Cooking Recipes, Tips, Ideas, and More

A slow cooker is a useful tool for any busy household. All that is required of you is to add your ingredients to the crock pot and be ready to eat a sumptuous meal when you return. Slow cookers come in many sizes to accommodate singles and larger family units. Before you begin to lick your lips, here are some basic tips about how and what to cook in your slow cooker.

In today’s world, families are always busy. Whether it is your schedule or your children’s, a good home-cooked meal can be hard to come by. Enter the slow cooker. It provides families with another way to prepare delicious meals for their household. The best part is that you don’t even have to be there while it’s cooking.

What You Need:

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 1/2 pounds beef flank steak cut into cubes
• 1 onion, chopped
• 5 small carrots, thinly sliced
• 4 cups cabbage, shredded
• 4 red potatoes, diced
• 2 stalks of celery, diced
• 2 (14.5-ounce) cans tomatoes, diced
• 2 (14.5-ounce) cans beef broth
• 1 (10 3/4-ounce) can tomato soup
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 2 teaspoons Italian seasoning
• 1 teaspoon parsley flakes

What You Need:

• 1 pound Great Northern beans. Soak overnight, then rinse and drain.
• 3/4 cup onion, chopped
• 1/8 teaspoon pepper
• 1 1/2 pounds beef short ribs
• 6 cups water
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup barbecue sauce