Want to win a slow cooker cookbook from America's Test Kitchen?
America's Test Kitchen just put out The Healthy Slow Cooker Revolution
, a photo-filled cookbook comprised of lighter, healthier fare than you'd usually expect from a slow-cooker cookbook.
And because I am a lucky blogger, I got a review copy to try out, plus two to give away!
This book is the same size as the DIY cookbook and the 6-Ingredient cookbook, and like those two, it has tons of pictures. I'd say probably ⅔ of the recipes have accompanying full-color photos, which I love. Photos make it so much easier to pick out which recipes you'd want to try.
Most of the recipes in the book are for main dishes, such as soups, stews, slow-cooked meats, and so on. But there are also a few recipes for very unconventional slow-cooking...as it turns out, you can make brownies and cakes in your slow cooker by putting a loaf pan right inside!
Unfortunately, I have a super old, super cheap, super 90's Crock Pot, which is the vertical shape rather than the new oval shape, so I wasn't able to try out any of the "baking" recipes.
Honestly, since I have a functional oven, I'm more interested in non-baking sorts of recipes. But for someone who doesn't have an oven, the baking recipes could be super handy.
I opted instead to try out a shredded chicken taco recipe, because I pretty much can never ever eat too much Tex-Mex food.
I actually have a chicken taco recipe that we all love (a riff on a Cook's Illustrated recipe), but that one has a green sauce, so the red sauce here intrigued me.
The chicken tacos call for bone-in chicken breasts, and luckily, I happened to have some in the freezer.
A number of Cook's Illustrated/ATK recipes call for them, so when I happen to see them on sale, I stash some away for future use.
So, you salt and pepper the breasts, and then in the microwave, you combine oil, spices, and chipotle chili in adobo sauce.
This is in lieu of blooming the spices in a pan the way you would during stovetop cooking, and if you don't have a microwave, you could certainly just cook the spices and oil in a pan for a minute or two.
Then you mix the spices with tomato sauce, nestle the chicken into the sauce, and cook for three hours, or until the chicken breasts register 165 ° F.
Then all that's left is to remove the chicken from the sauce, let it cool a bit, shred it, and return it to the sauce.
The recipe also includes instructions for making a pineapple salsa, and in addition to that, I sliced avocado on top of my taco.
Because I add avocado to everything.
(Interestingly enough, all the recipes I bookmarked to try were either Tex-Mex or included avocado. I am nothing if not predictable.)
We also tried the tacos with toppings like shredded lettuce and cheese, and we actually thought that was more delicious than the pineapple salsa.
Pineapple salsa is awesome, but I think I prefer it on the side with chips rather than in my taco (Totally a matter of personal preference.)
I'll share the shredded chicken taco recipe in a separate post, hopefully tomorrow, but for now, I have a giveaway!
The Giveaway
The Healthy Slow Cooker Revolution is available in a paper version and you can also buy it for your Kindle (though I must say, I really do prefer physical books for cooking!)
However, two of you will win your very own copy, compliments of America's Test Kitchen.
To enter, leave a comment telling me your favorite thing to make in your slow-cooker.
Due to shipping restrictions, this giveaway is limited to residents of the continental United States. Apologies to my international readers...I really do you love you all! 😉
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Void where prohibited. Odds of winning depend upon the number of entrants. ATK furnished the giveaway prizes and a review copy, but this post was not sponsored in any other way. Winner will be chosen at random. Giveaway closes at 11:59 pm EST, on Sunday, February 22nd.
I love to make refried beans in my crock pot - so yummy and healthy.
I love to make red beans in my crockpot for red beans and rice, a traditional New Orleans Monday meal.
I love making slow-cooked pepper steak in the crockpot. It's a meal that's "fancy enough" to make my family ask if we're having company for dinner, but it's also easy enough to be for just us!
I have a recipe for hot fudge cake that I make in my slow cooker. It is amazing, especially over vanilla ice cream.
That sounds delicious. I have never "baked" in the crock-pot but now you have me thinking about trying it out.
Eggant Parmesan! One of our new favorite recipes, the same great taste as oven baked, minus all the oil.
We use our slow cooker a lot for cooking a whole chicken and then making homemade chicken broth. Yum! But we also love using it for soups and stews.
There are so many good uses for a crockpot. I love to make beans in mine, so I don't have to babysit them. But, I also like to use it to keep things warm, like chili, so that my family can eat it whenever they are hungry throughout the day. If I needed to pick a recipe though, I'd have to say my favorite thing to make in the crockpot is a Deer Roast, my BIL turned me onto the recipe. I used to not like venison, but this recipe is delicious and I cannot tell that I am eating a game meat. Very good indeed. 🙂
I use my (super old, super 90's) crock pot all the time. My current favourite thing to make is pulled-chicken sandwiches. Piled high on toasted kaiser buns and paired with a great salad is just a lovely meal. I am getting hungry now!!!
Tortilla soup and spaghetti are great using the crock pot!
Chili and pot roast (both ATK recipes, OF COURSE).
Any kind of chicken! Whole, thighs, drumsticks, breasts! I hated cooking them in the oven and then discovered how juicy, perfect ans effortless it was to use the crockpot!
I've never made anything I thought was excellent in my crockpot - until this week! I put in 4 chicken breasts and covered them in this sauce: 1/2 cup water, 1/2 cup bottled salad dressing (I used balsamic vinaigrette), 1 packet taco seasoning, and 1 packet Hidden Valley Ranch. Mix the sauce in a measuring cup and pour over the chicken. It doesn't sound like much, but I promise it was the best chicken ever! I shredded it and we used it in tacos.
I love making pot roast in my slow cooker! There is nothing better than putting everything in the cooker Saturday am, completing all my chores and errands to come home to a house that smells sooo wonderful. It makes life in the kitchen easy since I don't have a lot of room to spread out.
The crockpot is wonderful during soccer and lacrosse seasons. Favorites are chicken noodle (or rice) soup, pulled pork, chicken taco, chili, and chicken and black beans.
Bread! And refried beans! So easy and so yummy.
I love making chili in my crockpot.
Hands down, italian beef. Sooo good.
My favorite thing to make in the crockpot is kalua pork. It only uses three ingredients (pork shoulder, sea salt, and liquid smoke) but tastes so good!
I'm still experimenting with my slow cooker. I've made meats, soups and stews in it. I did enjoy the stews.
Ooh, what a great give away, and the tacos looks delish! I've been on a pretty tight budget lately, so we have a pot of beans from the crock at least once a week. I change it up by adding in the leftovers from Saturday night's usual grill, and I am trying new types of beans. I didn't realize there were so many varieties - so good for you, too.
Cheesy tortilla soup! Definitely not "healthy" but oh so good!!
I've mostly used my crock-pot to make shredded chicken for tacos or bbq. I have yet to find that "favorite" recipe, but with baseball season soon approaching and four children playing, I think I am going to need to find some favorite recipes! 😉
Brisket.
One of my favorite things to make is vegetable stock. I throw all the bits, ends and peelings from various veggies in the freezer, then throw the whole thing in a slow cooker and let it go all day. A quick run through a sieve and voila, a beautiful vegetable stock! Although, the last thing I made in my slow cooker was carne guisada and it was all sorts of good. My slow cooker is one of the old school vertical ones too.
I love to cook roast...So tender coming from a crockpot.
Pulled pork... A spicy rub and some of the soda stream dr pepper-style concentrate work great!
Italian beef!!
Red beans and rice, Mexican chicken, pulled pork, baked potatoes and more! I'm actually talking to our MOPS group in April about slow cooker cooking so I would love a new resource to share with them!
Well, shoot, I can't think of a favorite family recipe because every time I cook *anything* in the crockpot my kids exclaim "crockpot! I love crockpot!" as if that were the dish itself. And every time I think that they're pulling my leg but no... they really do love anything I cook in the crockpot. Anyhoo, I think my own favorite recipe is the Southwestern Chicken because it's so darn easy (chicken breasts, jar of salsa, 2 cans of corn, 1 can of black beans) and yummy with homemade corn bread.
Chili, hands down. The flavors have all kinds of time to meld in that slow, steady heat. But I do like it for lots of other things, too.
I like making a whole chicken in my slow cooker. It's so easy~ just add some carrots, celery and onions and let it cook for the afternoon. Bonus: the broth is wonderful to save for chicken soup later in the week!
My favorite crockpot recipes are a variation on the crockpot lasagna from Eat Live Run, and a variation on chicken tortilla soup from Heather Likes Food.
I love the crockpot! Such a lifesaver!
I love making pulled pork in my crockpot. Easy and great for company!
It seems as like everyone else uses their crock-pot for healthy foods ....but I love cooking cheesecake in mine. It turns out beautiful.
I love chicken tacos. The chicken is falling apart and it has a great flavor.
turkey breast.
6-8 lb frozen breast thawed enough to get under the skin
1 packet Onion soup mix rubbed under the skin.
On low til it reaches temp. Moist every time!
It's so easy to make beans in the slow cooker! I use 2 c beans + 6 c water + 1 TB salt + red pepper flakes. Pinto beans, black beans and garbanzos (w/o red pepper) all work great! They cook in maybe 4-6 hours on high or overnight on low.
sesame beef with ginger! Yummy!
I use my slow cooker most for beans, stock and chili, but our favorite is slow cooked round steak with carmelized onions and roasted chilies. It gets tender and falls apart and I serve it on toasted rolls with a good melting cheese, like Monterey Jack. I think I found and and simplified a recipe from a Bobby Flay cookbook, from the library or I would check. Anyway, my husband loves it and asks for it often. Off to check to see if my library has the newest ATK cookbook and to find out how to make cheesecake in the slow cooker!
I just picked up the ATK Quick Family Cookbook from the library yesterday based on your previous recommendation and would LOVE to win the healthy slow cooker cookbook from them as well. (I would do more in the slow cooker, but I pretty much detest the canned mushroom soup, etc., that is called for in a number of slow cooker cookbooks).
BTW, your white sandwich bread recipe is AWESOME. Made it yesterday for the very first time and my husband texted me from work to say how fantastic his humble turkey sandwich was. He is very, very particular, so this was a huge compliment. Thank you for all you do!
Yay! That is so awesome to hear.
apple butter
I love to make pot roast in my crock-pot, but definitely need to try some new recipes. Those chicken tacos look yummy!
I cannot enter but must share my favourite slow cooker recipe!
http://simplybeingmum.com/2014/01/23/simple-slow-cooked-lasagne-recipe-a-reminder/
My favorite is french dips!
I love to use my slow cocker to make chicken taco bowls. They are inexpensive, simple to make, and always delicious!
Since I've been trying to stock the freezer before baby #2 arrives (2 weeks - eek!), chicken stock (ATK and Smitten Kitchen) has perking away in my crock pot (another 1990s one - with lovely blue flowers). But we just made posole (New Mexican pork and hominy stew) which was fantastic. Thanks for fantastic giveaway.
I'm boring and usually just make soups in the slow cooker. Would love some fresh inspiration!
I have two crockpots but I only make chili, spaghetti sauce and roasts... I NEED this book. My hubs is begging for more crockpot variety!
I love putting a pot roast in the crock pot before I leave for work and then coming home to wonderful smells and a no hassle dinner!!
I love making over night steel cut oats.
I use mine most for cooking a chicken carcass for broth. I also like crockpot mac and cheese for an easy homeschool lunch.
I love to make Spanish rice in my slow cooker. It says warm and moist.
I don't have a favorite thing to make in my slow cooker, because I just got it a year ago. I am having trouble finding recipes for the things I like to eat (mostly vegetarian, no red meat, etc.). That's why I need this cookbook!
I think you'd like this cookbook! Lots of vegetarian options.
Another good slow cooker vegetarian cookbook to look for is Gourmet Vegetarian Slow Cooker: Simple and Sophisticated Meals from Around the World by Lynn Alley. Her recipes are delicious and a staple in our home. I'm a huge fan of her Lentil Risotto from this book.
She has a collection of slow cooker cookbooks that I couldn't recommend more! They are a refreshing break from the typical soups, roasts and chilies that are typical of most slow cooker cookbooks.
Chili or Roast---both super easy and delicious 🙂
My favorite thing to make in my slow-cooker is black bean soup...from an America's Test Kitchen recipe, of course!
I love making chicken tacos in mine too! Our recipe calls for chicken thighs, frozen corn, black beans, and Rotel tomatoes with chilis along with taco seasoning and can go right from the freezer into the crockpot, which makes it perfect for weeknights.
I love using mine for turkey breast. I just used up the last of the leftover turkey to make a curried turkey sandwich spread that was fab!!!
Coca-Cola pulled pork is my favorite--so easy!
I have a Mexican Beef recipe that I like to make, but the thing I use it most often for is bone broth made from organic chicken bones and bits. Good for what ails you!
Cooking a whole chicken. No liquid of any kind. Just rub the chicken with herbs and spices and set on a bed of chopped onion. Then I have delicious, moist chicken for all kinds of other recipes, as well as eating as is. Yum!
While we use the crockpot for so many things, baked potatoes are one of my favorites! It makes for an easy Sunday lunch with leftover bits of meat, cheese, and veggies for toppings.
Chile con queso for parties, a whole chicken for the meat and broth for a lot of recipes.
I am so excited for this book! Pork roasts and chicken tacos are favorites in our house.
I use my crock pot at least once a week. My favorite meal that comes from the slow cooker is chili. There's nothing quite like coming home to a delicious smelling home with a hot meal waiting!
My All time favorites for the crock pot are Spaghetti Sauce and Baked Beans!!
Buffalo chicken soup. Not healthy, but oh so good!
My favorite dish to cook in my slow cooker is lasagna, which my husband loves!
I actually love to make baked potatoes in my crockpot! Just wrap them in tinfoil (add some butter and salt to tinfoil) wrap the and put in the cooker all day long on low.... They come out wonderful!!!
I love America's Test Kitchen! And my favorite crock pot meal is white bean chicken chili.:)
I love to make chicken soup/bone broth.
Pork Shoulder with a BBQ rub and some liquid smoke is nearly as good as "real" smoked pulled pork.
It's a tie between simple beans, and kalua pork.
We love making a good old fashioned roast with potatoes!
Pot roast...it makes its own gravy and makes the whole house smell homey and welcoming.
chicken & Dumplins
Our favorite slow cooker recipe is for pulled pork- we just made some this week and it is ohhhhh so tasty! I tried chocolate truffles in the slow cooker a while back, too. Turned out pretty darn decadent!
chicken chili ~ easy and healthy!
Stew Beef Chilli!
The Best!
I love to make a slow-cooker recipe I found long ago for Mediterranean-style roast with chickpeas and couscous. Mmm, I'm getting hungry just thinking about it!
I love to make kalua pork, which is in no way healthy.
My favorite thing to make in my slow cooker is any freezer-to-slow cooker meal. 🙂 For Valentine's Day, we just made chocolate cake with fudgy sauce and it was awesome! Meatball soup is another good one, but we substitute stew-cut venison!
I use my slow cooker for all sorts of dry beans and a variety of soups, stews, and chilies.
The crockpot is wonderful in making chili!
I love making stock from roasted chickens and beef bones.
I make soy-ginger chicken thighs in the crockpot that my whole family loves!
Pizza casserole
I have an ancient slow cooker too, but it still works and I love using it. I use it for anything that needs lengthy simmering. I have a gas stove and, even with a flame tamer, it gets a bit hot. Also, one time I found a cat curled around the pot on the stove and the smell of singed tail hair in the kitchen! Stupid cat. 🙂 Specifically I love to make chili and soups. And I would dearly love a new slow cooker. BTW, I adore ATK. I listen to Christopher Kimball at night on my tablet. It does sometimes take me a few night to stay awake to hear the whole podcast. LOL!
I love making chili and soup but I've been known to throw a whole chicken or roast in there! I work 9 hours a day so coming home to food cooked is always a win in my book!
My family loves beef stew made in the slow cooker:)
I make all kinds of stuff in my crockpot, but I really enjoy making chicken and beef for tacos, casseroles, etc. The way they melt into the crockpot is just amazing.
I make a Crockpot Creole Chicken. You can make it mild or as spicy as you like. Put it over rice and some cornbread and it is a heavenly dish.
Hard to pick a favorite! We love a lot of things made in the slow cooker. But my recipe for Slow Cooker Sloppy Joes seems to get asked for a lot!
Chicken Tortilla Soup is a Slow cooker family favorite.
I have 2 crockpots so I can make a main dish like whole chicken or pot roast and a side like beans at the same time. Chicken cooks so much better in a crockpot!
Potato soup!!!! 🙂 Or roasts...or beef and noodles... I love my Crock-Pot!
Marinated Herbed Turkey Breast from a Taste of Home Test Kitchen Favorites Cookbook. So juicy & flavorful! You can't have too many crockpot recipes.
I love sing the crockpot for meatballs and soup. Anything that I can make ahead and keep warm. Would love some other recipes. I'm in a bit of a slump!
We can't get enough slow-cooker pulled pork.
My favorite thing to make in the slow cooker is pinto beans. I always make a large batch so I have plenty to freeze!
We like pot roast.
ATK is the best!!! Pot roast, hands down.
I have two that I love to make in the crock pot. Of course the first favorite is good old roast beef with potatoes and carrots. Our second favorite is a garlic chicken.
My daughter has fallen in love with the crock pot and making soup...yesterday was a delicious chicken enchilada. Basically anything that I don't need to cook first, like chicken, is a win-win for us in the crock pot. Also, I just borrowed and ATC cookbook from the library for our home-school co-op cooking class and I really like their format and writing style.
I like to make picadillo. Most of my old crockpot recipes cooking times have to be adjusted for the new crockpots.
I love my crockpot! Mostly I use my crockpot for roasts, beans or soup. I made pizza once and it turned out amazing!
I love making oatmeal in the crockpot overnight. Nothing like waking up to an already made breakfast!
We use the crockpot most consistently for venison stroganoff.
I don't have a favorite recipe, the handful of things I've made in my crockpot ended up tasting like the were made in a crockpot 🙁 . I'm not very creative in the kitchen (I do have the heart, just not the skills!) Having an ATK slow cooker cookbook would put me on the right track, I'd love some proven recipes.
I have two: tomato basil parmesan soup and Italian shredded beef. The cookbook looks great. I definitely prefer cooking with whole foods.
Pulled pork! So easy!
Split Pea soup, my go to soup for this winter. I can't get enough of it & a crock pot makes this soup so easy.
I think my favorite is Beef Panang Red Curry. Without the slow cooker, dishes like this take longer than I usually want to spend on dinner but with it, we have a "special" meal that takes almost no time 🙂
I love to make my "famous" (to my family) Chicken Corn Chowder.
I love to make BBQ pork for pulled pork sandwiches.
white chili ... so easy and yummy!
General Tso's Chicken with lots of veggies! My favorite right now!
Ham and potato soup ... crockpot steel cut oats ... lasagna ... whole chicken ... an assorted variety of soups and stews ... I love the fix-it-and-forget-it mindset. I've made cakes in my crockpot and haven't had to use a bread pan in it. I have 2 crockpots--an old 80's style (which I actually prefer for soups--AND it doesn't take up as much room on my kitchen counter) and a larger, newer, programmable oblong one. So I can have 2 crockpots going at once .... ha!
I love making soups in the slow cooker. My favorite is a rice soup.
I most often use my crock pot to make pork BBQ. Yum! I usually make a large batch and freeze it in individual portions. later I use it to make quesadillas, nachos, sandwiches, etc.
I don't use it much, except to keep things warm , like soup. I so want to learn some vegetarian recipes and new recipes for my kids , who are meat eaters 🙂
Thanks !
I was all primed to put in my two cents worth, and since the rules say to do so I guess I have to (roast, potatoes, carrots, celery, onions, completely overstuff the slow cooker, 18 hours on low, yum) but instead I'm distracted into finding out what kalua pork is and figuring out cheesecake.
Kalua pig/pork is a dish from Hawaii. The native Hawaiians would bury an entire pig in an underground pit and let it slow cook. They used heated rocks as the heat source. Salt for taste and over the hours it would get the smoky flavor. They would wrap it in banana and ti leaves and even wet burlap.
It's something I like to make/eat too. Super simple. Think pork shoulder, salt, and liquid smoke. The trick is low and slow.
It's served shredded like pulled pork. Hope that helps. (It's making me hungry.)
This is the recipe I use:
http://m.allrecipes.com/recipe/24035/kalua-pig-in-a-slow-cooker/
I just use coarse sea salt because I couldn't find Hawaiian sea salt. It's still amazing! I serve it with white rice and this macaroni salad:
http://m.allrecipes.com/recipe/81108/classic-macaroni-salad/
An amazing Hawaiian meal!
My favorite crockpot recipe is Chili!
I love making black beans and brown rice in my slow cookers. My four year old loves to make curried chicken. The slow cooker is a wonderful tool to let little ones help in the kitchen. He gets to put all the ingredients into the slow cooker and turn it on so he gets to make dinner for the family!
We use our slow cooker the most in the summer. It helps me make dinner or side dishes without heating up my kitchen. In the winter I would much rather turn on my stove or oven and have a warm toasty kitchen.
The crock-pot is my go to for roast beef and chili. I have been meaning to try one of those baking recipes but I am a traditional baker. I find that if something works, why change it. Although, Courtney F commented above about hot fudge cake so I am intrigued and considering changing my ways.
We love making Pot Roast in the Crock Pot. Chili, pulled pork and an asian pork with noodles dish. I am looking for some more go-to recipes since we have an almost 7 month old and both work outside the home.
We love chicken tortilla soup in the crock pot, and we often use it for a pork loin or something where I can get the meat going before church, then just have to make the sides when we get back, for a nice Sunday dinner. Would love to win a copy; thanks! (AND, thanks for your post laying out some of your favorites of the ATK cookbooks - I had no idea there were so many until recently, so it's good to have some hands-on reviews to sort through the options!)
I have a great recipe for crock pot sweet potatoes. They have molasses, maple syrup, cinnamon and other spices. YUM! Thanks!!
I love making baked beans in the slow cooker!! In our house though it gets used most for roasts and rabbits!! Nothing like nice fall off the bone roasted meat on a cold winters day!!
I use my crockpot no less than 3 times a week. My favorites in it are soups of any kind!
Chicken cordon blue - yum!
I love making any kind of soup in my slow cooker - taco soup is my favorite. I also love to use it to make shredded chicken that I can use in a ton of recipes!
I like my Cuban Chicken Fricassee, a national contest-winning recipe I found in the newspaper as a newlywed in Jacksonville, FL, oh, about forty-umpteen years ago! I've shared it many times, as everyone has loved it.
I'd like to have that one if you dont' mind sharing here or email? quilt938 (at) clear (dot) net (of course the at and dot are the actual symbols) nothing like a tried and true recipe!
I love to make soup, but whole chicken is my family's favorite. Yesterday, it was stuffed pepper soup!
I love to make soups, especially potato soup!
I really only ever make a pot roast in my crock pot...so I need a cookbook to broaden my crock pot horizons, lol.
Thanks for the give-away!
I have a whole Pinterest category for Slow cooking recipes that we use all the time! Slow cookers make great apple butter because you don't have to worry about it scorching! Always enjoy reading your blog!
My SO loves to make a recipe from his Mexican slow-cook cookbook with chicken breasts and hot peppers and onions. I'd like to have a more general-purpose slow-cooking cookbook. This sounds like a good one.
There's a delicious apple poppy seed pork recipe I love to make in my slow cooker. My husband also makes great chili! Would definitely help to have healthier recipes, though!
I cook beans in the slow cooker because I tend to get impatient when I cook them on the stovetop. Crunchy beans are not a good thing! I'd love to see what CI came up with for slow cooker recipes.
Chili in the crockpot is my favorite on these cold winter days 🙂
I make shredded chicken in my crockpot my families favorite 😊
Love ATK! Just made pulled chicken sandwiches last night in my slow cooker. It's one thing everyone in the family loves!
I love to make lemon chicken in the slow cooker. It has garlic, lemon, butter, chicken broth, etc. your brown it in the pan then put in the slow cooker for a few hours and it has the best texture and flavor. It's like pulled chicken. So yummy! Great in quesadillas and with any side. Yummy!
I like to make anything taco related in my slow cooker. Taco soup, barbacoa beef, pulled pork tacos. We're a taco loving family.
I have been using my crock pots a ton this winter! Favorites are chicken (whole or parts), soups, chili, etc. I would LOVE this cookbook!
Buffalo chicken! So easy. Just chicken and buffalo sauce. Then serve as salad, sandwich, or nachos. Add celery and ranch or blue cheese.
My sweet and sour beef stew. It's the best.
that sounds good! would you share the recipe here or email it to me?
quilt938 (at) clear (dot) net (of course the at and dot are the actual symbols). Ihavnet found a beef stew recipe I like yet and I've tried a couple myself and a few other people have made - theirs were ok - one of mine was tough and couldn't enjoy it at all - even tried the mccormick packet (that was the tough one) blech
Chicken Noodle Soup
I LOVE everything from America's Test Kitchen. Please pick me!!
Favorite thing to make? Hmmmm...probably pulled pork or chicken! It's so easy! Just put in the meat and sauce/spices and then it gets so tender you can just pull it apart with a fork and stir it up. then place on a roll and enjoy!!
Stew!
Quick and easy dinners for days we are on the go. Some favorites include chicken fajitas, ham and bean stew, and chicken soup.
I like making pork or chicken pulled pork in my slow cooker1
Rotisserie chicken or chili! Love a crockpot... though ours is old as all get out!
Chili!
My favorite thing to make in the slow cooker is oxtail. I found the recipe at: thinkeatdrink.com
Chinese oxtail
I haven't been able to me it past the instruction (#6) to bake it the second day... So easy and sooo good.
I love to make soups, stews, chilis! Just dump and push start.
My favorite dish to make in my slow cooker is pulled pork! It's a rare treat 🙂
I recently made some aloo gobi in my crockpot that my boyfriend loved. The recipe is now in my regular rotation. My favorite thing to make, though, is marinara sauce. Customizing it to our tastes and always having some sauce on hand for busy nights when pasta is my only option really helps keep me sane!
I have a super easy pulled pork recipe that I make in the Crockpot. It's one of those dishes that even my picky daughter will eat.
I love to make slow cooked pulled pork!
I like making beef stew in my slow cooker. Would love to win the cookbook and try some new recipes!
Cajun style 15 Bean Soup.
I love to make chili in the slowcooker. we have several ATK recipes that we adore.
Our faces are pulled pork for tacos and BBQ chicken for sandwiches. Love slow cooker dishes! Thanks for the giveaway!
I like to make chili with pinto beans in my crock pot.
I love to cook my pinto beans and pork to make burritos also I like to cook beef stew... yummy
Pulled pork with EXTRA bbq sauce! Yummy!
I love my slow cooker. One of my favorites is Italian Beef!
Steel cut oats
It has stream lined my mornings and is just great.
Thanks for the giveaway opportunity.
My father-in-law gave me a recipe for crockpot chicken stroganoff made with cream cheese. Excellent.
I love to do Italian Chicken in my crockpot--chicken breasts with multi-colored bell peppers, cooked with zesty Italian dressing, shred chicken and serve over rice.
I love making beef stew! It is comfort food at it's best in our house and perfect for the cold New England weather we are experiencing these days.
I love to cook chuck roasts in mine. Either with onions and carrots and served with mashed potatoes or as beef and broccoli, which I serve over rice.
My favorite thing to make in a slow cooker is chili! It is really great if I have managed to make some cornbread as well.
I haven't used my crockpot in ages. It's time for some inspiration. I used to make pot roast in the crock pot.
I love pumpkin oatmeal!
i love making any kind of meat in the slowcooker. shredded chicken, pork, beef...doesn't matter, i'll make it (and love it). 🙂
Hi, Thanks for the chance to win a cookbook! My favorite things to make in the crockpot are soups. Pea soup, chili, etc. I'd love to expand on them!
I love to make Chicken and noodles in the slow cooker. A recipe that
I saw on Facebook!
I love making beans, I mix it with jalapeños and onion then seasonings and lots of water. This makes so many different meals so easier , also whole chicken is easy and delish!
Just used a pork loin recipe from internet-red cooking wine, soy, and some spices that don't come to mind at the moment. So good and tender! I should be more proactive in trying new recipes.
Baked potato soup. It's crazy easy to make and gives us a nice, warm supper on cold night like tonight!
BBQ ribs!
I love making pulled chicken ranchero tacos!
I love brisket or an old-fashioned pot roast. We just have an old upright crock-pot right now, have been thinking of updating. The recipes look inspiring.
I love shredded pork - for carnitas - sandwiches or topped on salads. - Pork roast - some sort of liquid and seasonings - for sandwiches a can of root beer!! then shred - add favorite BBQ - yumm!!!!
I'm going to have to come back to this comment section to try all of the readers suggestions for my family....I would like to see the vegetarian options in the book for myself:). I usually make the chicken breasts with salsa for my family....I'm so uninspired in cooking right now.
My favorite things to make in the crockpot are white chicken chili and tikka masala. So good!
My favorite recipe is Mexican sweet and spicy pork.
My favorite slow cooker meal is a basic beef roast - easy, filling and always comes out delicious. But I'm always looking for new recipes - this cookbook sound wonderful.
Our family favorite in the slow cooker is split pea soup!
I love to make "rotisserie" chicken!
I love making crockpot oatmeal for busy mornings!
I always use mine for soup. Often minestrone.
I enjoy bacon wrapped goose breast with potato, onion, peppers, and garlic in beef stock. The leftovers result in a great stew for lunch!
I love my crockpot for everything! I love coming home to dinner already cooked. Any soup and lemon pepper chicken and anything I can cook in it.
i love to use it to make homemade stock!
Pinto beans...a family favorite.
Every Christmas Eve for about 35 years I make posole in my crock pot. It is a family tradition, so yummy and so easy.
BBQ, but my hubby is not a fan (???!!!), so I am in the market for some other recipes.
Wow, that's a new one on me! I've never met someone who didn't like BBQ!
I love to make chili in mine and also pulled pork for sandwiches.
My favorite is a Coq au Vin recipe, but no one else in my family likes it, so I don't make it much. Probably taco seasoned chicken is what gets made the most.
I use my slow cooker a few times a week mainly for stews, soups, spaghetti sauce and beans! My family's fave recipe is slow cooker taco soup! I'd love to win the cookbook and try out new recipes. ATK recipes are so reliable!
I use my slow cooker all the time. Two recipes I make the most would be pulled pork and chicken stock.
I like it for turkey chili and a great lentil soup recipe. I really want to use it more and I need some inspiration! The chicken taco recipe sounds really good. 🙂
I like to make chicken taco meat. Chicken thighs, garlic, salsa, and chilis in adobo sauce. My family is always happy when they know I've got that in the crockpot before heading to work, and I'm happy knowing a delicious dinner is almost ready when I get home!
Triple Chocolate Mess!
I have two favorites to make in the crockpot - spicy pork tacos and green chicken enchilada filling.
Pulled pork is a fav in the crock pot
So this isn't my FAVORITE thing to eat- but I do love that I can put dried/soaked beans in the crockpot with spices and water at night and they come out as a delicious meal the next morning. My husband takes Beans and rice to work for lunches (he will top with salsa, greek yogurt, and any available greens), and we always make a huge pot, and make 10-12 lunches at a time. They freeze really well, and it means I don't have to think about lunch for him for a couple of weeks. Thank you for such a great give away!
My favorite thing to make is by far is old fashioned pot roast with potatoes and carrots. I have a big one going right now. I'm making this one to split between a friend of mine who is having a hard time and for my elderly neighbor. Nothing better to raise the spirit than a home cooked meal----and to share it!
My favorite thing to make in the slow cooker is shredded pork! either mexican-flavored or bbq, both are yummy and easy!
I love to make stew in my slow cooker. I use the brown gravy packet and just dump in the dry mix, plus stew meat already cubed from grocery store, potatoes, baby carrots, and then add water using the empty gravy packet. Dinner and only the crockpot and one plate and knife (from cutting potatoes) to wash! 🙂
Slow cooked beans.
Ribs! They're so easy in the slow cooker.
I love making things in my slow cooker (my favorite being pot roast) - but I tend to make the same things over and over again. Would love a copy of the ATK cookbook to throw some new ideas into the mix!
I can't enter the contest (Canadian!), but my favourite crock pot recipe is bbq back ribs. It's so simple and always a dinner winner. Makes the whole condo smell amazing too!
It's funny, I normally don't use the crock pot until the weekend, when I actually have time to make a more elaborate meal. Maybe it's because a tiny part of me was afraid to leave the crock pot running ALL DAY LONG while I was at work. Now that I'm expecting my first baby in a couple of weeks, I believe I'll be getting a LOT more use out of it.
I just got my first crockpot! Haven't cooked anything in it yet, I am sure this book is loaded with ideas and inspiration. Winning a copy would be awesome. Thanks!
I mostly make pulled pork but recently tried a red beans and rice ( minus the rice in the crockpot) dish that was awesome.
I am brand new to slow cooker cooking. So no favorites yet and hope to find several favorites in this cookbook! Thank you!
Pot Roast with potatoes and carrots!
I've made pot roast in the slow cooker for years, and basic chicken recipes. Recently I made two soups-kale and a delicious beef barley veggie. I use my slow cooker at least twice a week and am always on the lookout for good tried and true recipes.
I love my crockpots, I have four! I make pulled pork & brown beans with cornbread the most but use them for everything from roast chicken to fruit butters & yogurt.
I love making soup stock in my crockpot, letting it go for a full day till the bones are almost mush. It makes the absolute best stock! Then I use that to make beef or chicken pot pie and freeze a bunch for later. Since I cook for my elderly parents too, I like to cook large batches, so it works out great!
Love your site!
We are boring, I guess. We love to use the slow cooker for a typical roast with onion, carrots, potatoes, and celery.
Applesauce in the slow cooker is awesome.
I have a large slow cooker which I use for friend and family events. Being a hybrid of the midwest, Central Illinois and north Texas, I blended my two chili recipes into one which is not too sweet and not too spicy. Beans had to make it into the recipe to satisfy my "damn yankee" soul at much consternation to my Texan friends, but course ground beef tenderloin satisfied the Texan in me. We always said that chilis and stewes tasted better the second day, so the slow cooker gives the chili that extra flavor melding time and richness in the sauce.
I love to make soups in my crock pot. I so enjoy the wonderful smell of dinner cooking all afternoon. It is almost like being a kid and mom is making me dinner since I can smell it without being in the kitchen working on it.
My family loves the pulled pork I make in the crockpot! I love that super cheap tough cuts of meat can be made into 'to-die-for' dinners.
Oh! And, I love your blog!
I most often use the crockpot for roast, stew, or pepper steak. I love ATK books and need some new ideas!
I have a BBQ chicken or pork we all love from the crock pot. I find myself using my Dutch oven for crock pot recipes more often these days.
Well there are two that are great and one that was a newly wed staple. The first two are apple butter and apple sauce. When it comes to the third one it was a chicken stew that is really simple that I concocted myself which included 2 chicken breasts cut up, 2 cans of veggies/equivalent frozen/fresh, 2 cans chicken brother/cream of chicken soup, and spices to your taste. That was it. I used I think it was a 6 qt crockpot and just let it steep for the longest lowest setting. Super simple just dump in the ingredients and let er rip over night and worked nicely for a new couple.
my favorite thing to cook in the slow cooker is chili though I found a new love yesterday- roast! well I had a 1 lb piece of pork tenderloin I thawed out, added a roughly chopped onion, red potatoes(had 3), 1 lb baby carrots (the chunky ones), and dumped a jar of pepperoncini peppers with the juice - stems and all - on top and let cook. had a vinegar-y taste but not too strong and a bit of a kick from the peppers(pulled thestems out as I dished out of the crockpot). I got the idea of the pepperoncinis from one of the year of slowcooking blogs- Stephanie O'Dea's - she dumped them on a beef roast (that's delish too esp in crusty rolls with swiss and/ or mozzarella under the toaster/broiler) as well as with chicken breasts shredded (I always add onion too if I have it and leave it in big chunks)
but the chili recipe called for a lot of stovetop stirring so I cooked the meat/onion them dumped it all in the crockpot and it came out delicious every time. I basically followed the Wendy's chili recipe on topsecretrecipes.com and used rotel tomatoes for the green chilis and fresh tomatoes but would be delish probalbhy with the 'real deal' I just didn't have the real deal on hand and didnt' want a trip to the store when I had the canned goodies already
oops forgot to say - the only thing so far that hasn't done well for me in the crockpot has been pasta - tried a couple of pasta recipes and I just don't know my cooker well enough and hate checking and letting the heat out - but I don't like my pasta mushy or crunchy and the 2 hour range between cooking times allows for some failures for me. a friend made a good crockpot lasagna so maybe that's more forgiving and I may get that recipe and try it sometime...but as of now I haven't been successful with pasta in my slowcooker. I also don't use mine all the time - I only use it when I'm home or running errands because 1) I have a big dog and it's hard to keep stuff out of her reach and the crockpot has to be moved to a room with a door that shuts! and 2) I work 12 hour shifts and chili and a few soups are about the only thing I can leave cooking that long and even that's pushing it IMO. usually I do chili or something when I get off night shift so it can cook while I sleep. the roast yesterday was while I was home decluttering upstairs and could keep an eye on the dog!
I love being able to make fruit butters and sauces in the slow cooker. I also make batches of stew for my dogs. Two days of cooking chicken scraps and bones, and adding mixed vegetables, sweet potato, carrots, any leftovers, brown rice or oatmeal. I mix that with their dry food. I heat it up in the mornings, and they get a hot breakfast, too 🙂
I have a slow-cooker, still in the box. I really need to get inspired to use it by some great recipes. This book sounds excellent.
Hands down, my favorite thing to make in my slow cooker is apple sauce. That warm aroma makes the whole house feel cozy!
Chicken Taco Soup! yum!
I make a Taiwanese beef noodle soup in my crock pot. The beef turns out so tender and the soup is wonderful on a rainy day!
I love to make anything I can in my crock pot because it makes cooking while working so easy. But the one thing that I really like to do in my crock pot is green beans. I take a gallon bag from the freezer, put them in the crock pot with bacon or ham pieces and set it on low for 7 - 8 hours. The beans just taste so much better than boiling them on the stove.
My favorite thing to make in my slow cooker is actually caramelized onions - it takes longer but is totally hands off.
I have 2 favorites that I make in our crockpot.... #1 being pot roast with carrots, onions and potatoes. And #2 is homemade applesauce! YUMMY!
I like to make beef stew in my crockpot.
My favorite thing to make in my slow cooker is sweet potato chili!
I love making chicken in the slow cooker! It's never over cooked and it's always fall apart tender.
My favorite things to cook in the slow cooker are beans, roasts, pulled pork, and sometimes soups. I also love it because in this particular season of life, we participate in a lot of potlucks. I always have it with me.
Honey ribs! Yum!
I make veggie chili every week to pack in my lunches for work. My husband is sick of it but it's so easy, healthy, and affordable I can't resist.
I love to use my crockpot for roast, chili, and french onion soup. A crock pot has always been a necessary item in my kitchen. When my oven died, I had a go to and used my crock pot!
I love making baked potatoes in the crock pot - roll up clean, dry potatoes in foil & cook (no water) for 3-4 hours on high.
I love making chicken enchiladas in my slow cooker! It's changed my weeknight crazies to weeknight yummies!
I love cooking roast beef, potatoes, & carrots in my crockpot. Just put it all in the crockpot before I leave for work and it's fork tender when I get home. YUM!
Another fan of whole chicken here. I shred it all up to use in various dishes and salads and then make stock with the remains. Bonus, the cleanup is way easier than with the giant roasting pan.
I love making pot roast in my crockpot. It comes out so moist, and fall apart tender, and the juices are so flavorful for gravy.
Overnight stock and applesauce!
I have 3 favorites because they come out perfectly: vegetarian split pea soup, vegetarian chili from dry beans and eggplant parmesan!!!
Chili Roasts and Stews.
Wow thanks everyone for new ideas.
I like to make chili.
My favorite is pot roast the slow cooker makes it so easy.
I love my crockpot and use it at least once a week. My family's favorite crockpot meal is pulled pork.
I love to make short rib tacos......ooh, or chicken tikka masala.
French lentil soup!
Simple - chuck roast with potatoes and carrots. Yum!
I love to make country style ribs in bbq sauce. They fall apart and are so delicious! I also love to make roast. If you use Alton Brown's recipe, once you take the meat out, you can use a stick blender on the "chunkies" right in the pot and make the most delicious sauce EVER. Also, my mom makes brisket in her large slow cooker/roaster, cooks it in soy sauce, then hand shreds the meat back in, and adds sliced mushrooms. It's a little on the salty side but it's SO GOOD with rice and beans! I keep thinking I should try other things, this thread is giving me ideas!
Best crockpot recipe: meat sauce (like bolgnese) for spaghetti. The whole family loves it.
I love making chickpea curry. It's easy to adapt to different dietary restrictions and is great for colder temperatures.
I had six children ( plus extras!) in our house . I NEVER stopped using my crock-pot! My favorite is beef stroganoff -but the list is endless ( meatballs , chili , barbecue , ANY chicken ). I have been through 3 -we are now down to 2 people and my current model is too big !
Since I'm from South Louisiana, I like to put beans with onions, garlic, celery, and/or bell pepper on to cook in my slow cooker most of all! Then, make rice and cornbread to go with it, as well as browning sausage to add last hour of cooking time. Sometimes I change it up and make taco beans with ground meat and taco seasonings.
I like making pulled pork in the crockpot for large gatherings.
My favorite is pulled pork with homemade BBQ sauce.
My crock pot is my favorite appliance! I love pork chops and rice, baked beans or a whole chicken! Please, please pick me!!
I as pleasantly surprised to try making risotto (basic and salmon) on my slow cooker. The outcome is the same as the classic way but without the tiring hands-on time.
Chicken bone broth!
Pork roast
spicy applesauce
leftover soup: clean the fridge, throw all the left overs in the crock pot, add broth if necessary, ENJOY! always delicious, never the same.
Oh, I adore these ATK cookbooks. I have Pasta Revolution and Simple Weeknight favorites. Both are awesome! So, favorite thing (right now) to make in the slow cooker is pot roast. I made some last Sunday and "cheated" (by my opinion only) and used the McCormick Savory Pot Roast packet, but I bloomed that by adding it to some onions that were cooked in bacon fat, then added the water to deglaze the pan and dumped it over the roast and vegetables. Now I'm hungry...
I think chili is my all time favorite in the crock pot.
I need to use my crock pot more often than I do! But when I do, I have a fabulous recipe for barbeque chicken that the whole family loves. Have a blessed day!
Love my crockpot! most requested is pulled pork .
Shredded pork fajitas. pork, salsa, fajita seasoning, cumin, peppers and onions. So easy!
Fav thing in the slow cooker - toss up between chili and chicken stock. Weird yes. Chili is such an easy throw together meal. And where would I be without all my homemade chicken stock? Both equally vital in this home.
Lemon chicken, taco soup, a whole roast chicken ( really! It was fantastic!) swiss steak, beef stew...the list is endless.
I like to make a breakfast, quinoa, bacon, eggs, and cheese dish in the slow cooker. I like to wake up to a nice breakfast.
Spaghetti sauce, pot roast and baked potatoes are some of our favorite crock pot recipes.
It's hard to say what is my favorite. I use my crockpot a lot. I use it often for pinto beans. I have chicken in it right now. I would love a new crockpot! Thanks
That would be a new crockpot recipe book!
I love to make chicken stock in my crock pot. Just toss in any bones or scraps that I save up in the freezer, add in the onion skins, carrot ends and celery tops. Put on low and the flavors meld together wonderfully overnight.
Cocktail Meatballs
I love to make full meals in my crockpot. Something savory that I can serve immediately upon arriving home. My most favorite is a tasty roast or pulled pork!
Beef stew.
I love to make salsa chicken in my crock pot. Good on tortillas, rice, or nacho chips.
I love making pulled pork tacos or roast beef! I especially love the chimmies we make with the leftovers the day after. 🙂
I love chili and barbecued meatballs in the crock pot.
I LOVE ATK! I use the slowcooker for mostly meat/beef recipes... so easy for ribs especially!
I have a yummy recipe for slow cooked short ribs and that's my favorite, but I definitely need more slow cooker ideas!
I make a chicken dinner in my slow cooker by browning the chicken, then adding my homemade canned potatoes and green beans add to that 2 cans of cream of chicken or cream of celery soups (or make your own homemade version).
My favorite thing to make in the crock pot is spaghetti sauce with turkey Italian sausage. It simmers all day in there and is awesome!
I like to make bread pudding and apple butter in my crocks.
Chicken tacos and pot roast. So yummy!
I love my slow cooker! I try to use it once every 1-2 weeks. Probably my favorite thing is pork tinga tacos but any kind of shredded pork (carnitas or pulled pork) is up there for me.
I enjoy using my crock pot for barbecue chicken and beef/venison stew.
I make so many things in our crock pot! I love how easy it is. One of our favorite dinners to make are Italian turkey sandwiches. They are so good!
I love to make venison chilli in mine.
BBQ chicken and Italian chicken 🙂
We love making chicken tacos in our crock pot. Put in a few breasts or thighs. Top with salsa and cook on low for 6 hours. Kids love it and so great for work nights.
Thank you for the opportunity to win this book. I really like the convenience of cooking a whole chicken in the slow cooker and then boiling the carcass to make broth.
I love to make a pork roast. The first day we eat it plain and if there are any leftovers the second day I heat it up with barbecue sauce and make barbecue pork sandwiches
We make the traditional pulled pork and pot roast. We would love some new ideas for a slow cooker. Thanks!
I love using the slow cooker - right now we have sesame chicken cooking in one. My absolute favorite slow cooker recipe is a pork chop recipe with apples and stuffing.
Crock pot cooking. One of my favorite topics. My absolute favorite thing to make is yogurt. People are so impressed and shh (don't tell them) it's so simple.
My other favorites are lasagna (using uncooked regular pasta) and hawaii pork shoulder. Yum.
I make a big pot of chicken/beef/pork with veggies every Sunday for dinner & have leftovers for lunch & dinner one night. This week Beef Barbacoa - then beef over greens for lunch & beef tacos for dinner another night.
My favorite dish to make in the slow cooker is cramberry chicken.
Pot roast with veggies 🙂
Right now I have homemade pasta sauce simmering in my crockpot. So easy to make and the house smells wonderful.
OPPS--I meant cranberry chicken!
pulled pork!
Chicken and rice. Yum!
I love to make chili in my slow-cooker.
Kahlua Pig!
I love to make peppered steak in my slow cooker, especially when we have guests because everyone loves it so much!
I actually don't have my slow cooker anymore, but if I win the book, I'll use it as a gift for someone who does have one! 🙂 When I had my slow cooker I really like cooking dry beans it in.
My favorite slow-cooker recipe is a "cheater's" chicken tikka masala.
One of my go-to crockpot recipes is a 4-ingredient TexMex shredded chicken recipe: 15 oz can diced tomatoes, one chopped onion, one package of taco seasoning, and two pounds of boneless chicken breast. Cook on low for 5 - 6 hours, then take off lid, and use two forks to shred chicken. Makes great tacos, burritos, enchiladas and is also great over rice.
My favorite thing to cook in the slow cooker would be yellow split pea soup. This is an awesome giveaway!
In my slow cooker I tend to make lots of soups like chicken and wild rice.
I love making saag paneer in my crockpot. SO good!
I love to make Thai Peanut Chicken. I also cook a lot of black beans in the slow cooker.
I just made chicken enchilada chili last night: 1 onion, 1.5 lbs chicken, 2 cans of beans, 2 cans diced tomatoes, 1.5 cups enchilada sauce, cumin and chili powder. Cook for 7 hours on low. Garnish with shredded cheddar and sour cream. Yummy!
Favorite thing to make is plain old roast beef. Maybe I need to branch out? 😉
My favorite and easy thing to make in a crock pot is BBQ chicken sliders. Put six boneless chicken breasts in the bottom of the crockpot and then dump a bottle of your BBQ sauce on top of the chicken breasts (Sweet Baby Ray's BBQ sauce is the best!). Cook on slow for 6-8 hours then take the chicken breasts out of the crockpot and shred them and then stir put them back in the pot with the BBQ sauce. Easy and so delicious!
My fave is chili. My newest thing is chicken stock, so easy!!
Thanks for the opportunity to win this cookbook!
Any kind of soup
My fav thing to make in crockpot is red beans and rice.
I just tried a new white chicken chili recipe that I loved, but we also make roast in the crockpot every couple of weeks!
I cook all kinds of meats in my slow cooker. Crackpot lasagna is also delicious. I also use it for overnight breakfast casseroles and desserts. A must have for busy moms!
Haven't experimented much with crock pot cooking. I usually will cook a roast or chicken in mine. But, I need to learn more because it's such a time saver! And I'm all about saving time wherever I can!!!
Beef minestrone! Yum!
Stew! I just got good at beef stew.
We love cooking with our crockpot -- the latest and greatest meal we had recently was a roast chicken! Thanks for hosting this giveaway!
Fav thing in slow cooker is actually Pork with a Pasilla Chile sauce! 😋
Beef Burgundy from the first ATK slow cooker cookbook!
Without a doubt, root beer pork
I just made Honey-Garlic Chicken Thighs this week and will be making boneless pork roast this weekend!
I love to make apple butter in my crock pot. So yummy. And all you really do is cook apples for a lobg time! So easy.
My favorite thing to make in my slow cooker is an onion soup brisket. So moist, so tender, so oniony (just pretend that oniony is a word for this to work properly). A family favorite.
My favorite thing to make in the slow cooker is pulled pork or pulled chicken, both are delicious!
Chili, Of course! It really benefits from all the time for the flavors to mingle.
We make Italian Beef a lot in our slow cooker!
My favorite thing to make in my crock pot is my Moms beef stew recipe. Never as good as hers though!
I use my slow cooker mostly for cooking dried beans. They come out so much softer than when I've tried to do them on the stovetop.
I used to watch my Mother create delicious meals in her slow cooker, like my favorite, beef roast and vegetables. Mom, is gone now and I'm a virgin when it comes to utilizing a crock pot but would love to receive the recipe book/ideas. 🙂 Thank you for your consideration.
Tangy Pulled PPQ Pork!
Hands down my favorite thing to make in the crockpot is my famous posole recipe. I worked on it for six years before perfecting it, with my trusty crockpot doing most of the work.
Is the recipe that truly made me appreciate this humble appliance.
I make a killer cider-braised pork shoulder. Great served with roasted roots and polenta - and left-overs for pulled pork!
I love to cook any sort of meat--pork, chicken, beef--for pulled meat sandwiches. I also found a lentil soup recipe that I love. Otherwise, I would love to hear other ideas--I try new crock-pot recipes all the time, but most of the time find them to be too mushy for my taste!
Beef ragu, pot roast and party meatballs!
overnight steel cut oats with pumpkin -smells wonderful!
I love to make barbacoa tacos in my crockpot! It leaves the beef so tender and so much flavor!
White Chicken Chili!
My favorite slow cooker recipe is for pulled turkey which I use for Pulled Turkey Tacos and serve with homemade Pickled Red Onions. Delish! http://beetsandbluecheese.com/2012/09/29/1556/
My family's favorite slow cooker recipe is Chicken Piccata, from the Low-Carb Slow Cooker Cookbook, which I found at the library, of course.
P.S. My friend, Be, calls the crockpot her boyfriend, as in "My boyfriend's cooking dinner for me tonight". It cracks me up every time.
Haha, that is great.
I love to slow cook whole chickens.
My favorite is probably black-eyed peas, at least by frequency and volume. Second would be chili, followed by grits.
Love to cook a pork roast in my crockpot and then shred it for many recipes like BBQ sandwiches, enchiladas, tacos and more! So versatile!!
Pulled pork! Makes great sandwiches
Pulled pork! Comes out so tender!
I love to make roasts in the crock pot. Or a whole chicken to use on different meals throughout the week. Thanks for the chance.
My favorite is actually oatmeal. It tastes much creamier when it's made in the slow cooker.
We make a shredded chicken and black bean taco filling in the crockpot that I LOVE. We can eat it happily all week with Mexican rice, no problem.
I always make roasts in mine. Sweet pulled pork is also high on the list.
Shredded beef taco meat. Chuck roast makes a great shred!
I make beef stew a lot. It's a great way to get lots of veggies into my male roommates and it's easy to chop everything the night before put the whole crock pot sleeve in the fridge and take it out in the morning. Hot healthy meal with now work for busy days.
Hello Kristen. I love my crockpot for preparing large amounts for our home fellowship and for Ladies Bible Study. Baked red potatoes are great to take because in oval you can a lot in it. Then I have ladies bring favorite toppings and it is easy yet co fort food for cold, snowy Colorado evenings. I also do an amazing lasagna in my crockpot.
I'm addicted to my crock pot as a working mom of four. I make everything under the sun, but I love to make crock pot freezer meals and I would looooooove this cookbook!
I like to make split pea soup in the crock pot! Also pulled pork. Just starting to explore Mexican cooking so this taco recipe is great to learn about.
Carnitas. Everyone in my family loves it, and I can triple the recipe!
We're huge ATK fans, too! We like to do Chicken Vegetable Soup in ours. 🙂
beef and barley soup!
My first and favorite crockpot recipe is chili. I have made an amazing coq au vin (French for chicken in wine) which was fabulous too as well as pulled pork. Absolutely love using the slow cooker! I would love some new recipes to try!
I love to make venison pot roast in my crockpot.
Mojo pork! Pork shoulder roast plus a bottle of mojo marinade from the Latin food section of the grocery store. Serve with seasoned black beans and cilantro lime rice.
I love making pulled pork and beef stew. So good!
My favorite is shredded meats - whatever is on sale: pork, chicken, beef - it is so easy & versatile, giving me cooked meat for a week of meals.
I love to make soups and pulled pork in my crock pot! I am always looking for new recipes!
Chicken stock, most definitely is my favorite to make in a slow cooker!
Sunday dinner almost always goes in the crockpot first thing Sunday morning so most of our meal is ready when we return from church. That varies from pulled pork, beef roast with vegetables, meatloaf, chicken breast with cream soup over them or whatever meat I have in the freezer to work with. I also have a recipe for hot fruit salad that is nice to take to a potluck that you make in the crockpot. I also use my crockpot to make yogurt. My crockpot and I are good buddies:)
A big roast that will serve as dinner and several meals the rest of the week!
I love to make soups & stews, but have a yummy hot fudge cake recipe that is fantastic!
We make pulled pork all the time. I tried crock pot lasagna and it was pretty good.
I love bean soups -- beans, a ham hock, water, onions and carrots -- and you're good to go!
I love to make shredded chicken tacos in my crock pot. Great blog!!
I love to make soups in my crockpot!
My favorite thing to make are dips! "Ugly dip" in particular, but buffalo chicken dip as well!
It's not a meal but it is a money saver. I like to make overnight chicken stock after making a roasted chicken. It's inexpensive to make and it makes about 12 cups to freeze for later use.
I love a ham and lentil soup recipe I found on allrecipes. It's fantastic!
I like to cold-smoke my pork in my bbq-smoker then after they have pulled in that delicious smoke flavoring, I slow cook them and break them down with a beer in my slow cooker for the most delicious pulled pork.
Any kind of soup! We make at least one crockpot meal a week. Monday's for me are a 13 hour work day so it's nice to come home and know dinner is already prepared! I am constantly looking for new recipes but I have a variety of soups, chicken tacos, chili, etc. that I rotate.
I love making a pork loin in the slow cooker. When it is done the meat is so juicy from the sauce and then I use the leftovers to make pulled pork BBQ.
I love to make Italian Beef, whole chicken, and applesauce in my slow cooker.
I love making my chicken chili in the slow cooker on a cold winter day.
Have not found any thing good to make in it yet...
Fruit butters/jams and pork loin. I am hoping to win the cookbook because I can't cook without a recipe and I love ATK. Thanks for the give-away!
I love making chicken taco soup in my Crockpot! So nice to come home to on a cold day.
Slow cooked beef sandwiches. Bottom round roast with a jar of pepporcinnis and 8 hours on low is easy heaven for a Sunday afternoon. Serve it with french rolls and some cheese and my kids are wondering why I'm so awesome lol.
chicken stock.
Pulled pork or bread pudding! Both come out great in the Crockpot.
I haven't used a slow cooker yet, but this cookbook is what I need to get me started! I have my mom's old slow cooker, and a newer one that I've been wanting to try, probably with chili.
Well this may disqualify me, but our favorite thing to make in our slow cooker is wasted storage space. But perhaps a book like this could help us turn that around? 🙂
bbq ribs!
Baked potatoes. Super easy and delicious.
My favorite meal to make is corned beef and cabbage.
brats and sauerkraut!
Split pea soup!
I love to make soups and stews in my slow cooker!
i love to do pulled pork BBQ! My husbands favorite is a crockpot lasagna we make!
That's easy! Pulled pork! Thanks for the giveaway.
Chicken with pineapple and BBQ sauce.
Bacon potato soup! Yum!! Thanks for the chance to win!
Can I have that recipe?
I make the chicken curry from the first America's Test Kitchen slow cooker cookbook all the time, and I also love using my slow cooker for broth and black bean ragout.
Sausage and corn chowder! Yummy!!!
My favorite thing to make is pulled pork.
15 bean soup with a ham hock and petite diced tomatoes
No brainer!!!
take a whole chicken (remove the inner packet, found that out the hard way). Place 4 stalks of celery at the bottom of the crock pocket, place chicken on top. Add any chicken seasoning packet. Cook 8 hrs then pull chicken apart. The possibilities from chicken tacos to chicken sandwiches are endless when you have yummy cooked chicken easily at hand.
I use my crockpot at least two or three times a week. I make everything from oatmeal to pot roasts. But my favorite thing to cooked in the crockpot is...hot dogs! Just dump 'em in and cook on low for about an hour and a half or so, or high for at least 45 minutes. This is a childhood favorite that I still like to indulge in occasionally. Brings back some happy memories!
I've never had a slow cooker but I would like to start not that I am much more busy and could use easy ways to feed us..
I have never tasted anything bad that came out of a crockpot!! I love cooking Chili in mine.
Not very conventional, but I love using my slow cooker to make yogurt!
I have a great recipe for ham and bean soup that I love to make in my slow cooker. The house smells so good all day, and it's a great comfort food on a cold evening!
I mostly use my slow cooker for simple pot roasts but I have been thinking lately that it would be a really good idea to branch out a bit and use it more, this book would be a great way to start.
One of my absolutely favorite things to make in the crock pot is oatmeal cooked overnight using whole groats. We also enjoy marinating chicken legs and thighs overnight and then cooking them on low all day. YUM!
We use our slow cooker all the time, so I cannot pick a favorite recipe. Two recent finds though are baked sweet potatoes (so nice for freeing my oven for the main course) and chicken broth (beautiful because it can cook overnight).
Chicken and dumplings are so easy in the crock pot, or else we love taco soup. All easy peasy
I LOVE my slow cooker! My favorite thing to make in it is pork. We actually had it for dinner tonight. Pork is priced lower than beef, and I find it is not so easy to cook it tender by other methods, but the slow cooker makes it tender and juicy!
I put a rub on a whole chicken or a big hunk of pork, let it sit overnight in the fridge, throw it in the crockpot and dump on some BBQ sauce, let it cook 6-7 hours on low - amazing on buns with coleslaw!
its a tie for me, between chili and chicken & rice soup.
We make a lot of roasts in our crockpot. I have made a chocolate lava cake that was delicious as well!
I love making pot roast for Sunday lunch. I put a roast in the night before, and in the morning I add carrots and potatoes. By the time we get home from church the veggies are tender and the roast is melt in your mouth good. I also love to make white bean chicken chili.
Ham and beans with thyme and hot sauce
Either beef dumpling soup or chili makes the Wisconsin winter warmer...
i love the ziti sausage recipe in the Cook's Illustrated Slow Cooker book!
Pot roast: 1 beef roast, 1 packet onion soup mix, 1 can cream of mushroom soup, on low 8-10hrs. Throw in a bag of baby carrots and chunks of potato for sides.
chili. Followed by Asian style pork chops
I love all the reader suggestions. Pork loin, a sliced onion, minced garlic, some baby carrots, a splash of Apple juice and sliced apples is probably our favorite. When it has about an hour left I throw in some dried cranberries.
Pork roast with northwoods seasoning and we also use it to make beef stew.
This is definitely one of my favorites. It really is the best pulled pork, just like the title says! http://www.100daysofrealfood.com/2013/12/03/recipe-best-pulled-pork-crock-pot/
I love to make Posole in my crock pot. It's a New Mexican favorite made on New Year's Eve.
My favorite is black beans with ham!
My best and most shared recipe is for Barbeque Pork (Pulled Pork) which is a Carolina style using vinegar and spices. serve bbq sauce on the side. DELICOUS slow cooker recipe!!
I like making oatmeal and congee in my slow cooker. Nothing like waking up to a hot breakfast!
My favorite chili with sweet potato and black beans.
Refried beans.. we make these either once a week or once every two weeks!!
BBQChicken street tacos!
Love making chicken curry and corned beef!
Hungarian beef stew with lots of smoked paprika.
I like to make pork with sauerkraut. Delicious!
I like roast beef best, but I make over night steel cut oats (in a wide mouth pint jar, like a bain marie) most.
I love to make pulled pork. Then stew.
I love making applesauce and apple butter in a slow cooker- so easy, tasty, and it makes our home smell wonderful!
Chili! and soups of all manner. 🙂
I love to make soups and stews in my crockpot.
I too LOVE tex mex. It would be great to have this cookbook for a full time working mom.
Anything because when you work long hours that is the easiest. This year I liked bean soups for winter.
Roast or pulled pork!
My favorite slow cooker dish is brisket quesadillas. You cook the brisket all day in the slow cooker, then shred it to use with mozzarella cheese, barbecue sauce, and a bit of brie cheese between two tortillas for quesadillas. Delicious!
I loved reading all the comments for inspiration! I normally just make soups or roasts in my crockpot, I can't wait to try new recipes!
Black Bean Mexican Chicken!
I need this cookbook because I really only use my crock pot for beef roast - which is delicious - but I need help with more ideas! 🙂
Beef tips and gravy is a family crock pot favorite!!
I make a fabulous Slow Cooker Bolognese Sauce. The best thing about this recipe is when I make it, I get to freeze at least three batches of it for three future meals. I love nights when dinner involves thawing and just reheating 🙂
I never use mine much, still not used to having one. I only really use it to make pulled pork.
My favorite crockpot recipe is shredded beef. A 2# chuck roast, 1 packet Italian dressing mix, 16 oz jar of pepperocinis with the stems removed and a small amount of the pepperocini juice. Cook it on low for about 6 hours until the beef is tender. Remove the beef and shred it with a fork then return it to the pot. I serve it on tortillas with coleslaw.
I like making marinara sauce. It smells good all day long.
I don't make a whole lot in my crock pot but I do some soups and stocks. I keep meaning to use it more!
I make a spicy shredded pork for Mexican food.
I've been making my Grandpa Ben's chili in my crockpot since since I got out of college many years ago!
I use my crockpot almost every night of the week (I work full time & go to school full time and I want my family to still eat healthy) I am always looking for new healthy recipes for my crockpot and my new favorite is a turkey chili with pinto and kidney beans, it was so good and it made enough for lunch leftovers. I also love making pulled pork and a hot and sour soup that my family loves.
My favorite recipe for the slow cooker is Italian pot roast.
I love Tikka Masala in my crockpot
Soup is my usual crock-pot choice!
I love to use my slow cooker for homemade chicken stock.
I use my crock-pot several nights a week. My favorite Sunday lunch meal is baked potatoes in one crock-pot and some type of chicken and sauce recipe in the other. I can start them when I wake up and they are ready when we get home from church.
Chicken taco soup. Right now I'm using it as a humidifier 🙂
I love making pulled pork with homemade hamburger buns!! Always a hit in my house and SO easy! Can't beat that after a long day of work.
I love to make pinto beans in my crock pot for home made refried beans and BBQ chicken for sammies!!!!!!
Lately, it's potato soup. Yum.
I love my crockpot. I love to make beans it in. Throw them in and then forget about them until they're done!
Like you, I love my slow cooker for Tex Mex. Pork or chicken to shred for tacos or to eat with rice. Yum! Thanks for the great giveaway.
We love soups in our slow cooker. Taco, potato, and chili are probably our favs. However, we also do a mean pork loin....
I love to make chili in mine! =)
That book sounds great! I love my slow cooker (saves us on soccer nights!). Our favorite thing to make is white chicken chile.
Exciting - looks like a great book. I like making bbq chicken in the crock pot. Cook for a while, and shred the chicken easily.
Lately I have been loving slow cooker chicken noodle soup with lots of garlic. My husband isn't as much of a fan for some reason! 😉
Sidenote- I'm pretty sure that I'm going to have to search for a lot of the recipes that people have mentioned because they sound delicious!
Currently I have retried beans in my slow cooker; however, my favorite recipe is barbeque chicken!
I love to make chicken tikka masala!
I love pulled pork/beef in the slow cooker.
I love to make chicken tortilla soup and shredded pork BBQ in the crock pot.
Whole roasted chicken
I love making beans in the crockpot.
I make so many meals in my crockpot but my favorite is pot roast and homemade broths.
I love to cook pork and shred it for enchiladas
I love making beef stew in my crockpot.
Asian style short ribs!
My mom makes a brisket in the slow-cooker for each Christmas Eve; it cooks 24 hours before being served on rolls with sour cream. Nothing is more festive to me than waking up to the scent of onions, beef, and beer simmering away. 🙂
I'd say it is a toss up between sloppy joes or my family's refried beans recipe. Yup, tex mex ftw!
Pulled chicken! Super easy recipe from Cooking Light magazine.
My favorite use for the crock pot is chicken soup.
Love making pulled pork in a crackpot. Close second would be stew. Un fact making stew right now.
I like roast with carrots and potatoes......it's the best!
I love making apple butter in the crockpot, it smells the house up soooo good!
Posole!!! Yum!
pulled pork and whole chicken are our favorites!
I love to use my crock pot for pot roast- always delicious and a hit with my family!
We love BBQ chicken!
I love to make my own recipe of chili, vegetarian 3 bean chili. What a great giveaway thanks for the chance to win a cookbook!
Chicken and dumplings!
Love making roast in my crockpot! Just upgraded to the oval crockpot with a secure lid- love it!
I love making chili in my crockpot!
Roast Beef with onions, carrots.
Chana masala and vegetable barley stew. Hearty and heart healthy. I will be staying in a hotel for the next few months. New slow cooker recipes would be fantastic.
Black bean & pumpkin chili! Or, Kalua pork is another great one!
My favorite thing to make in the crock pot is any kind of mixed bean soup. Keep it vegetarian or add ham, sausage, pork or chicken for a comforting filling meal
We love to make French dip sandwiches!!
I like to make vegetable soup in the crock pot. I have checked the first ATK slow cooker book out of the library and really liked it. I think I would like this one better. Here's hoping...
Mexican shredded beef. So easy and delicious! It's great for tacos, burritos, on top of salad, nachos...pretty much everything 🙂
Taco soup is one of my favorites for the crock pot.
My favorite thing to make in my crockpot is chili. Everyone loves it and the smell of it cooking all day is complete torture...but torture in a good way. 🙂
Lisa
Mashed potatoes!
I LOVE TO MAKE RANCH PORK CHOPS MADE WITH MY HOMEMADE RANCH DRESSING IN MY CROCKPOT!!!!
I make a marinara sauce with sausage and red peppers from America's Test Kitchen. It's delicious and makes the house smell wonderful when you come home from a day's work.
Pork verde! It's really good but I could really use a cookbook on the subject. Thank you!
I use my mini crock pot everyday! I'd love some new recipes 🙂 Might need to buy that book if I don't win 🙂
I don't cook, but my husband's favorite thing to cook in the slow cooker is Cincinnati Chili--Go Buckeyes!!!
I love to make split pea and ham soup! I cook it all day and come home to that wonderful smell!
Pork ribs - I add dark soy sauce, Worcestershire sauce &/or apple cider vinegar, brown sugar, ground ginger, garlic, onion flakes, salt & pepper. Everyone loves it even my picky eater who asks for seconds & loves dipping her garlic bread in the sauce.
Tortilla soup or pot roast. You're a huge encouragement to me as I care for my family. You've taught me how to cook many things, encouraged me in contentment and frugality, motivated me to organize and simplify our home, and helped me to soak in all the sweet moments with my kids. Keep up the great work! 🙂
Aww, I'm so encouraged to hear that. Yay!!
I love making beans with a nice meaty ham bone!
I love to make pork vindaloo in my slow cooker - it's easy and delicious.
I love making stews! My favorite so far has been alaskan stew.
Black bean chicken is my fave!
Our new favortite thing to make in the crockpot is ribs. 8 hours on low, soaking in Mexican Coke, then smothered in BBQ sauce and broiled for ten minutes. Super-yum.
Serve with slow-cooker baked beans, and marvel at how easy it all was...
My personal favorite is Red Curry Beef Stew =)
I love making a variety of soups in my crock pot. It's a favorite item in my kitchen.
I love to make pulled pork and pulled beef. I use it for BBQ, fajita, tacos, omlets, anything my family can think to make!
Carnitas!
I love to make pulled pork in my slow cooker. It is a family favorite!
My favorite thing to make in my slow cooker is yogurt.
Mexican chicken- boneless chicken breasts, black beans, corn, salsa! Serve over rice or inside a tortilla
Whole turkey breast - 1/4 cup butter, 2 cups broth, fresh herbs, comes out super moist and juicy.
I love making sloppy joes!
I love to cook pulled pork in my slow cooker!
Like you, I like to make shredded chicken for tacos in my slow cooker. I cook chicken breasts with a jar of my favorite salsa and a little water and seasonings.
Carmelized onions... Slice a bunch, drizzle with a little olive oil, cook on low 8 hours-- makes wonderful French onion soup, or in omelets and sandwiches, tacos, burritos, or a topping on steak/burgers/pizza.
Pulled pork!
I like to make chili and roasts in my crock pot!