Healthy Crockpot Recipes
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Healthy Crockpot Recipes Click here for several Vegetarian Crockpot Recipes
Click here for several Non-vegetarian Crockpot Recipes
VEGETARIAN CROCKPOT RECIPES CROCK POT APPLE BUTTER7 cups applesauce, unsweetened
2 cups apple cider
1 1/2 cups honey
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp. ground cloves
1/2 tsp. allspiceIn a crockpot, mix all ingredients. Cover and cook on low heat for 14 to 15 hours, or until the mixture is deep brown. Pack while hot into 4 hot pint jars. Process in hot-water bath for 10 minutes, counting the time after the jars have been immersed and the water comes again to a rolling boil. Makes 4 pints.
PRITIKEN'S POTATO STUFFED CABBAGE
1 head cabbage
5 lb potatoes -- peeled
2 onions
1/2 cup rice, raw
1 tsp dill, dried
1/4 tsp black pepper -- ground
2 egg whites
1 can tomatoes (28 oz)
1 apple -- peeled and sliced
1/4 tsp ginger, dried -- groundParboil cabbage and separate the leaves. Slice off part of the heavy stalk of each leaf by slicing parallel to the leaf (do not cut into the leaf).
Grate potatoes, small inner leaves of cabbage, and one of the onions. Mix together. Add rice, dill, and black pepper. Beat egg whites until frothy and add to potato mixture.
Set aside two or three of the largest leaves. Fill each remaining cabbage leaf with approximately 2 Tbs. of the potato mixture. Fold up bottom of leaf, then fold in the sides, and roll up. Secure with toothpick if necessary.
Slice the reserved leaves and line the bottom of crockpot with them. Slice second onion and layer on top of cabbage. Add tomatoes, apple, and ginger. Place rolled stuffed cabbages into pot.
Cook at low heat for 4 to 5 hours.
CAULIFLOWER AND POTATO CURRY4 cups potatoes, peeled and quartered
1 small cauliflower, cut into florets
1 pinch of asafetida
3/4 tsp ground turmeric
1/2 tsp chili powder
1 1/2 tsp ground cumin
3/4 tsp salt
1 big pinch of sugar
2 tomatoes, chopped
1 1/4 cups water
1/2 tsp garam masala
1/2 cup wheat berries (optional)Add all ingredients to a crockpot and cook on low for approximately six hours. If you're adding wheat berries, cook them on high with an additional cup of water for an hour, then add remaining ingredients and cook on low. With the wheat berries, if things start drying out, add more water.
ROB'S VEGGIE CHILIOlive oil
1-2 large yellow onions, diced
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 red pepper, diced fairly large
1 green pepper, diced fairly large
2 28-oz. cans crushed tomatoes
1 T. cumin
1 tsp. cayenne (or to your taste)
1 package frozen corn
2 cans black beans (or any other kind of beans you like - chickpeas work well too)
1-1.5 C. picante sauce (Shotgun Willie's green sauce -- very hot -- works well)
Salt to taste
Grated cheddar, if desired
Cashew nuts, if desiredSaute onions in the olive oil. Add garlic a bit later. After onion and garlic are have turned golden brown, add cumin, cayenne, and whatever other spices you might like. Fry for a couple of minutes.
Next, add the peppers, saute them for a few minutes. Put the crushed tomatoes, corn, beans and picante sauce into the crockpot, and add the onion mixture. Cook on low about 10 hours.
Serve with grated cheddar and cashew nuts, if desired.
NOTE: I didn't have room in my crockpot for 2 cans of crushed tomatoes, and I had to cut back a little on the corn too, so you will have to vary the sizes above depending on the size of your crockpot.
CROCK POT RED BEANS
1 lb red kidney beans -- soaked overnight in water
1 1/2 c brown rice
16 oz tomato, stewed
1 ham hock (optional)
1 tsp basil
1 tsp thyme
1 onion, chopped
2 garlic clove or 1/4 tsp garlic powder
White pepper -- to taste
Salt -- to tasteI put everything in the crockpot at the same time, except for the rice. Turn on high for 4 hours, then on low for 6 hours. During the last 1 1/2 hour, put in the rice. The final ingredient is about 1/2 cup of white wine. You can add this whenever. It is optional, of course. My husband really likes it spicy so he adds 1/8 tsp red pepper. Enjoy!
NON-VEGETARIAN CROCKPOT RECIPES
CROCK POT BAVARIAN POT ROAST
3 to 4 lbs pot roast (organic or free range if possible)
1 teaspoon vegetable oil
1 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
3 whole cloves
4 medium apples -- cored and quartered
1 small onion -- sliced
1/2 cup apple juice or water
3 tablespoons flour (up to 4 tbs.)
3 tablespoons water (up to 4 tbs.)
Serves 6 to 8
Wipe roast well and trim off excess fat. Lightly rub top of meat with oil. Dust with salt, pepper, and ginger. Insert cloves in roast. Place apples and onions in Crock Pot and top with roast (cut roast in half, if necessary, to fit easily). Pour in apple juice. Cover and cook on Low for 10 to 12 hours or on High for 5 to 6 hours. Remove roast and apples to warm platter. Turn Crock Pot to High setting. Make a smooth paste of the flour and water; stir into Crock Pot. Cover and cook until thickened.
CROCK POT BARBEQUE CHICKEN1 frying chicken , cut up (organic or free range if possible)
1 can tomato soup, condensed
3/4 cup onion, chopped
1/4 cup vinegar
3 tablespoons brown sugar
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. sweet basil
1/4 tsp. thymePlace chicken in crockpot. Combine all other ingredients and pour over chicken. Cover and cook on low for 6 to 8 hours.
CROCK POT CABBAGE ROLLS12 large cabbage leaves
1 pound lean ground beef or lamb
1/2 cup cooked rice
1 (6 oz.) can tomato paste
3/4 cup water
1/2 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. pepper
1/4 tsp. leaf thyme
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
1/4 tsp. cinnamonWash cabbage leaves. Boil 4 cups water. Turn off heat. Soak leaves in water for 5 minutes. Remove, drain and cool. Combine ground meat; rice, salt, pepper, thyme, nutmeg and cinnamon. Place 2 tablespoons meat mixture on each leaf and roll firmly. Stack in electric slow cooker. Combine tomato paste and water; pour over stuffed cabbage. Cover. Cook on low setting for 8-10 hours.
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