Crockpot Mashed Potatoes

After trying this recipe today.  I will never again boil potatoes to mash again!   So easy and tasty!

Carl's Crock Pot Mashed Potatoes

Source: budgetsavvydiva.com  adapted

Course: Side Dishes

Serves: 1

Ingredients

• 5 lbs russet potatoes
• 1 garlic clove minced
• 1 1/2 cups chicken broth
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 1/4 c sour cream or greek yogurt
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp ground black pepper
• 1/3 cup milk warmed

Directions

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1. 1.  Peel Potatoes and cube
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2. 2.  Set Crock pot to high.  Put in potatoes, chicken stock and butter.
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3. 3.  Cook for 4.5 hours
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4. 4.  Roughly Mash potatoes.  Add garlic, sour cream, salt, pepper, milk and cream cheese.  Finish mashing.
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Hamburger Minestrone Soup

Yet again a staple food from growing up.  Very hearty and tasty.  You can whip up this whole thing  and then freeze leftovers for when you just want some yummy soup!   (Oh I always have a piece of toast, homemade of course, with cheese on it to dip in.  MMMMM!)  Go ahead and crockpot this too...

Hamburger Minestrone Soup

1 lb ground beef
1 c onions, chopped
2 medium potatoes, cubed
2 c sliced carrots
2 stalks celery, diced
2 c shredded cabbage
1/2 c brown rice or barley
1 small zucchini, sliced (optional)
1 qt tomatoes or tomato juice
2 tsp Mrs Dash
1 small bay leaf
1/2 tsp thyme
1 tsp basil
2 tsp beef bouillon granules
2 qts water

Brown hamburger with onions until tender.  Drain fat.  Mix all of the ingredients together and boil for 5 minutes.  Turn down to low and cook 1 1/2 hours or until vegetables are tender.  Makes 12 large servings.

Corned Beef Reuben Sandwiches

My husband had never eaten one of these until he met me.  One of the exotic foods I introduced him to.  Reubens are great and really easy.  By my calculations it was about 400 calories for the sandwich using low fat swiss cheese. 

First cook a corned beef--the best we have found are from Costco or Sams club.  Put it in a crockpot on high with a little water and the seasoning packet for at least 12 hours.  The longer it cooks the more tender and tasty it is.  For some reason we have found we like it better cold.

Corned Beef Reuben Sandwich

Corned beef, previously cooked
Rye bread  (our favorite is orowheat dill rye)
Saurkraut
Swiss Cheese
Thousand Island Dressing

Take a slice of Rye bread and spread with about a Tablespoon of Thousand Island dressing.  Place on baking sheet dressing side up and then layer corned beef, saurkraut and swiss cheese on top.  Repeat for as many sandwiches as you want to make.  Broil in Oven until cheese starts to bubble and bread starts to brown.  Allow to cool slightly and then enjoy!

Salsa Chicken

The counterpart to Chicken and corn chili would be salsa chicken.  It is meant to be over rice but as soon as we tried it that way, we knew we had to try it in a tortilla.  Ahhh, heaven!!  This chicken is so very easy to make I just use the frozen breasts right out of the freezer it shreds so easy and tastes oh so good.  DH believes this recipe to be just as good as his favorite hole in the wall mexican restaurant.  The link to where I found it is here.


Crock Pot Salsa Chicken

4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts 

1 cup salsa

1 package taco seasoning

1 can cream of mushroom soup

Add chicken to crockpot. Cover with salsa taco mix and soup.   Cook on low for 6 to 8 hours.  Shred chicken and mix into sauce.  Serve on warmed tortillas with cheese and sour cream, lettuce, tomato and olives if desired.

Five Stars!

Chicken and Corn Chili

One of the things I like to do when looking for something to cook is to google it.  I find some good recipes that way.  This is one I just did a day ago.  DH says that he likes Salsa Chicken better but it is basically the same thing.  I really just liked this one.  This link is the recipe I got, and here is how I tweaked it.  I would add the chili powder and cumin to taste--DH liked it better before I added the tomatoes and beans.

Chicken and Corn Chili

4 skinless boneless chicken breast halves (I pulled mine straight from the freezer)
1 16 oz jar salsa (2 cups)
2 teaspoons minced garlic (I buy pre-minced in the bottle)
1-2 teaspoons ground cumin
1-2 teaspoons chili powder
salt and pepper to taste
1 can corn
4 cups pinto beans cooked as directed, or two cans beans
1 can green chilis
1 can diced tomatoes
2 t sugar

Place chicken, salsa and spices in crockpot.  Cook on high for four hours, turn to low for 6 hours and add beans, corn, tomato, chilis and sugar.  I was able to shred the chicken easily after 5 hours but you can pretty much do that as you mix it all together.  Great as just chili, with french bread on the side.  You can also use in a tortilla.  I give this 4 stars of 5.