Saturday afternoon football needs something that can be fixed ahead of time and eaten when everyone gets hungry. At least in this house it does. Which is why cooking in a crockpot on Saturdays in football season is a must.
Who has time to get up and cook dinner when the score is tied in the fourth quarter? I sure don’t and you couldn’t budge my husband from his chair for the world no matter how hungry he is.
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Tags: beer, Crockpot, meatballs, recipes, Slow Cooker 
Comments OffA couple of months ago my husband decided he was going to make pork sausage. That in itself is a great idea. He bought so much pork that we will be eating it for some time to come. He decided he would only make a half recipe as he wasn’t sure if we were going to like it or not. As it turned out it was a good idea to make only half as it was not a great first effort on his part as all you could taste was a very strong pork. God love him he ate it all as the rest of us had a hard time with it. Although to give our kids credit they never told him how bad it tasted.
It is COLD here in Michigan! Anyone tries to tell you that 7 below zero is not cold is out of their minds!
If you don’t have to go out, then don’t. Still even if you stay in ending the day with a warm nutritious soup is the only way to go as far as this family is concerned. I have this particular soup in my crockpot as I type, it will be ready in about an hour. And as cold as it is that is not too soon!
Ingredients
Posted in AllRecipes, Articles, Slow Cooker Recipes, Soups Tags: chicken, Crockpot, one pot meals, Soups, Vegetables Comments OffI am not really sure where I got this recipe, it could be from one of the 400 cookbooks lying around this house. But the family loves it when I make it. This is the basic recipe I usually add carrots or some peas to round it out then I serve it over egg noodles as my family doesn’t really care for rice all that much.
2-3 lbs. boneless chuck, cut into 1 inch cubes
1/2 c. flour
1/4 c. butter
1 onion, sliced
1 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. pepper
1 clove garlic, minced
2 c. beer
1/4 c. flour
First introduced in 1971, the Crock-Pot revolutionized the way we cook meals. The word Crock-Pot is actually trademarked by Rival Industries, but is used in every day conversations instead of the term slow cooker. Many recipes for the crock-pot require little preparation. The slow cooker can then safely be left to run unattended, making it a convenient cooking method.
Crock-pot meals can not only save you time in the kitchen, but they can also save you money as well. The reasons are as follows:
