Giving your family healthy nutritious meal is a fun way of showing your love. There are simple and easy ways of preparing meals for the family using the crock pot. Just add some creativity and food garnish and the family will surely enjoy every meal.
The American pot roast is a popular crockpot meal. Take a roast, either pork or beef, add some potatoes, carrots and onions and when slow cooked you have a well-balanced meal. Peel and wash the vegetables and put them in the bottom of the crockpot and place the meat on top. Add water and seasoning and set it to cook on low. Dinner is served when you get home.
For a tastier version, add a can of cream of mushroom soup, which becomes wonderful gravy. Use any leftovers for a stroganoff, roast beef sandwiches or as a stew base.
Crockpots are also great for cooking fajitas. Chop up the desired meat, chicken or beef, add in some tomatoes peppers, and onions. Put everything in the pot, sprinkle with taco seasoning and cook on low. When you return home from work all you need to do is serve with tortillas or over nacho chips sprinkled with cheese.
Leftovers? Toss up a delicious taco salad. Or, use the leftovers with some rice for another hearty meal.
Ham with beans is a great crockpot meal. You can use ham hocks, or a whole boneless ham product for this dish. By adding potatoes and carrots, you create a very flavorful and well-balanced meal. Just add some cornbread or corn muffins for a filling meal.
You can easily make chilli in a crockpot by simply adding some browned meat along with onions, peppers, tomatoes, kidney and pinto beans. Top it off with chilli seasoning and come home to a mouth watering aroma wafting out of the kitchen.
As you can see, the possibilities are endless. You can put everything in the crockpot the night before so all you'll need to do is plug it in before you go to work. This is a great method to prepare healthy and well-balanced meals for your family. - 16650
The American pot roast is a popular crockpot meal. Take a roast, either pork or beef, add some potatoes, carrots and onions and when slow cooked you have a well-balanced meal. Peel and wash the vegetables and put them in the bottom of the crockpot and place the meat on top. Add water and seasoning and set it to cook on low. Dinner is served when you get home.
For a tastier version, add a can of cream of mushroom soup, which becomes wonderful gravy. Use any leftovers for a stroganoff, roast beef sandwiches or as a stew base.
Crockpots are also great for cooking fajitas. Chop up the desired meat, chicken or beef, add in some tomatoes peppers, and onions. Put everything in the pot, sprinkle with taco seasoning and cook on low. When you return home from work all you need to do is serve with tortillas or over nacho chips sprinkled with cheese.
Leftovers? Toss up a delicious taco salad. Or, use the leftovers with some rice for another hearty meal.
Ham with beans is a great crockpot meal. You can use ham hocks, or a whole boneless ham product for this dish. By adding potatoes and carrots, you create a very flavorful and well-balanced meal. Just add some cornbread or corn muffins for a filling meal.
You can easily make chilli in a crockpot by simply adding some browned meat along with onions, peppers, tomatoes, kidney and pinto beans. Top it off with chilli seasoning and come home to a mouth watering aroma wafting out of the kitchen.
As you can see, the possibilities are endless. You can put everything in the crockpot the night before so all you'll need to do is plug it in before you go to work. This is a great method to prepare healthy and well-balanced meals for your family. - 16650
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