Slow Cooker


Tricia’s Savings with Homemade Hummus

by Tricia H on September 22, 2011

Raise your hand if you love hummus. Yes, yes, lots of folks out there. Me too! Ok. How many of you pay big bucks for one of those tiny tubs of hummus at the store? A few, yes. How many have this little problem of keeping food and snacks stocked in your house? Me too! [...]

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I’ve started doubling the yogurt recipe to keep up with the demand in our home. Love me some slow cooker batch cooking!

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The simplest, tastiest, feed-a-crowd barbecue I know of…

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Seven pile out of the family van. All with hungry tummies. Four more family members are arriving in ten minutes…

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Being able to slow cook some meat in a sauce with some veggies all day, then add the starch at the end of the cooking cycle…makes for super simple, slow cooked, one dish dinners!

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This slow cooker soup highlights those summer vegetables that will soon be appearing in your garden…

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You need a good dinner prepared but you are busy ALL day long. (who isn’t!) This recipe gets everything tender and juicy in the crock pot while you are at work or running errands. All you have to do is boil some noodles for dinner! How easy is that??  It’s actually even easier than the [...]

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Slow Cooker Hawaiian Chicken – $5 Dinner Challenge

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on April 4, 2011

This was one of those meals that sorta came together and ended up “balancing” perfectly.  I started out with chicken and pineapple in the slow cooker.  Then as dinnertime drew closer, I decided that rice would be a nice complement, and found a side of the red cabbage apple slaw in the fridge!   (How [...]

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Sweet T has a delicious pork roast to share with us tonight!  If only I had apricots on hand, I’d make this tomorrow!!! I made this recipe for my husband & my parents one weekend a couple of months ago, & they’ve all been raving about it since! It’s got just the right combo of [...]

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Pulled Pork with Red Onion – $5 Dinner Challenge

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on February 28, 2011

A fiery BBQ sauce, straight from Kansas City, poured over a pork tenderloin…then its pulled to shreds and served with red onion slices…

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