"Cafe Rio" Sweet Pork

This is SO yummy! Seriously, I ate it for lunch & dinner everyday for a week. It's really good on salads, baked potatoes, tacos, burritos and quesadillas.

1 small pork roast
1 c. salsa
1 c. brown sugar

Put pork roast (can be frozen) in the bottom of crock pot. Pour equal parts salsa & brown sugar over the top. Cook 8-10 hours or until meat is cooked through. Shred with a fork.

Creamy Cheesy Chicken!!

This is similer to Macie's Alfredo Crock Pot chicken but I have 2 different ways of doing it.

1. Cook 4 chicken breasts with good seasons italian dressing packet and 1/4 cup water. Cook for 3-4 hours on high or 6-7 hours on low. (See second option before cooking fully)

First option: When chicken is cooked, shred chicken and mix in 1 package cream cheese. Serve over mashed potatoes.

Second option: When chicken has cooked for about an hour in the crock pot, cut chicken in half lengthwise and mix 1 package of cream cheese (will probably need to put in the microwave to soften) and 1 can cream of chicken soup together. Pour over chicken. Let cook remaining hours until chicken is cooked through. Serve over rice. ( I also half the chicken in this recipe but I don't half the cream of chicken or the cream cheese...we like extra sauce)

S loves both of these and they are quick and yummy!

Crockpot Lasagna

If you love lasgna and Crockpots then you'll like this recipe.

1/2 - 1 lb. hamburger
1 bottle of spaghetti sauce, any kind
16 oz. pkg. cottage cheese
2-4 cups of mozzarella cheese
1 egg
lasgna noodles

Brown hamburger. In a bowl, mix hamburger and spaghetti sauce together. In another bowl, mix cottage cheese and egg together. Pour some sauce in the bottom of the crockpot. Put a single layer of noodles on top of the sauce. Pour some cottage cheese mixture on top of the noodles and then sprinkle some cheese on top. Continue layering sauce, noodles, cottage cheese mixture and cheese until all of the ingredients are used up. Cook on low for 4-8 hours.

Easy (and I mean EASY!) Crockpot Chicken

I am the self-proclaimed Crockpot Queen! :) This is what I make on days when KJ and I will both be gone all day or days that I don't feel like cooking. And KJ loves it so it's a win win situation!

4-6 frozen chicken breasts
1 can cream of mushroom soup
about 1/2 a packet of onion soup

Put ingredients into the crockpot. Cook all day. Shred the chicken with a fork and pour over rice.

Crock Pot Fettucini Alfredo

I have made this several times since we got married and we love it. It's yummy and SUPER easy!

4-6 small chicken breasts (doesn't need to be thawed)
1-2 can(s) cream of chicken soup (depending on how much you want to make)
8 oz. pkg. cream cheese, cubed
1 packet of italian seasoning
3 Tbsp. butter or margarine, melted
1/2 cup of milk

Put chicken in the bottom of the crockpot. Sprinkle italian seasoning over chicken then drizzle butter over. Mix other ingredients together and pour onto chicken. Cook on low for 6-8 hours. Serve over pasta.

Crockpot Mashed Potatoes

Plus also! To go with the last one...

I would forgo the butter. Your arteries will thank you, and you won't miss it. But trust me. So good.

From Linda Larsen (this one time someone at work found this recipe online under her name--a rare instance when an online discovery turned out splendidly!)

Potatoes are actually cooked and mashed out of the crock pot, then cooked for a couple of hours to blend the flavors. This recipe is perfect for the holidays because you don't have the last minute mashing and beating of potatoes.

INGREDIENTS:

5 lbs. red potatoes, cut into chunks (peeled if you like)
1 Tbsp. minced garlic
2 cubes chicken bouillon
8 oz. container sour cream
8 oz. pkg. cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup butter, softened
salt and pepper to taste

PREPARATION:

Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add potatoes, garlic and chicken bouillon cubes. Cook potatoes until tender but still firm, about 15 minutes. Drain, reserving a little of the cooking water. Mash potatoes with sour cream and cream cheese, adding reserved cooking water to reach desired consistency. Transfer to a 4 quart crock pot, cover, and cook on low for 2 to 3 hours. Just before serving, stir in butter and season with salt and pepper to taste. Serves 8-10.

Cranberry-Glazed Pork Roast

Look at me contributing a recipe! I wish it was mine. haha! =) It's a good one, though, and easy.

Courtesy of my friend Mark. But I think I found out he got it online.

INGREDIENTS:

· 1 Can (16 oz) Jellied Cranberry Sauce
· ½ Cup Sugar
· ½ Cup Cranberry Juice Cocktail
· 1 Teaspoon Dry Mustard
· ¼ Teaspoon Cloves
· 1 Boneless, Extra-Lean Sirloin Pork Roast (3 Pounds)
· 2 Tablespoons Cornstarch
· 2 Tablespoons Cold Water
· Salt to Taste

PREPARATION:

In a medium bowl, mash cranberry sauce with a fork or a potato masher. Stir in sugar, cranberry juice, mustard, and cloves. Place pork roast in slow cooker and pour cranberry sauce mixture over it. Cook on low setting for six to eight hours or until meat is tender. Remove roast and keep warm. With a metal spoon, skim the fat from the liquid in the slow cooker. Pour two cups of the liquid (add water to fill out if necessary) into a small saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Blend the cornstarch and cold water to make a paste; stir gradually into the boiling liquid. Continue cooking, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens. Add salt to taste. Serve the sauce with the pork.

Makes 12 servings.

This goes great with mashed potatoes (you can use the cranberry sauce for the potatoes too)!