Crockpot Beef Stew (Serves 6-8) Ingredients - 8-12 small boiling potatoes (~1-1.5lbs total, I used German Butterball), chopped - 1/2 cup all purpose flour - 4 large carrots, cut into pieces 1-1.5"...filling. It was done after about 4 hours and 15 minutes on high. **Recipe originally from "Not Your Mother's Slow-Cooker Cookbook" by Beth Hensperger and Julie Kaufmann, p. 327 "Mom's Beef Stew".*

Ingredients: ½ lb beef stew meat ¼ cup chopped onion 1 can condensed cream of mushroom soup 1 jar (2 ½ oz) sliced mushrooms, drained 1/8 tsp pepper ½ cup sour cream 1 ½ cups hot cooked noodles or... Mix beef, onion, soup, mushrooms, and pepper in a slow cooker. 2.) Cover and cook on low heat for 8-10 hours or until beef is tender. 3.) Stir sour cream into beef mixture and serve over hot noodles

Ingredients: 1 ½ lbs beef boneless round steak ½ tsp peppered seasoned salt 6-8 new potatoes, cut into fourths 1 ½ cups baby carrots 1 medium onion, sliced 1 can (14 ½ oz) “Italian-Style” diced tomatoes... beef, and onion in slow cooker. Mix tomatoes and gravy and spoon over beef and vegetables. 3.) Cover and cook on low 7-8 hours or until beef and vegetables are tender. Sprinkle with parsley if desired

Ingredients: 8 chicken thighs, skin removed (2 lbs) ¾ cup mild or medium salsa ¼ cup peanut butter 2 Tbsp lime juice 1 Tbsp fish sauce or soy sauce 1 tsp grated ginger ¼ cup chopped peanuts 2 Tbsp...is no longer pink in center. Remove chicken using slotted spoon. 3.) Remove sauce from slow cooker and skim any fat. Pour over chicken. Top with peanuts and cilantro. 4.) Serve alone or over rice

Ingredients: 1 medium butternut squash, peeled and cut into 2 inch pieces 1 medium red bell pepper, cut into 1-inch pieces 4 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves, each half cut into 3 pieces. ...couscous as directed on the package. 3.) Remove chicken and vegetables from slow cooker with slotted spoon and serve over couscous if desired. Stir remaining sauce in cooker and serve over chicken

Ingredients: 1 lb bag frozen hashbrowns 1 can cream-style corn 1 can kernel corn, undrained 1 can evaporated milk 1 medium onion, chopped 8 slices cooked bacon, crumbled ½ tsp Worcestershire sauce ½ tsp salt ¼ tsp pepper 1.) Combine all ingredients in a slow cooker. Heat on low setting for 7-8 hours, or on high setting for 3-4 hours.

Ingredients: 6 new potatoes, cut into fourths 1 medium onion, chopped 1 bag (8oz) baby carrots 1 package (3.4 oz) fresh shiitake mushrooms, sliced 1 can (14 ½ oz) diced tomatoes, undrained 1 can... cut into ½ inch pieces. 1.) Mix all ingredients except for beef in slow cooker. Add beef. 2.) Cover and cook on low heat 8-9 hours or until vegetables and beef are tender. Stir well before serving

Ingredients: 1 beef boneless chuck roast (~3 lbs) 1 tsp salt 1 Tbsp Italian seasoning 1 large garlic clove, minced 1/3 cup sun dried tomatoes in oil, drained and chopped ½ cup sliced pitted Kalamata...and onions. 3.) Cover and cook on low heat 5-6 hours or until beef is tender. 4.) Remove beef from slow cooker; cover and let stand 15 minutes. Slice beef and serve with juice and onions from cooker

On mondays, I go to yoga. I don't want to eat before I go, but I get back too late for Benedict's dinner. So, I'm coming up with a variety of solutions. On Sunday, I noted that I had some pork and an acorn...of it, which helped a lot. Also, it was dark when I picked the herbs, so I used a wee bit of mint instead of thyme. Definitely go with a *lot* of sage, because the pork really picked up the flavour

Recipe: Chicken a la Veracruzana From: Rick Bayless' Mexican Everyday Serves: 6 1 lb. (about 4 medium) red boiling or Yukon gold potatoes, each cut into 6 wedges 3 lb. bone-in chicken drumsticks...pork shoulder or beef chuck in lieu of the chicken. With pork, replace potatoes with sweet potatoes cut in 1/2" cubes. With beef, use quartered small sweet turnips, cubed carrots, or cubed yucca root.