Crockpot Creations are terrific comfort foods. Crockpot meals are easy to prepare, can usually be cooked all day while you are at work and for the most part are "set it and forget it" meals. If you are anything like me, you will love coming home to the aroma of a crockpot meal. It always reminds me of the way the house smelled when I was a kid.
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Crock-Pot SCR500SS 5-Quart Round Manual Slow Cooker, Stainless Steel List Price: $29.99 Sale Price: $14.99 Average Rating:   |
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The perfect size Crock-Pot slow cooker for a 5 pound roast, the SCR500-SS accommodates varied cooking needs and time constraints with high, low and warm settings. Clean up is a snap with dishwasher safe removable stoneware that doubles as a convenient serving dish complete with a dish-washer-safe glass lid. |
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Crock-Pot SCV400B 4-Quart Oval Manual Slow Cooker, Black List Price: $24.99 Sale Price: $15.50 Used From: $17.00 Average Rating:  |
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Bring the family to the table for a wholesome home-cooked meal. The SCV400-B serves approximately 4-5 people and is ideal for all your favorite slow cooker recipes, with high, low and warm settings to accommodate varied cooking needs and time constraints... |
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Crock-Pot SCV401TR 4-Quart Oval Manual Slow Cooker, Red List Price: $24.99 Sale Price: $14.99 Average Rating:  |
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One of our most popular models, the SCV401-TR serves approximately 4-5 people and is perfect for all your favorite slow cooker recipes. The high, low and warm settings accommodate varied cooking needs and time constraints... |
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Rival Crock Pot: 3 Books in 1: Slow Cooker Favorites/Winning Slow Cooker Recipes/Slow Cooker Recipes for All Occasions (Digest 3 in 1) List Price: $12.98 Sale Price: $9.17 Used From: $11.04 Average Rating: |
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Rival Crock Pot Slow Cooker Recipes (Shaped Board Book) List Price: $12.98 Sale Price: $3.75 Used From: $0.01 Average Rating:  |
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This cookbook is cleverly shaped like a Crock-Pot slow cooker, and the glossy, extra-thick pages can withstand kitchen spills and be wiped clean with a damp cloth. You'll get years of use from this collection of more than 40 recipes designed for preparation in your Crock-Pot slow cooker... |
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Rival Crock-Pot Recipe Card Collection Sale Price: $6.49 Used From: $7.29 |
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This beautiful recipe box is stocked with 76 recipe cards for easy and delicious meals prepared in your Crock-Pot slow cooker. Also provided are 24 blank cards for your favorite recipes, and there is plenty of room to add additional recipes cards of your own... |
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The Crock-Pot® Programmable Countdown Slow Cooker gives you the flexibility to set the unit's cook time in 30 minute increments for up to 20 hours. Once the cook time is set, the unit's digital timer will count down in 1 minute increments, so you always know how much cook time is left on your meal... |
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The New Creative Crock Pot Stoneware Slow Cooker Cookbook Sale Price: $7.89 Used From: $1.58 Average Rating:  |
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Creative Cooking Cookbook, For Slow Cookers, Over 150 New Recipes. |
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Rival SCR409-SS 4-Quart Slow Cooking Crock Pot Cooker w/ Travel Bag & Cookbook, Stainless Steel List Price: $54.99 Sale Price: $29.95 |
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Crock Pot slow cookers help you put delicious, home-cooked meals on the table - the easy way - for you, your family and guests. The Rival SCR409-SS 4 Qt Crock Pot Slow Cooker includes a Travel Bag and a Cookbook... |
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470 SLOW COOKER Crock Pot RECIPES Cookbook List Price: $0.99 Average Rating: |
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The 470 SLOW COOKER Crock Pot RECIPES Cookbook for the Kindle contains contains 470 wonderful recipes for your crock pot or slow cooker! These are perfect for easy family meals - simply place the ingredients in your crockpot in the morning, and by the evening you will have a delicious meal that the whole family will love! With such a large collection of recipes, you are sure to find some that you will love - now and for years to come! Here are just a few of the delicious recipes that you will receive in this wonderful collection:⢠16 Bean Soup⢠All Day Macaroni and Cheese⢠Apple Cranberry Crisp⢠Banana Nut Bread⢠Barbeque Beef Stew⢠Beer Meatballs⢠Best Dip Ever⢠Black Bean Soup⢠Broccoli Cheese Soup⢠Cherry Cobbler⢠Chicken Soup⢠Chuck-Style Applesauce⢠Creamy Chicken and Rice⢠Crockpot Baked Beans⢠Crockpot Beef Stroganoff⢠Crockpot Beef Stew⢠Green Bean and Potato Casserole⢠Hearty Chili⢠PLUS HUNDREDS MORE!We are pleased to offer thousands of Books for the Kindle... |
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Better Homes and Gardens The Ultimate Slow Cooker Book: More than 400 recipes from appetizers to desserts (Better Homes & Gardens) List Price: $19.95 Sale Price: $2.93 Used From: $2.51 Average Rating: |
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Product DescriptionYou'll never run out of meal ideas for your slow cooker with this massive, photo-filled compendium. The second book in the Ultimate series, following The Ultimate Cookie Book, this giant collection of recipes will keep your slow cooker meals delicious and exciting for years to come... |
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101 Things to Do with a Slow Cooker List Price: $9.99 Sale Price: $5.23 Used From: $0.64 Average Rating: |
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From the New York Times best-selling author of 101 Things to Do With a Cake Mix! comes 101 Things to Do with a Slow Cooker! Call it a slow cooker, a crockery cooker, or your best friend, the popularity of these handy machines has exploded recently, and "Mrs... |
Everyone today is so busy, with two worker households and the kids involved in numerous extra-curricular activities, many people are turning to "slow cookers" or crockpots to prepare nutritious and delicious family dinners. I actually have four slow cookers but only one is actually a Crockpot. I should explain that a "Crockpot" is actually the name of a slow cooker that is sold by the Rival Company and made famous sometime in the 1970s. It was such a success that crockpot became a household word and is used interchangeably with slow cooker.
Crockpots come in various sizes and are usable for preparing meats such as beef, chicken and fish in the larger sizes and side dishes, soups and desserts in the smaller ones.
Before you start to cook with a crockpot, there are quite a few tips that will make your experience easy and rewarding. Here are some of the more important ones:
Tip 1: Lightly greasing the inside of your crockpot or using a non-stick cooking spray will help to make cleanup a breeze and will keep food from sticking to the sides of your crockpot.
Tip 2: If you haven't already purchased your crockpot or received one as a gift, try to choose one that has a removable "crock" for easier cleanup and serving. I still have the Farberware crockpot that I received 30 years ago as a wedding present. In those days the crock was not removable, but it's still my favorite!
Tip 3: Once you have added all of the ingredients, don't lift the lid to check on the progress of your meal. Remember this is a "slow" cooker, it's going to take quite a while. Have faith in the recipe and leave that lid on. You may need to add up to 20 minutes of additional cooking time for each time you lift that lid and let the heat and steam out.
Tip 4: Follow the recipe exactly when it comes to layering instructions. Items such as potatoes and vegetables take more time to get tender in a crockpot and the recipes will instruct you to place these on the bottom with any meats and/or sauces layered on top.
Tip 5: I don't usually use regular milk in my crockpot recipes. I have found that due to the extremely long cooking time that regular milk tends to want to curdle. I will recommend that you use evaporated milk, scalded milk or half and half and that you only add milk during the last 30 minutes of cooking time. This rule is not chipped in stone and you are certainly welcome to experiment for yourself.
Tip 6: Remember, if you leave the lid on the crockpot, very little of the liquid will be able to boil away. Some recipes will add a thickening agent such as flour or arrowroot powder to the recipe to thicken the liquid while it cooks, but I generally recommend just taking some of the liquid and thickening it in a sauce pan with some cornstarch right before serving.
Tip 7: Choose the correct sized crockpot for the quantity of food that you are preparing. As a general rule of thumb, try to assure that your crockpot is filled at least halfway to the top. This will help to prevent over-cooking or under-cooking and will give you room to stir and serve without fear of spilling.
These 7 tips should give you a good start toward enjoying your own fabulous Crockpot Creations and the many thanks for scrumptious meals that your family will give you. There are thousands of recipes available for every occasion, try a few each week and you will soon develop your own favorites.
Tom's recipes have won him constant requests for potlucks and dinners and has earned him the dubious honor of hosting most of the Holiday meals for family and friends. You can find more great recipes at http://www.crockpot-recipes.instantlydelivered.com
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