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[Kim_NC]

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Not weird at all! My PA family cooks sauerkraut and pork all the time... a tradition for New Year's even... some folks do it in a crockpot, others in the oven. Mashed potaoes are a tradtional side dish.

This one could be converted to crockpot:
Dijon Sirloin Tips

Some easy oven baked casseroles may help him vary things but still be easy:
Baked Spaghetti

Baked Rigatoni With Italian Sausage

Easy Chicken Pot Pie

And fritatta, tart, strada, or quiche recipes are also easy. Served with a salad or side veggie thay make a nice supper. I have several of those posted here:
http://www.millriverfarm.com/recipes.cfm?catname=Meat and Eggs

 

[peeplessinNC]

Country-style Pork Ribs are usually a good buy. Here is a tried and true recipe using them:

Ribs and Sauerkraut

potatoes, peeled and cubed, 1/2 to 1 potato per person
carrots, peeled and sliced thick, or baby carrots, 1/2 to 1 large carrot per person
onions, peeled and chunked, 2 for 4-6 servings
apple or two, cubed
garlic, chopped small
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 bag or 1 large can sauerkraut, drained, reserve liquid
optional - 1 t. caraway seeds
salt and pepper
3 lbs. country-style pork ribs
1/2 t. dried thyme leaves
1/2 cup water plus 1/2 cup sauerkraut liquid

Put all vegetables and apple into crock pot, scatter in the chopped garlic. Mix the brown sugar into the sauerkraut and spread on top of the vegetables. Season the pork rib pieces with salt, pepper, and thyme leaves and lay on top of the sauerkraut. Pour the water and sauerkraut liquid mixed into the pot. Put lid on and cook on low for 8 hours or on high for 4-5 hours.

Found this in my Fix It and Forget It cookbook. It was about the only pasta recipe that used dry (not cooked) pasta.

So-Easy Spaghetti

makes 4-6 servings

1 lb. ground beef
1/2 cup diced onions
1 pkg. dry spaghetti sauce mix
8 oz. can tomato sauce
3 cups tomato juice
opt. - 1 t. or more Italian seasoning herbs
4 oz. dry spaghetti, broken into 3-4 inch pieces

Brown beef in skillet with onions, drain fat off. Put in crock pot. Add the remaining ingredients except for the spaghetti. Cover and cook on low 6-8 hours or high for 3 1/2 hours.

During the last hour, add the spaghetti, turn to high and stir frequently to prevent pasta from clumping together. Cook until the pasta is al dente or done to your preference.

Chicken thighs are a good buy and can usually be found in a family sized package and often on special. You can mix thighs and legs if you like and remove the skin if you prefer.

Easy BBQ Chicken

1/2 cup water
4 lb. chicken legs and thighs
14 oz. bottle barbecue sauce

Place water in crock pot, put in chicken pieces, pour bbq sauce on top. Cover and cook on low for 6 hours. Serve sauce over mashed potatoes.

Opt. - put 2-3 sliced onions in pot first, then add water, chicken, sauce.

Greek Chicken

4-6 sliced potatoes
3 lbs. chicken legs and or thighs
2 large onions, chopped
garlic, several diced cloves
3 t. dried oregano
1 t. salt
1/2 t. ground black pepper
1 TB olive oil

Place potatoes in bottom of crock pot. Add chicken pieces, onions, garlic and seasonings. Drizzle olive oil on top. Cover and cook on high 5-6 hours or on low 9-10 hours.

All these recipe came from my Fix-It and Forget-It Cookbook by Dawn J. Ranck and Phyllis Pellman Good.

 

[Amethyste]

Ok...some recipes I have...I tried to give credit but most of theses I just know were off the web and I cant recall where they came from

so my bad....

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I have done this to make chicken stock a few times...he can make a simple soup out of this as well!! And use it to make rice, gravies...the possibilities are endless!

--->(quoted from someone I know...)

Lately, I've been using mine to make chicken stock. Throw a carcass from a roasted chicken in there, some water, maybe a chopped carrot, celery, or quartered onion depending on what I have, some thyme springs, a bay leaf or two, and set to low before I sleep. Then the next morning, the house smells all deliciously chickeny and I have beautiful golden chicken stock that's not only crystal clear but required virtually no effort on my part.
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Italian Pot Roast

1 pot roast (I used chuck)
1 chopped onion
2 chopped carrots
1 chopped celery
3 cloves minced garlic
1 cups red wine
1 cup beef broth
1 tsp. dried sage
1 tbsp. rosemary
2 tbsp parsley
1/4 tsp pepper
salt
2 tbsp. tomato paste
1 large can crushed tomatoes

Mix the sage, rosemary, garlic, and parsley with a tablespoon of olive oil. Cut a few slits in the roast and use half of this seasoning mixture to stuff the slits. Brown the roast in a pan with some olive oil and sprinkle some salt over it and set it aside. Add, the onion, carrot, and celery to the pan and cook for about 5 minutes. Then add the tomato paste, 1/2 cup of the red wine, and the rest of the herb mixture. Stir and bring to a boil until moist of the wine has boiled away. Add the rest of the wine and the beef broth. Boil until half the liquid remains. Just before taking off the heat, add the crushed tomatoes and stir.

Place the sauce and the roast in the crockpot and cook for 8 hours on low. The sauce goes great over rice or mashed potatoes or polenta.

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Take a Boston butt and place it in your crock pot. Pour just enough Wostershire sauce over the pork to cover the surface of the meat plus cover the bottom of the crock pot. Pack a layer of brown sugar all over the surface of the meat. Put the lid on your crockpot and cook on low for 8-ish hours. Once it's done remove it from the crockpot, discard whatever fat failed to render off and then pull by hand or shred with a pair of forks. Salt heavily; I believe the original recipe uses the phrase "enough salt to give your cardiologist a heart attack".

That's the basic recipe, and from there you can experiment with dry-rubbing the pork before it goes in the crockpot or adding other seasonings in with the Wostershire/brown sugar.

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Salsa Chicken

Take some boneless chicken breasts. As many as you want. Put 'em in the pot. Dump a jar of delicious salsa (or picante) onto them. They should just barely cover the breasts. Turn on pot. Wait for 6-8 hours. Add cilantro and a dollop of sour cream. Nom!

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Easy recipe my mum made....

Get a pork roast, a cheap bone in one is fine. Put it in the cooker with a can of plain tomato sauce, not the flavored spaghetti stuff. Add in some chopped onions and garlic (or powdered if you're in a hurry) and some diced chilies/chili powder and cumin.

After a day of cooking the meat will be fall off the bone tender and the tomato sauce will turn into an awesome gravy. This is best served over plain white rice or made into burritos.

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Crockpot Chicken Cacciatore

2 lbs chicken (breasts, thighs, wings, etc)
1 cup sliced mushrooms
1 med. onion, diced
4 cloves of garlic, finely chopped/minced/crushed
1 large can of stewed tomatoes (crush by hand, do not strain)
1 small can tomato paste
1 T dried basil leaf
2 bay leaves
salt and pepper to taste

Directions:
Heat some olive oil to medium heat in a frying pan. Sear each side of the chicken parts until a sufficient level of Maillard reaction end product is reached. (until brown and crispy)

Place the vegetables (onion and mushroom) in the bottom of the crock pot, then the chicken on top of them

Mix the remaining ingredients in a bowl and pour over the top

Cook for 6-8 hours on low, 3-4 on high.

Serve with rice or pasta

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[Amethyste]

And still more....some are from friends others are from websites

Un-Stuffed Cabbage

Ingredients
One-half head of cabbage (or less, depending on preference)
Ground beef (1 - 2 pounds)
One-half white onion
One cup rice
One can crushed tomatoes

Tear cabbage and place in crock. Cook on low for ~20 minutes and allow cabbage to cook down. Add rice, beef, onion and tomatoes (tomatoes on top), and cook on high for 90 minutes, on low for 3.5 hours.

It's delicious. Simple augmentations include Tabasco, onion powder, fresh garlic, mozzarella cheese, ketchup and sour cream.

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Coke Roast http://community.tasteofhome.com/forums/t/79806.aspx

2 pounds Roast
1 can mushroom soup, condensed
1 package Lipton onion soup
1 can Coke (caffeine free okay, not diet)
salt and pepper
garlic -- optional
onions -- optional
mushrooms -- optional

Saute some a little minced garlic, sliced onions and mushrooms in a tablespoon of olive oil - place in crock pot.

Saute all sides of the roast in remaining oil until brown. Put roast in slow roaster or crockpot.

In a small bowl mix together mushroom soup, onion soup mix, Coke, salt, and pepper. Mix together well and pour over roast.

Put water in the soup can and deglaze the saute pan. Let that sit awhile (or you can add it now) and start your roast on high for about an hour or so. Then add that extra liquid in the saute pan.

Cook on low all day. Serve over rice or noodles. the sauce is great the way it is, or thicken it for a great gravy.


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Fantastic Split Pea soup recipe!! http://southernfood.about.com/od/crockpotsoup/r/bl17c5.htm

Cook Time: 8 hours (low)
Ingredients:
•1 (16 oz.) pkg. dried green split peas, rinsed
•1 meaty hambone, 2 ham hocks, or 2 cups diced ham
•3 carrots, peeled and sliced
•1/2 cup chopped onion
•2 ribs of celery plus leaves, chopped
•1 or 2 cloves of garlic, minced
•1 bay leaf
•1/4 cup fresh parsley, chopped, or 2 teaspoons dried parsley flakes
•1 tbsp. seasoned salt (or to taste)
•1/2 tsp. fresh pepper
•1 1/2 qts. hot water
Preparation:
Layer ingredients in slow cooker in the order given; pour in water. Do not stir ingredients. Cover and cook on HIGH 4 to 5 hours or on low 8 to 10 hours until peas are very soft and ham falls off bone. Remove bones and bay leaf. Mash peas to thicken more, if desired. Serve garnished with croutons. Freezes well.

Serves 8.

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Cherry Cola Pork Roast http://www.grouprecipes.com/27022/slow-cooker-cherry-cola-pork-roast.html

•4 12-ounce cans cherry cola (flat)
•2 cups cherry jam or preserves
•2/3 cup dijon-style mustard with horseradish
•3 tablespoons soy sauce
•2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
•1 tablespoon hot sauce
•5 or 6 pound pork roast or 7 pounds of pork ribs

Directions
1.Mix all ingredients except pork in a sauce pan;
2.Heat thoroughly, stirring until well-blended;
3.Place roast (or ribs) in slow cooker and pour cherry sauce mixture over the meat;
4.Slow cook for 8 to 10 hours;
5.Serve with noodles, rice or potatoes to sop up the juices!

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[Amethyste]

CROCK POT CORNED BEEF AND CABBAGE http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,1612,157180-243201,00.html

Place in crock pot in order:

3 carrots, cut in 3 inch pieces
3-4 lb. corned beef brisket
2-3 med. onions, quartered
1-2 c. water
1/2 sm. cabbage, cut in wedges

Add cabbage to liquid, pushing down to moisten, after 6 hours on low or 3 hours on high. Cover and cook 10-12 hours on low, 5-6 hours on high.
To prepare more cabbage, cook separately in skillet. Remove 1 cup of broth from crock pot during last hour of cooking. Pour over cabbage wedges in skillet. Cover and cook 20-30 minutes.

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http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,1612,157181-242201,00.html
CROCK POT CORNED BEEF

3-4 lb. corned beef brisket or bottom round
1 (6 oz.) can frozen orange juice, thawed

Trim excess fat from corned beef. Cover with water and let stand 30 minutes. Drain thoroughly. Fit beef into slow cooking pot. Pour orange juice over meat. Cover tightly and cook on low for 10-12 hours or at high for 5-6 hours.
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I have used all the recipes I posted, and they are really nice!! Sounds likea great kid who is stepping up

My thoughts are with him and his family at this time....

 

[KatyTheChickenLady]

Man, I went out to breakfast and came back and all my work is done for me! Thank you everyone, I really appreciate being able to give him recipes that I know will work. I will be cut and pasting these into a cook book for him today, and I will get the cook cook book recomended as well _ I love the Title "A Man A Can & A Plan"
You all really helped; Thank you!

 

[wildorchid053]

what is nice is they are so different from what we cook it is nice to see new things

 

[KatyTheChickenLady]

i was thinking the same thing, I wanted some variety and you guys really gave it!

 

[frogs n chickens]

here is my recipe for Beans and Rice.
chop 1 med onion and 3-4 stalks of celery
saute in a little oil of your choice,( I use olive oil)
add some ground cumin and 1/2 to 1 lb of cajun (or your favorite sausage-I used bratwurst 2 nights ago)
2-3 cloves of chopped garlic
when heated add 2 15 oz cans of kidney beans and simmer (I usually pour out the bean juice before adding)
when hot add 1 cup of rice with 2 cups water (I love jasmine rice, but any rice will do) and finish according to rice instructions- usually 20 min covered

This is delicious and easy to make. I always keepa a couple of sausage in the freezer, just in case I can't think of anything else to cook, and everyone in the family loves it.

 

[harryg6167]

Taco Soup

1 1/2 lbs ground meat
2cans whole kernel corn
2pk Taco seasoning
2 cans red kidney beans
1 can rotel tomatoes

Brown meat, drain fat off, add taco seasoning and stir to mix it good.
Put in crock pot or slow cooker and add all other ingrdients. Cook until
everything is heated real good (30-45 minutes?) can cook it longer if you wish.
Serve over fritos, tortilla chips or even with ritz crackers.

(A few more ingredients than you asked for but a real good and really easy
dish to make)