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March 12, 2024
My fans have let me know how much they enjoy crockpot cooking, so I love including slow cooker recipes on the website and in my cookbooks. Slow cookers allow busy families the chance to come home to long-simmered soups, sauces, stews and other comforting meals that warm the soul. The trick to developing or converting recipes for slow cookers is to correctly estimate the liquid needed. Figure that about 2 cups of liquid will be evaporated during the cooking process over six to eight hours, so plan accordingly. For instance, if you want to make chicken soup or minestrone soup […]
March 28, 2023
I had never used a slow cooker until a few years ago when someone gave me one as a sort-of joke. To tell the truth, I’ve come to love it! You throw in a few ingredients in the morning, you come home in the evening and dinner’s ready. The Crock-Pot debuted for home cooks over 40 years ago as a method to cook dried beans. It became an efficient way for homemakers and busy people to serve affordable, tender, delicious meals using inexpensive cuts of meat, making it easy for moms and dads to prepare wholesome meals every day. Crockpots and […]
January 9, 2023
Congratulations to Lesley Martin! You are the winner of the contest! We’ll contact you directly with details on how to claim the GreenPan™ Slow Cooker. Thank you to everyone who was eligible to win this prize and be on the lookout for our next contest! Here’s what Lesley has won: OMG! We are in love with this GreenPan™ Slow Cooker that practically does everything but the dishes. Who will be the lucky recipient of one of the prettiest slow cookers we’ve ever seen? Here’s how to enter the FoodTrients giveaways: Sign up for our Newsletter. Everyone who subscribes to the FoodTrients newsletter is eligible for […]
June 1, 2022
Congratulations to LINDA PETERS! You are the winner of the contest! We’ll contact you directly to get your information. Thank you to everyone who was eligible to win this prize and be on the lookout for our next contest! Here’s what Linda has won: This incredible All-Clad Cast Iron Dutch Oven Slow Cooker will arrive just in time for colder weather. This Dutch Oven from Williams-Sonoma sells for $300 and is perfect for those one-pot meals we love. All-Clad Deluxe Slow Cooker with Cast-Aluminum Insert, 4 Qt. Great for smaller households, All-Clad’s compact cooker lets you prepare everything from slow-simmered chili to fork-tender […]
March 28, 2022
This incredible All-Clad Cast Iron Dutch Oven Slow Cooker will arrive just in time for colder weather. This Dutch Oven from Williams-Sonoma sells for $300 and is perfect for those one-pot meals we love. If you are already a FoodTrients newsletter subscriber – you’re in! But please tell all of your friends to sign up for a chance to win. If you’d like more chances to win, read on. If you’re not a subscriber, just sign up for a chance to win. Here’s how to enter: Sign up for our Newsletter Sign Up Now For Email Newsletters you can trust. For […]
April 15, 2020
This tasty stew was the perfect comfort food for our stay-at-home lives. We were out of corn and peas so substituted them with what we found in the freezer — edamame and green beans. Luckily, we had some grass-fed beef that was tender, moist and full of flavor. Serves 4-8 (depending on slow cooker insert size) Ingredients 6 Yukon gold or red potatoes, quartered 4 medium carrots, cut to 1-inch lengths 2-3 medium onions, quartered 2 to 3 pounds of beef chuck or stew meat (grass fed if you can find it). Trim the fat and cut to 1-inch cubes […]
August 7, 2018
Loved by kids and adults, the sweet mango habanero salsa and spices in this recipe make the tacos from LA VICTORIA taste restaurant-quality. And the best part is your crockpot does all the work. It’s one of the best easy slow cooker chicken recipes that will become your weeknight staple. Mango Habanero Slow Cooker Chicken Tacos Ingredients: 1 (16-ounce) jar LA VICTORIA® Mango Habanero Salsa 1 (15-ounce) can black beans (rinsed and drained) 1 (15-ounce) can corn kernels (rinsed and drained) 1 (4-ounce) can LA VICTORIA® Fire Roasted Diced Green Chiles 4 garlic cloves peeled 1 tsp. ground cumin 1 […]