Garlic Brown Sugar Chicken

I like to use chicken strips (fingers) in this recipe, because I like to serve it over rice, but any piece of the chicken that you like will work.

Garlic Brown Sugar Chicken

1 - 1 1/2 pounds chicken pieces (whatever you like)
1 cup packed brown sugar
2/3 cups vinegar
1/4 cup lemon-lime soda
2-3 tablespoons minced garlic
2 tablespoons low sodium soy sauce
1 teaspoon pepper

Spray crockpot with cooking spray. Place chicken in crock pot. Mix remaining ingredients in bowl and pour over chicken. Cook on LOW 6-8 hours (HIGH 3-4 hours).

Serve over rice or pasta...

Happy Slow Cooking! Enjoy and Hugs...

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Cheesy Broccoli Potato Pork Chops

That title is a mouthful and so is this meal...Simple and delicious...

6-8 pork chops
6-7 medium potatoes, cut into slices about 1/4" thick
2 cans condensed broccoli cheese soup (or if you like a little more cheese taste, 1 can broccoli cheese soup and 1 can condensed cheese soup)
1 small box frozen chopped broccoli

Spray crock pot with cooking spray. Spread potatoes on bottom of crockpot. Arrange pork chops over potatoes. Mix soups and pour over top of chops and potatoes. Cook on LOW for 7-8 hours (HIGH 3-4 hours).

During the last half hour to 45 minutes of cooking add the chopped broccoli (when you put the broccoli in will be determined on how you like your broccoli cooked).

I like to make cornbread stuffing to go with this meal...Stove Top stuffing...nothing difficult...grin...

Happy Slow Cooking! Enjoy and Hugs...

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No Sloppy Joes

We love sloppy joes in our house. You can be messy and no one says a thing. To me sloppy joes are like pizza...pick 'em up, take a big bite and let what falls down your chin fall...grin...

This recipe doesn't make a mess while cooking, but it is still good...

No Sloppy Joes

1 pound hamburger
1 (8 oz) block of velveeta cheese
1/2 cup mustard
1/2 cup ketchup
1 small onion (about 1/4 cup chopped)
Hamburger buns

Fry burger until brown in skillet and drain. Put burger in crockpot and add mustard and ketchup, mixing well. Cut velveeta into cubes and stir into the crock pot mix. Cook on LOW 3-4 hours (HIGH 1 1/2-2 hours). Stirring the last half hour to make sure the cheese is melted. Add salt and pepper to taste.

Spoon onto buns...

Happy Slow Cooking! Enjoy and Hugs...

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How do I use dairy products in the crock pot?

Dairy products are products you don't want to mess with. As we all know, leaving dairy products out too long can make them spoil, so what about cooking them slow...as in a slow cooker?

My rule of thumb on this is that I never add dairy products to a crockpot recipe until the last 30 minutes of cooking. Why? Because they can spoil.

Most dairy products are going to be used to make the recipe creamy...but it really won't add much to the taste (there are some, such as: cheese, cream cheese, etc. that do add a flavor, but mostly dairy is added to make your recipe look creamy)...

Since, you are really just going for a creamy look, you don't need to 'cook' the dairy product, you just need to 'melt' it. Products like cheese and cream cheese will melt in 30 minutes time, so why take the chance of them spoiling and cooking them any longer than that?

Dairy, such as: milk, sour cream and other creams shouldn't be added until the last 15 minutes of cooking. Again, they are being added for the 'cream' look not really any big taste factor.

Now, products such as creamed soups can be cooked all day in a crock pot and it won't hurt anything.

Even if I come across a recipe that doesn't tell me to leave the dairy products out, I do any way.

Happy Slow Cooking! Hugs...

Crock pot Baked Potatoes

Now I know this might seem like a long way to make a baked potato, but if you don't want to heat up your kitchen with the oven, then this is a way to have baked potatoes. Also, you can only cooked a couple baked potatoes in the microwave at a time...in the crockpot, you can cook up to 8-10 at a time...

Crockpot Baked Potatoes

2 to 10 baked potatoes
aluminum foil

Wash the potatoes, poke the potatoes a couple of times with a fork and then wrap each potato with aluminum foil. Place the potatoes in the slow cooker and cook on LOW 8 to 10 hours.

This is very important: DO NOT PUT ANY LIQUID OR ANYTHING ELSE IN THE CROCKPOT WITH THE FOIL COVERED POTATOES.

Happy Slow Cooking....Enjoy and Hugs....

Chicken Stroganoff

My family loves stroganoff, but sometimes we get a little tired of having it the same old way, so instead of tossing in some beef, we use chicken...

Chicken Stroganoff

10 ounce can Cream of Mushroom Soup
16 ounce Sour Cream
1 envelope Onion Soup Mix
1 to 2 pounds of chicken strips (chicken fingers)

Put frozen chicken in the bottom of crock pot. Mix soup and soup mix in a bowl. Pour mixture over chicken. Cook on LOW for 7 hours. In the last 30 minutes to one hour put the sour cream in the crockpot and mix. Finish cooking for last 30 minutes to one hour.

Serve over pasta, rice or potatoes...

Happy Slow Cooking...Enjoy and Hugs...

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Cola Ham

Now if you've been reading Brenda's Page and/or Hazel's Crock Pot Kitchen for any amount of time, you know that I have a wonderfully easy recipe for Cola Roast. It makes the roast have a slight sweet taste, which my family loves...

So it was only a matter of time before I tried putting cola on my Ham...and here's the recipe I love using...

Cola Ham

1/2 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon dry mustard
1/4 cup coca cola
3 to 4 pounds pre-cooked ham

Combine brown sugar and mustard and moisten with just enough cola to make a smooth paste. Set the extra cola aside for later. You want to score ham with slashes in a diamond pattern. Rub the ham with the cola paste. Put the ham in the crock pot and add remaining cola to slow cooker.

Cover and cook on HIGH for 1 hour. Then turn to LOW and cook for 6-7 hours.

Happy Slow Cooking...Enjoy and Hugs...

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