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I love using my crock pot. After working all day an spending an hour in traffic coming home, I don’t always feel like cooking. This recipe, adapted from the September 1999 issue of Cooking Light, can be thrown together in a few minutes before heading out the door in the morning. Set the timer so [...]

There’s nothing like coming home from a long day at work to find dinner already made. It’s especially nice, on a frosty winter’s day, if that dinner is a deliciously hot stew. These are the reasons I love my crockpot. Get everything ready in the morning before leaving for work, set the crockpot, and [...]

I try to avoid specifying what brands to use in my recipes. Heck, I don’t get paid to recommend Brand A over Brand B, so why should I give them free advertising? Well, here is one instance where I must insist on a particular brand. Since the barbecue sauce plays such a key roll in [...]

Source: Recipezaar.com
Ingredients
2 1/2 pounds lean beef chuck roast, trimmed of fat & cut into serving-size pieces
salt
pepper
3 medium baking potatoes, unpeeled & cut into quarters (about 1 pound)
2 large carrots, cut into 3/4-inch slices
2 celery ribs, cut into 3/4-inch slices
1 onion, sliced
1 large parsnip, cut into 3/4-inch slices
2 bay leaves
1 teaspoon dried rosemary
1/2 teaspoon dried thyme [...]

Source: Dawn Starbird
Ingredients
3 pounds kielbasa, sliced into 1/2 inch pieces
2 cups ketchup
1 cup packed brown sugar
12 ounces beer
16 ounces pineapple chunks with juice
Directions
Place the kielbasa into a large crockpot. Stir the ketchup, brown sugar, beer and pineapple chunks together and pour over kielbasa.
Place the lid onto the crockpot and set to high. When sauce begins [...]