Five-Star Crockpot Recipes

This first recipe is from a fellow colleague, Shellie Hurrle. My husband and I both enjoyed this dish, and my preschooler simply devoured it!

Makes 4-6 servings

Brown ground beef and drain. Add onion and garlic; cook over medium heat until tender and transparent. Add salt and pepper. Place 2 tortillas in bottom of crockpot. Place a third of the following in layers over the tortillas: meat, corn, sauce, cheese and olives. Repeat tortillas and other layers two times. Cover and cook on low 6-8 hours Serve with sour cream.

This steak is extremely tasty, tender and juicy. The chili powder gives the meat a slightly kicked-up flavor, but it's not really spicy at all. Serve it up with a baked potato and a vegetable to complete the dinner. Delicious!

Makes 4-6 servings

In a large skillet over medium-high heat, brown steak in oil. Transfer to crockpot. In the same skillet, sauté onion for a minute or two. Gradually add the water. Add remaining ingredients and bring to a boil. Pour over the flank steak. Cover and cook on low for about 8 hours or until the meat is tender. Slice meat and serve with the onion and pan juices. Enjoy!

This is a wonderful chili recipe that I found on the Web and adjusted to my liking. This one will surely warm you up on a chilly night. You can add more or less chili powder depending upon how mild or spicy you like your chili. My husband thought it was delicious and kept refilling his bowl. I like to garnish chili with a little shredded cheddar cheese on the top. Nice accompaniments are a garden salad and warm French bread. Enjoy!

Makes 6 servings

Brown the ground beef with the onion. Drain if needed. Put ground beef and onion in a slow cooker, and add remaining ingredients. Cook on low for 8-10 hours.

This dish was extremely delicious. My husband absolutely loved it. I served it along with a tossed salad and French bread. Scrumptious!

Makes 8 servings

Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook beef in oil about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until brown. Drain. Place beef and sliced onion in a slow cooker. Mix beef broth, tomato paste, garlic, Worcestershire sauce, paprika, salt, and pepper; stir into beef mixture. Cover and cook on low heat 8-10 hours (I always use the longer cook time) until beef is tender. Mix water and flour; gradually stir into beef mixture. Stir in green pepper. Cover and cook on high heat 30 minutes. Serve goulash over noodles.

This chicken dish is rich, creamy, and very tasty. The chicken is cooked in the crockpot in a mixture of water and Italian salad dressing mix. The cream sauce consists of cream cheese, cream of chicken soup and mushrooms. It's delicious served over fettuccine with a garden salad on the side.

Place the chicken in the crockpot. Mix the salad dressing mix with the water and pour over the chicken. Cover and cook on low for about 3 [product] hours. In a mixing bowl, beat the cream cheese and soup until blended. Stir in the mushrooms and pour mixture over the chicken. Cook about 1 hour longer. Serve over the cooked fettuccine.

This dish gets its spice from diced tomatoes with green chilies, green peppers, chili powder, and lime juice. The flavor is quite scrumptious. It's not too spicy, but it has a pleasantly zesty taste to it. I recommend serving the turkey over rice, with perhaps a green veggie on the side.

Makes 6 servings

Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook turkey in oil about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until browned. Place turkey in a slow cooker. Mix remaining ingredients and pour over turkey. Cover and cook on low heat for about 6 hours or until turkey is no longer pink in center.

You can even use your slow cooker to make desserts! This concoction is delicious by itself, but it's absolutely scrumptious served with vanilla ice cream over top. Instead of his usual carrot cake, my husband now wants this dessert for his birthday!

Makes 8-10 servings

Place pie filling in a slow cooker. Combine dry cake mix and butter; sprinkle over filling. Sprinkle with walnuts. Cover and cook on low for 2-3 hours. Serve warm in bowls. Great topped with vanilla ice cream.