together.

Well, he did it again. 

He went to the grocery store and came home with a few spices, bell pepper, onion, chicken and red potatoes. He left the rest up to me.
So, together, we came up with one of the most delicious slow cooker meals that I have ever tasted.

 Slow Cooker Chicken and Potatoes

4 leg quarters, cut apart
(or 4 thighs and 4 legs)

4 large red potatoes, 

cut in to 1 1/2 in cubes

1 onion, chopped

1 bell pepper, chopped

2 TBSP Chicken 'n Rib seasoning

1 TBSP Roasted Garlic and Herb

1 pkg Flavor Boost

1 cup water or chicken broth

Pour water/broth in slow cooker.

Place potatoes in slow cooker.

Remove skin from chicken.

Mix together seasonings.

Sprinkle seasonings over both sides of chicken,

(sprinkle a little bit over potatoes if you'd like)

Place chicken on top of potatoes.

Scatter bell pepper and onion on top of chicken.

Drizzle Flavor Boost over the top of chicken, peppers and onions.

Cover and cook on low for 8 hrs.

Delicious and full of flavor!

 

Slow Cooker Honey Sesame Chicken

Gotta love those Pinterest recipes!

I've decided to start trying some of the recipes that I have pinned.

It'll take me all year to go through them all,

and by that time I'm sure I'd have a lot more pinned! 

This recipe looked delicious and it led me to the web site of
Six Sisters Stuff

I've been a fan of theirs for quite some time.

Be sure to take the time to check out their page!

Slow Cooker Honey Sesame Chicken

4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts (thighs would be fine too)
Salt and pepper
1 cup honey
1/2 cup soy sauce
1/2 cup diced onion
1/4 cup ketchup
2 tablespoons vegetable oil (could also use olive oil or canola oil)
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes (optional - doesn't really add heat, just adds more flavor)
4 teaspoons cornstarch dissolved in 6 Tablespoons water
Sesame seeds

Directions:
Season both sides of chicken lightly with salt and pepper, put into crock pot. 

In a small bowl, combine honey, soy sauce, onion, ketchup, oil, garlic and pepper flakes. 

Pour over chicken. 

Cook on low for 3-4 hours or on high 1 1/2 – 2 1/2 hours, 

or just until chicken is cooked through. 

Remove chicken from crock pot, leave sauce. 

Dissolve 4 teaspoons of cornstarch in 6 tablespoons of water and pour into crock pot. Stir to combine with sauce. 

Replace lid and cook sauce on high for ten more minutes or until slightly thickened. Cut chicken into bite size pieces, then return to pot and toss with sauce before serving. 

Sprinkle with sesame seeds and serve over rice or noodles.

I'm thinking that next time I may add some pineapple

when I add the chicken back in. 

Yum!

"Rotisserie" Roast Chicken

Don't you just love Rotisserie chicken?

Oh, we do. 

I'll pick one up from the grocery store, 

cook a few sides and some dinner rolls

 and supper is on the table!

But now....no more spending money on cooked chicken!

This recipe is one of the best 'rotisserie' chickens we've ever had!
And.....you can season it any way you'd like!

The idea for this recipe was found in

"Rotisserie" Roast Chicken

5 lb roasting chicken

Seasoning salt to taste

or/plus any seasoning of your choice!
I used Season salt and

Weber's Kickin' Chicken Seasoning

Coat chicken with non-stick vegetable spray.

Sprinkle seasoning all over chicken and set aside.

Tear off a 12 piece of aluminum foil an crumble into a ball;

repeat to make a total of 8 foils balls.

Arrange balls in the bottom of an oval slow cooker that has been coated with non-stick vegetable spray. 

Place chicken on top of foil balls; do not add any water.

Cover and cook on low setting for 8 hours,

or on high setting for 4 - 5 hours. 

Serves 8

I cook mine breast down, so the breast will absorb more juices.
The 'top' tends to split when I do it this way.

I tried to get it out of the slow cooker in one piece, 

but it was so juicy and tender it just fell apart on me. 

But oh my....is it delicious!!

Pork Loin Roast w/veggies and smoke sausage- Slow Cooker

 As I was getting ready to put the ingredients in the slow cooker this morning, I realized I was missing one ingredient. So, I got out my other recipe. Well, I was missing one ingredient from that one too! 

Lucky for me, my oldest son had just walked in the door and he came to my rescue! 

"Mom...put in your veggies, broth, pork, then add smoked sausage and cream of chicken soup." 

What an odd combination, I thought. 

Oh my...that boy of mine knew what he was talking about!!
The only thing I added extra was a bit of Weber Kickin' Chicken for a little extra flavor. 

I do believe that this is now one of the best 

Pork Loin Roasts I have ever made!! 

And who better to share the recipe with than you!

Pork Loin Roast w/ Veggies and Smoked Sausage

2 cups fresh or frozen green beans

(I used fresh)

5 medium or 4 large red potatoes, cut in to 1 1/1" pieces

14.5 can chicken broth

5 lb pork loin roast

13 oz pkg smoke sausage, cut in to 1/2 to 3/4" pieces

10.5 oz cream of chicken soup

2 tsp Weber Kickin' Chicken seasoning

Add green beans and potatoes to slow cooker.

Pour broth over potatoes.

 Add the roast on top of potatoes

Sprinkle roast with seasoning.

Add smoked sausage on top of roast.

 Spoon cream of chicken soup on top of sausage.

Cover and cook on low for approx 7 hours.

And that's it folks! 

Moist. Tender. Juicy.

Great flavor!

 

Supper. Is. Ready!!

Jambalaya in the Slow Cooker

Yard sales are hard work...

going through my house and garage and picking through tubs and tubs of things that I haven't used in a year, pricing everything, and setting up the tables...

but it's good easy money and my house is less cluttered.

Those two reasons alone make it worth while.

I don't know how things are in your neck of the woods, 

but we have problems with shop lifters at our yard sales.

It's so frustrating sometimes.

Then we get the folks that come back and tell us that they didn't get all the things they bought in their bag. They either want a refund or they want to shop around and find something else to replace what they claim 'didn't make it home'. 

When they see that you are on to their scam, 

they slowly walk back to the their car and leave. 

Shame, shame.

But on a good note...

 when we were finished 

and all items not sold were put away,

supper was ready!

I love my slow cooker for reasons like this. 

Add all the ingredients in the morning

and supper is ready and the house is smelling good 

when you come in from work!

And to top it off...

you don't have to heat your house from your oven!

This Jambalaya doesn't have a strong Cajun flavor like most do. 

You can cut back on the amount of parsley and thyme and 

add 1 - 2 tsp of Cajun Seasoning and it will change the flavor completely. 

Either way...it's a very tasty meal and oh-so-simple to make!

Jambalaya

4 - 6 servings

1 large onion, chopped (1 cup)

1 medium green bell pepper, chopped (1 cup)

2 medium stalks celery, chopped (1 cup)

3 cloves garlic, finely chopped

1 can (28 oz) diced tomatoes, undrained

2 cups chopped fully cooked smoked sausage

1 TBSP parsley flakes

1/2 tsp dried thyme leaves

1/2 tsp salt

1/4 tsp pepper

1/4 tsp pepper sauce

3/4 lb uncooked peeled deveined medium shrimp (thawed if frozen)

4 cups hot cooked rice

Mix all ingredients, except shrimp and rice in 3 1/2 qt to 6 qt slow cooker.

Cover and cook on low heat setting 7 - 8 hrs or high heat for 3 - 4 hrs. 

Stir in shrimp.
Cover and cook on low heat setting for about 1 hr or until shrimp are pink and firm. 

Serve over rice.

Yum!

Very filling,

very simple, 

but oh-so-good!

Slow Cooker Coke Chicken - Southern Plate

Have you ever heard of Christy Jordan from

Southern Plate?

I've tried several of her recipes and they were just as awesome as she said they were.

Today, I tried the

 Slow Cooker Coke Chicken

It was one of the easiest recipes that I've ever put together. 

Only five ingredients...all of which I had on hand!

And good...oh my goodness, was it ever good!

Slow Cooker Coke Chicken

1 Fryer (whole chicken)

1 Lemon

1 Onion

1 18 oz bottle BBQ Sauce

1 Can Coca Cola

Peel onion and cut into quarters. Cut lemon into Quarters. 

Place fryer in crock pot.
Toss in onion quarters and lemon quarters. 

Pour in entire bottle of BBQ Sauce and entire can of Coke.

 I had a bottle of coke, so I only used 3/4 of the bottle.

Cover and cook on low all day (7-8 hrs) or high 3 to 4 hours. 

And of course, I had to put my usual note on the top of the lid

a little reminder for the men folk when they come home for lunch!

While this is cookin' up, 

let me tell you a little bit about Christy Jordan.

She has one of the best cookbooks,

Southern Plate,

 out there!
Here recipes are tried and true family recipes that are delicious!

And to top it off, most of her recipes
are handed down from her family!

Of course, we all know that those are the best kind of recipes....

the kind that we grew up with...

your momma or grandma's cookin'
that would make you hungry 

as soon as you walked in the kitchen!

You can purchase her cookbook

HERE

on Amazon.com 

and you can also find her on facebook

HERE.

 She gives daily updates about her recipes, her family,
and her cookbook signin' whereabouts! 

If you haven't checked out her recipes yet, 

then you are most definitely missing out!

Now...oh my goodness.

Just take a look at this chicken!

It is 'fall off the bone' tender! 

 I tried to scoop it all out together, but it just fell apart.

But, that's a good thing!

Supper's ready!

You just sit back and relax...
I'll fix your plate and bring it to you.

 Thank you Southern Plate 

for a new family favorite recipe!!

Slow Cooker Juicy Beef Roast

 

 

Have you ever paid a visit to

The Southern Lady Cooks

website?

If you haven't, then you are missing out!

She has some of the best recipes out there and I know you wouldn't want to miss out on them!

So head on over there to her blog and/or her facebook page and pay her a visit and tell her Gramma sent you!

But...wait...before you do that...you'll want to copy this recipe for some of the best roast beef I've ever eaten! I saw it on her page, and I knew I had to try it!

When I tried to scoop it out of my slow cooker, it fell apart...it was that tender!

I didn't use the amount of tomato sauce that her recipe calls for, but it was still a real winner! 

I served it over hot mashed potatoes with a vegetable and home made dinner rolls!

 Slow Cooker Juicy Beef Roast

from The Southern Lady Cooks

1 (4 or 5  pound) chuck roast. (This one is boneless)

1/4 cup apple cider vinegar

1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce

1/4 cup brown sugar

1 teaspoon liquid smoke

1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce

1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1 teaspoon Dijon mustard

1/2 teaspoon minced garlic

1/2 teaspoon chili powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon black pepper

1 teaspoon hot sauce (optional)

 

Put all ingredients in a bowl and whisk together until sauce is well blended and smooth.  Pour over roast in crockpot.  Cook on high for 4 or 5 hours or low for seven to eight hours.   Serve as main dish with sauce drizzled over meat. 

  Note:  This could also be pulled apart and used in tacos or burritos.  Makes good sandwiches, too. You could do this recipe in the oven and cook on 350 degrees for approximately 2 hours until roast is cooked to your satisfaction.   Enjoy!

 

 

Scalloped Potatoes and Ham

 A meal so simple, but so delicious!

You know how some foods are just meant to be together? 
Like potatoes and ham....
it doesn't matter how you could them.
Fried ham, fried potatoes.
Baked ham, mashed potatoes.

In this dish, ham and potatoes are the main ingredients again.
Add a little extra seasoning, some soup and cheese
and pop it in all in a slow cooker and you've got a great meal
when you come in after a long busy day.

Scalloped Potatoes and Ham

6 large russet potatoes, sliced into 1/4 inch rounds

(I left the skins on!)

1 ham steak (about 1 1/2 lbs) cut in to cubes

1 can (10 3/4 oz) cream of mushroom soup

1 soup can water

1  cup shredded Cheddar cheese

Grill seasoning to taste

( I used 1/2 tsp McCormick's Grill Mates Montreal Chicken)

Layer potatoes and ham in Crock Pot.

Combine soup, water, cheese and seasoning in a large mixing bowl.

Pour mixture over potatoes and ham.

(do you see my mistake? I forgot to add the cheese, 

so I added it later and then stirred it in at the end. Perfect!)

Cover and cook on HIGH for 3 1/2 hours until potatoes are fork tender.

Turn slow cooker to LOW and continue cooking for 1 hour.

!

I could make a meal out of just this dish,

but my family wouldn't go for that!

I served it up with fried okra, corn and home made dinner rolls!

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