The most important thing to keep in mind when you’re leaving the slow cooker on when you’re sleeping is to make sure there is absolutely nothing around it that’s flammable. When I had a smaller slow cooker I was able to easily sit it on the stove top between burners. It’s obviously heat resistent and there was nothing around it that would accidentally get too close. Now that I have the counter space I can use that, and just make sure I clear the area of papers, etc (yes, I’m paranoid).

Overnight Oatmeal
adapted from suite101

2 cups steel cut oats (not instant or rolled oats)
6-8 cups water (if cooking for less than 8 hours, use 6 cups of water; 8 hours or longer, use 8 cups of water)
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
2 apples, peeled and diced
1 cup raisins

~ Spray crockpot with nonstick cooking spray

~ Put all ingredients in slow cooker and cook on low

~ Just before serving, stir in bananas, walnuts, or sprinkle with additional brown sugar if desired

~ Serves 8

[image: amazon]

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Overnight Oatmeal

During the summer it’s grilling time, during the fall and winter I break out the Crock Pot at least once or twice a week to make some comfort food. I enjoy slow cooked meatloaf, chili, chicken, and stews. Yum!

I think I’m in love with this new Crock-Pot® Programmable Slow Cooker. It has a touch screen that you can use to program in your cook time, and even let the slow cooker know if you’d like to have it hold your meal on warm after it’s cooked.

The stainless steel exterior is super elegant. It’s not just a pretty face, this Crock Pot also has an impressive 6.5 quart capacity, and features an oval shape with a countdown control panel for programmable cooking times from 30 minutes up to 20 hours. Wow!

The new Crock-Pot® Programmable Slow Cooker is available at Bed Bath & Beyond and online at Crock-Pot.com.

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The New Crock-Pot® Programmable Slow Cooker

A crock-pot pork barbecue is one of the easy dishes you could make in the weekends by starting it early in the morning, leave it to cook for hours so you could spend some quality time with the family. Watch movies, read boks or play some board games while dinner is cooking in the crock-pot and making the house smell like you’ve been spending hours cooking in the kitchen.

Crock Pot Pork Barbecue (Image © Dexie Wharton)

INGREDIENTS:
pork short ribs
half a bottle of bbq sauce

That’s all you need. You can make your own bbq sauce but a store bought one is perfectly fine.

Combine the two in a crock-pot. Set it to either high or low. If you’re starting it at about 11am, HIGH is the setting. Low if you’re starting it at about 9am. I’m sure you’d be able to make side dishes like mashed potatoes or buttered-garlic bread, and steamed veggies or green beans and cherry tomatoes salad, etc right before serving dinner.

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Fall Cooking: Crock-Pot Pork Barbecue

Rival Chrome Crock-Pot

This Rival Chrome Crock-Pot is currently on sale for $27.99 at Macy’s. The size is 4 QT so that’s big enough for any roasts, or soups and stews kind of dishes. I love the chrome style too. Now I feel like buying another crock-pot .

(Image : Macy’s)

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Rival Crock-Pot On Sale

Saturdays always seem to be the busiest day of the week and one of my favorite days to whip out the crock pot for some help. One of my most favorite things to make in it is pot roast because there are so many different ways you can make it, and so many different things you add to it!

I’ve used this recipe for several years and it remains one of our favorites, everyone always asks for seconds! I like to add about half a pound or so of baby carrots to the bottom of the crock pot before I put in the pot roast, and the whole thing makes a delicious gravy that tastes amazing over mashed potatoes. If you don’t want to bother with mashed potatoes, chop up some potatoes and add them in with the carrots.

Amazing Slow Cooker Pot Roast

2 (10.75 ounce) cans condensed cream of mushroom soup
1 (1 oz) package dry onion soup mix
1 1/4 cups water
5 1/2 pounds pot roast

In a bowl, mix cream of mushroom soup, dry onion soup mix and water. Place pot roast in slow cooker and coat with soup mixture. Cook on High setting for 3 to 4 hours, or on Low setting for 8 to 9 hours.

[image: flickr]

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Busy Day Pot Roast

I put this in about two hours ago and will make some scalloped potatoes to go with it later. Yay for lazy Sundays!

Beef (or Pork!) Spare Ribs

3+ lbs beef or pork spare ribs
2 (28oz) cans diced tomatoes
2 cups barbecue sauce
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup white wine vinegar

Put the ribs in the crockpot and mix the remaining ingredients together and pour over top. Cook on low for 5-6 hours.

I also really, really love these for when dinner is over!

[image: amazon]

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Lazy Sunday Cooking