Crock pot recipes for a new mom

My DS is three weeks old and the crock pot is making my evening so much easier. Its perfect because I don't have to worry about getting dinner on the table at a certain time, we work around the baby's schedule.

So far we've been lucky because so many people dropped off food that I froze it and for the last week have been just dropping something frozen in the crock pot to heat up during the day. We've had beef stew, meatballs and sausages in sauce and I even used it to heat up some frozen ziti. But now I'm out of frozen food!

Please share any very simple crock pot recipes you have. Especially anything that does not have to be cooked or browned before going in the pot.

Thanks!

Re: Crock pot recipes for a new mom

Congrats on the baby!

Here's a link to a post from a few weeks ago for Stuffed Peppers in the crock pot. I made them and they were DELICIOUS!!! You do have to brown the meat (you can use beef or turkey), but it's quick and you can do that while you're prepping the other ingredients. It's a very quick meal to throw together, and it's delicious (and pretty nutritious).

Stuffed Pepper link

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Spinach lasagna on the box of the Lipton golden onion soup. Its so good!!
And the Slow Cooker McCormick packets. DH and DS love all of them.

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I do a few crock pot meals;

Mock Thanksgiving
1 turkey breast
1/2 a bag baby carrots
5-6 big russet potatoes peeled and cut up
celery 3-4 ribs cut up
1-2 cloves of garlic grated/chopped
1 med onion chopped
1 cup water
1 can chicken broth

throw it all in crock and let sit on high for 4-5 hrs or on low for 7-8hrs



Chili
brown 1-2lbs lean beef and place it in the crock pot
1 jar spag sauce I use Prego original
1 med can of tomato sauce
1 med can of diced tomatoes
4 large russet potatoes peeled and chopped into big bite sized pieces
4-5T chili powder
3T Cumin
1t oregano
2-3 cloves of garlic grated
1-2 green peppers chopped
1 med onion chopped
1 can Bushes chili started mild
1 large can blk beans

cook on high 4-5 hrs or until potatoes are fork tender..you don't have to add potatoes but I LOVE them


Hope that helps

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i love making pot roast in my crockpot.... just get a 3- 4 pound roast, put it in there with a bag of baby carrots ( no need to even cut up the carrots!), an onion cut up, and some potatoes cut up. add about 2 cups of water or beef broth as a liquid, and maybe some pepper or thyme or rosemary and just let it cook for 8 hours on low. its on meal all in one pot
AND the best part is that this makes enough for 2 meals for DH and i... so i pack up the leftover, and then the next night, or 2 nights later i put it all in a pan in the oven for about 10-15 minutes. tastes just as good as the first night- seriously!!

i also do chicken cacciatore in teh crockpot. just put a couple bonless chicken breasts in with a can of crushed tomatoes, an onion cut up, and 2 bell peppers cut up. let it all cook for 8 hours... it becomes like a stew type thing, so you can serve it over elbow macaroni or rice.

i also make a chunky chicken chili, but its spicy, so if you're BFing i'm not sure how that all works or if its ok or not...

Re: Crock pot recipes for a new mom

Thank you to everyone. I found a lot of recipes on the lipton site that look great. I'm going to try to prep some meals over the weekend and make life easier for myself during the week

Re: Crock pot recipes for a new mom

Posted by luvnlife

Thank you to everyone. I found a lot of recipes on the lipton site that look great. I'm going to try to prep some meals over the weekend and make life easier for myself during the week