What's in YOUR little crock pot?

I'm digging my ittle bitty crockpot.  Today I put on some navy beans pretty plain, and once they were done I scopped out some plain, unsalted beans for the bird, then went to work for ME.....added lots of ground turkey, sweet basil, sea salt, garlic and some cumin.....let it bubble till the turkey was cooked, pulled out about a cup and added some ricotta cheese for a creamy good bowl of comfort!!!!

I kind of held off on any really strong spices because what I'm going to do now is freeze it in one cup bowls and then spice it up when I reheat it.  Beans are one of those things I can reheat and it isn't too dry.

But I AM getting better on the reheat the meat thing-just make a foil packet and put some water in it, the meat and set in a 350 oven for an hour-it steams it.  Yesterday I added some homemade funky cranberry bbq sauce to the water and a turkey leg and that sucker was downright MOIST.  I've never been able to reheat turkey successfully before, so I'm stoked. 

 

I made a stew in my little crock put today.  Yummy!  It was really nice to walk in to a finished dinner since I was at work late.

I plan on making beans in the crock pot this weekend.

I have the cutest little pork roast and some saurkraut I'm going to do next week.  My Mom goes to water aerobics twice a week and I've started cooking for Daddy on the nights she goes so that she doesn't have to cook before she goes (she's old fashioned.....)

I am putting on some brown beans for tomorrow.  It is very nice to come home to a cooked meal.

 I dont have a crock pot no more but I made some more of my awesome hamburger and cabbage stew and froze about 85% of it for later.  I used two pounds of hamburger and a huge head of cabbage, 2 cans of kidney beans, and a 64 oz jug of V8 in it.  Needless to say my freezer is stuffed with stew, lol.

Just cooked me up some brown beans in my crock pot a couple of days ago.  I love beans.  To bad I can't have the cornbread with them anymore.  Oh well the beans satisfied.  Lisa

I just finished  making a pot of irish stew minus corn.....

Tortilla soup rules!  The recipe:

4 bone-in chicken breast halves

2   14 1/2 oz. cans chicken broth

2   14 1/2 oz. cans stewed tomatoes

1 cup salsa

1 T ground cumin

1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro (optional)

diced avacado (optional)

baked tortilla chips (optional, but a bad idea)

Cook, debone, and shred chicken.  Combine chicken and remaining ingredients except cilantro, avacado, and chips in crock pot.  Cover and cook on low 8-10 hours.  Stir in cilantro.  Sprinkle with avacado and serve with chips if desired.

A few tips:  Shred the meat from a grocery store rotisserie chicken to save time.  Go heavy on the chicken (great use of leftovers).  Great comfort food on a cold night.