Thursday, April 12, 2007

Slow Cooking Thursday - April 12


Recipes are courtesy of 'Fix It and Forget It Cookbook: Feasting with your Slow Cooker' by Dawn J. Ranck and Phyllis Pellman Good. *you could try this with Sweet Potatoes too! Please join us at Diary of a SAHM for Slow Cooking Thursdays.

Baked Potatoes

6 medium baking potatoes
butter or margarine

Prick potatoes with fork. Rub each with either butter or margarine. Place in Slow Cooker. Cover. Cook on High for 3 to 5 hours or Low 6 to 10 hours.

Caramelized Onions

6-8 large Vidalia or other Sweet Onions
4 Tablespoons butter or margarine
10 oz can low sodium chicken or vegetable broth

Peel onions. Remove stem and root ends. Place in slow cooker. Pour butter and broth over. Cook on Low for 12 hours.

Serve as a side dish or use onions and liquid to flavor soups or stews or as topping for pizza, steaks, ect.

9 comments:

Eagles Wings said...

oh man you are talking right up my alley with Carmelized Onions, I remember my grandmother cooking them on the coals of a grill when I was little...LOVE THEM! Thanks for a new recipe to try in the crockpot!!!!

mjpuzzlemom said...

The onions look yummy... I need to try this.

MJ

Sherry said...

I love baked potatoes in the crock! I forgot about making them in there! Thanks for the reminder.

Sherry

annie said...

I read this a little earlier (had my hands full with Izzy and couldn't type a comment) but, I went and put my potatoes (and a sweet potato for Matt) in the crockpot! Thanks!
Blessings~~
♥ Annie
My Life as Annie!

By the grace of God ... said...

I haven't ever tried this? Now, I wish I had 2 crock pots! Thanks for sharing. Onions ... yum!

jewlsntexas said...

Easy baked potatoes! So cool! Yummy!

Sandra said...

Great recipes, thank you so much for sharing.

Can't wait to try the potatoes, I'm a huge potato fan.

Hugs,
Sandra

KarenW said...

No water? Just potatoes and butter? I really need to try more crock pot cooking. I only have a couple of recipes.

Lesha said...

I love crock pot cooking!