3-4 lbs beef arm pot roast
1 tsp vegetable oil
1 1/2 tsp salt
1/8 tsp pepper
1/2 tsp ground ginger
3 whole cloves
4 medium apples, cored and quartered
1 small onion — sliced
1/2 cup apple juice
3-4 Tbs flour
3-4 Tbs water

Methods:

Wipe roast well and trim off all excess fat. Lightly rub top of meat with oil. Dust meat with salt, pepper and ginger. Insert cloves in meat. Place apples and onions in the bottom of the Crockpot and put the roast on top of the apples and onions. Pour in the apple juice. Cover and cook on a low setting for 8 to 12 hours. Remove the roast and apples to a warm platter when fully cooked. Turn the Crockpot to High setting. Make a smooth paste with the flour and water and stir the paste into the crockpot. Cover and cook until thickened. Pour gravy over roast when serving.

1 3-pound cross rib beef pot roast
1 large onion — chopped
1 clove garlic — minced
1 8 oz can tomato sauce
1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
3 Tbs cider vinegar
1 Tbs prepared mustard
1 Tbs Worcestershire sauce
2 tsp salt
1 tsp Italian herb seasoning — crumbled
1/4 tsp pepper

Cornmeal Dumplings:
2/3 cup milk
2 Tbs vegetable oil
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup cornmeal
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt

Methods:

Trim excess fat from beef brown in skillet,remove and reserve.Saute onion and garlic until soft in pan drippings. Place pot roast in Crockpot with onion and garlic.Combine tomato sauce, brown sugar, vinegar,mustard,Worcestershire sauce,salt,Italian herbs and pepper in a small bowl; pour over beef, cover. Cook on low for 10 hours or on high for 6 hours or until beef is tender when pierced with fork.

Remove beef to a heated platter and keep warm. Turn heat control to high while making dumplings. Combine milk and vegetable oil in a medium sized bowl. Sift 3/4 cup flour and cornmeal, baking powder and salt over.Stir just until mixture is moist. (Dough will be soft) Drop onto hot food in Crockpot.Cook on high for 30 minutes or until puffy light.

3 1/2 lbs beef roast,sirloin tip, or chuck roast
12 ounces (jar) Italian Giardiniera, drained
12 ounces (jar) pepperoncini peppers
4-6 white and red baby potatoes
1/4 cup water

Methods:

Place roast in Crockpot on top of potatoes.Mix all other ingredients together draining oil from Giardiniera and pepperoncini.(When adding giardiniera and pepperoncini use 1/2 jar for a mild version or all for a spicier version.) Add all ingredients to Crockpot, cover and cook for 8-10 hours on LOW or on high for 6-8 hours.

1 large onion — finely chopped
2 garlic cloves — minced
1 lb boiling potatoes, peeled or unpeeled — cut in 3/4″ Cubes
1 1/2 cup cabbage — coarsely shredded
1 large carrot — peeled and sliced
1/4 cup long-grain rice — uncooked
1 lb beef round, trimmed of all fat — cut in bite-size pcs
1 1/2 cup beef broth, defatted–or bouillon
3/4 cup red wine
1/4 cup ketchup
2 tsp light brown sugar — packed
1/2 Tbs apple cider vinegar
1 1/2 tsp dried thyme
1 tsp chili powder
1/2 tsp powdered mustard
1/4 tsp black pepper

Preparation:

In large crock pot,combine onion,garlic,potatoes,cabbage,carrot and rice.Add meat. In 4-cup measure or similar bowl stir together broth,wine,ketchup,brown sugar,vinegar,thyme,chili powder,mustard and black pepper.Pour mixture over meat and vegetables.

Cover crock pot and cook 1 hour on high. Stir meat and vegetables into sauce, and cook an additional 6 1/2 to 8 hours on low.

4 lb beef chuck or stew meat — cut into 1″ cubes
3/4 cup flour
2 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper
2 cups beef broth
2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
2 cloves garlic
2 bay leaves
1 1/2 tsp paprika
5 carrots — sliced
5 potatoes — diced
3 onions — chopped
3 stalks celery — sliced
1 Tbs kitchen bouquet

Preparation:

Place the meat in the slow cooker. Mix the flour, salt and pepper. Pour over the meat. Stir the meat to thoroughly coat it with the flour. Add all the remaining ingredients. Stir well. Cover. Cook on LOW for 10 to 12 hours. Stir thoroughly before serving.

1 pound ground turkey
1/2 pound ground chuck
30 ounces tomato sauce
24 ounces V-8 tomato-vegetable juice
1/2 cup chopped onion
1/2 cup chopped celery
1 Tbs chili powder
1 cup chopped green pepper
1 cup chopped mushrooms
1 small jalapeno pepper — (optional)
14 ounces stewed tomatoes
1/2 cup uncooked wild rice
2/3 cup brown sugar or honey
14 ounces chili beans
1 ounce chili seasoning mix

Methods:

Brown ground turkey and ground beef. Drain well. Place all other ingredients in a slow cooker and add the meat. Cook on LOW for 6 to 9 hours. Serve with crackers or cornbread.

1 lb ground beef
15 1/2 oz chili beans, hot and spicy
15 1/2 oz chili beans, hot
28 oz tomatoes, cut up
6 oz tomato paste
1 1/2 cup celery, chopped
1 cup onion, chopped
1/2 cup green pepper, chopped
4 oz chili peppers: drained, seeded and chopped
2 Tbs sugar
1 bay leaf
1 tsp salt
1 tsp marjoram, dried and crushed
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1 dash pepper
4 oz mushrooms (optional)

Methods:

In crock pot combine beans, undrained tomatoes, celery, onion, tomato paste, green pepper, green chilies, mushrooms, sugar, bay leaf, salt, marjoram, garlic powder and pepper. In skillet, brown ground beef drain and stir into tomato mixture.Cook on low for 8 to 10 hours.Skim off excess fat.Remove bay leaf stir before serving.

3 lbs. beef
1 T. oil
2 carrots (chopped)
1 stalks celery (chopped)
1 onion (sliced)
2 cloves garlic (minced)
1 can stewed tomatoes (italian style undrained)
1 can tomato paste
1 T. tapioca
1 T. brown sugar
1/2 t. salt
1/2 t. pepper
1 pkg. noodles (cooked)

Methods:

Using the oil brown the beef in the skillet.Stir together everything except noodles and beef. Put beef in slow cooker and pour mixture over the top.Cook Low 10 to 12 hours. or High 5 to 7 hours.Serve over the noodles.

* 1 cup uncooked wild rice, rinsed and drained
* 1 cup chopped celery
* 1 cup chopped carrots
* 2 cans (4 ounces each) mushroom stems and pieces, drained
* 1 large onion chopped
* 1 teaspoon garlic powder
* 1/2 cup slivered almonds
* 3 beef bouillon cubes
* 2-1/2 teaspoons seasoned salt
* 2 pounds boneless round steak, cut into 1-inch cubes
* 3 cups water

Methods:

Place ingredients in order listed in a slow cooker do not stir.Cover the slow cooker and cook on low for 6-8 hours or until rice is tender.Stir before serving.

* 1 pound lean round steak, cut into pieces
* 2 1/2 cups green bell pepper, coarsely chopped
* 1/2 cup onion, chopped
* 3 cups raw potatoes, diced
* 1 (12 ounce) jar fat free beef gravy
* 1/4 teaspoon dried minced garlic

Methods:

Spray crock pot with butter-flavored cooking spray.Add steak pieces,green pepper,onion and potatoes and stir to combine.Stir in gravy and garlic.Cover and cook on LOW for 6-8 hours.Mix well before serving.