Category: Crockpot

  • Pulled Pork Recipe Redux

    Pulled Pork Recipe Redux

    I have used a great pulled pork recipe many times with great praise from family and friends. I was in the grocery store perusing the magazines by the checkout stand and one called “Quick and Simple” caught my eye, probably because of the starburst promo calling out “17 Budget-Friendly Recipes.” They had a pulled pork…

  • Crockpot: Soda and Onion Soup Mix Beef Roast

    Crockpot: Soda and Onion Soup Mix Beef Roast

    Cruising the meat aisle on Sunday when I did my shopping, I brought home a beef roast. Can’t remember the exact cut. It was boneless. It was also tied with strings, which I cut off given that I was going to slow cooker it. I’d been wanting to try some variation of the soda-onion soup-crockpot…

  • Pork Roast with Cranberry Sauce in the Crockpot

    Pork Roast with Cranberry Sauce in the Crockpot

    I had originally planned to do this delicious sounding recipe with a pork roast studded with 40 cloves of garlic or somesuch, then roasted in the oven with a few things. But life got in the way. I had errands to run one evening after work and didn’t get started soon enough. The next night…

  • Boneless Pork Ribs in the Slow Cooker

    Boneless Pork Ribs in the Slow Cooker

    I bought a new crockpot a while ago. For years I had a great crockpot that turned out wonderful food. It finally broke apart, with the knob coming off so it had to be turned with a screwdriver and then the inner pot itself cracked, so I finally threw it away. I bought a new…

  • Slow Cooker Beef Roast with Pepperoncini

    Slow Cooker Beef Roast with Pepperoncini

    I have seen various recipes about cooking a beef or pork roast in the crockpot with a jar of pepperoncini and finally tried it today. I had bought a new crockpot recently. My old one always felt too hot on the bottom and in fact one day caused my Corian-like (but not Corian) counter to…