• Dessert Recipes For The Slow Cooker!

    Did you know you can cook desserts in your slow cooker? You can even make desserts that are typically baked, like layered bars. Here are some tips and recipes for making dessert with your slow cooker.   Slow Cooker Pudding Rice and bread pudding are two great desserts to start with your slow cooker. Here are two basic recipes you can use as a springboard for your own creative additions. Bread Pudding: Place 8 slices of cubed bread into your greased slow cooker. Beat together: 4 eggs 2 cups milk 1/4 cup sugar 1/4 cup melted butter 1/2 cup raisins 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon. Pour over bread cubes and cook on…

  • 3 recipes to cook in your slow cooker this summer

    Three Recipes For Cooking In Your Slow Cooker This Summer

    So, it’s summer in the midwest and it’s way too hot to turn on the oven. Did you know that baking in your slow cooker is a real thing? Many people don’t realize they can actually bake in their slow cooker. In fact, some recipes make baking in your slow cooker easier than baking in an oven. Also on the plus side, slow cooker baking uses less energy.   Three Recipes For Cooking In Your Slow Cooker   1. Whole Wheat Bread Yes, you can bake bread in your slow cooker! It avoids a hot kitchen for one thing, and also uses so much less energy than heating up the…

  • Slow Cooker (crockpot) Meal Cook Books

    Slow Cooking, commonly referred to as using a crock pot, actually can save you time if you know how. It also saves on mess, clean up, and ingredients. There’s no end to what can be made in a slow cooker! Soups, dips, fondues, pot roasts, chicken dishes, and so many other things. I don’t remember my mother using one much when I was young, so my first real memory is after getting married and making ribs in the crock pot. We would buy pork ribs, usually on sale, and put them in the slow cooker in the morning along with some brown sugar, catsup and maybe some barbbque sauce, with…