For your busy days during this Holiday season (and anytime) - More Crockpot Recipes!

Fajitas Chicken

2 T chili powder
1 T brown sugar
1/4 t salt
1 c bottled Italian salad dressing - can be light
2 t cumin
1 t black pepper
1/4 t garlic powder
6 boneless, skinless chicken breasts or 8 boneless, skinless thighs

Combine all ingredients and pour over chicken in a SPRAYED crockpot.  Cook on high for 2 hours then turn to low for 4 - 5 hours.  Shred the chicken and serve in tortillas or on a salad with other "taco" fixings.

Honey Ribs

2 c beef broth
2 T maple syrup
2 T honey
3 T soy sauce
2 T prepared barbecue sauce
1/2 t ground dry mustard

Combine well and pour over 4 - 6 servings of boneless style ribs or chicken in sprayed crockpot.  Cook on low for 6 - 8 hours and serve over rice.

Creamy Mushroom Chicken

4 - 6 boneless, skinless chicken breasts (or 4 - 6 servings of chicken tenders)
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 c milk
8 oz softened cream cheese
4 oz can green chilies
4 oz can mushrooms, drained
1 pkg dry Italian dressing mix

Place chicken breasts in sprayed crockpot.  Mix together soup and cream cheese with electric mixer until smooth.  Add dressing mix and milk and beat until combined.  Stir in chilies and mushrooms.  Pour mixture over chicken.  Cook on low for 6 - 8 hours.  This is great over rice, mashed potatoes, or pasta.

Mock Chicken Cordon Bleu

4 - 6 boneless, skinless chicken breasts OR 1 to 1 1/2 lbs cooked shredded chicken or turkey*
1 can cream of chicken soup
8 slices of ham (can be deli ham)
6 oz shredded swiss cheese
1 box stuffing mix (prepared according to package directions)
16 oz frozen broccoli flowerettes (opt)

Place chicken in bottom of sprayed crockpot.  Top with soup, then ham, then cheese, then broccoli if desired and finish with stuffing.  Cook on low for 6 - 8 hours if using chicken breasts OR 3 - 4 hours on low if using pre-cooked chicken.

*This is a great use for Thanksgiving leftovers!

Easy Homemade Spaghetti Sauce

2 cans Italian style diced tomatoes
2 cans crushed tomatoes
1 lb sausage or hambuger, browned
1 green pepper, diced
1/2 onion, diced
6 fresh mushrooms, sliced
2 t dried basil
1/2 t garlic powder
3 T sugar

If you want to add "healthy" to this, shred 1 zucchini and 3 carrots and add in.

Combine and cook in a sprayed crockpot for 6 - 8 hours on low.  This makes your house smell sooooo good.  

This is also great to double if you have the room and freeze half to use as lasagna sauce. 

Crockpot Favs!

Sausage and Beans

1 lb sausage, browned
2 cans pork and beans
5 cans asst beans, drained and rinsed (kidney, butter, great northern, black eyed peas, black, pinto,               garbanzo, navy, etc)
2 c ketchup
1 c packed brown sugar
1 - 2 t ground mustard (depending on how spicy you want it)

Combine and pour into a sprayed large crockpot and cook on low for 4 - 5 hours. 

I love to put the leftovers over bread, top with a slice of cheese and microwave.  This is also a great alternative for "baked beans"!

Teresa's Beef Stew

1 lb stew meat
1/2 c flour
1 1/2 t salt
1/2 t pepper
4 cubes beef bullion
1 - 2 t. worcestershire sauce
1/2 t garlic powder
1 bay leaf
4 to 5 slice carrots
4 diced potatoes
1/2 to 1 diced onion

Combine in order in a sprayed crockpot.  Add enough water to cover and cook on low 10 - 12 hours or high 4 - 5 hours.  Check water level often.

Chicken Optional Cacciatore

2 c sliced zucchini and/or yellow crookneck squash
1 jar marinated artichoke hearts, undrained
1 - 2 cans diced Italian Style tomatoes
1 can black olives
1 can kidney beans, drained and rinsed
1 can garbanzo beans, drained and rinsed
2 t dried basil
2 -3  chicken breasts if desired

Combine and cook in a sprayed crockpot on low for 4 hours or on high for 2.  If you add uncooked chicken, add 2 hours onto the cooking times.  Serve over pasta, plain or my favorite is over cooked spaghetti squash.  This is also great with grated parmesan or mozzarella cheese on it.

Vanessa's Triple Chocolate Mess -

yes, a dessert for your crockpot and oh, what a dessert!

1 chocolate cake mix
1 small box instant chocolate pudding
12 oz bag chocolate chips (milk or semisweet - your choice)
16 oz container sour cream (trust me!)
4 eggs
3/4 c oil
1 c water

Mix together and pour/spoon into a sprayed crockpot.  Cook for 4 hours on low or 2 hours on high.  Awesome with vanilla ice cream and caramel or berry sauce (or for you major choco addicts, chocolate syrup!)