Costa Vida Chicken

1 (16 oz.) bottle Kraft Zesty Italian Dressing

1 Tbsp. chili powder

1 Tbsp. cumin

3 cloves garlic, minced

5 skinless, boneless chicken breast

Cook all together in a crock pot on high for 4 hours, shred meat and cook 1 additional hour.

Cafe Rio Pork (Yummy)

From Angie...

3 lb. Pork (Butt Roast)

1 cup Dark Brown Sugar

1 tsp. ginger

1/2 cup worcestershire sauce

1 tsp. dried oregano

1 tsp. salt

1 tsp. chili powder

1 tsp. garlic powder

2 Tbsp. dried onion

Cook on low 8 hrs. 1 hour before serving shred the meat, drain liquid from crock pot, and put meat back in. Add:

1 Lg can red enchilada sauce

1 cup brown sugar

Cook 1 more hour, then serve over romaine lettuce as a salad or in a taco shell as a burrito.

Cafe Rio Sweet Barbacoa Pork

From Morgan...

2 lbs boneless pork ribs

1 12 oz. can coke (not diet-can use caffeine free)

1/4 cup brown sugar

dash garlic powder

1/4 cup water

Put the pork, 1 can of Coke and 1/4 cup brown sugar in a ziploc bag to marinade. Marinade for a few hours or overnight

Pour meat and marinade into crock pot. Cook for 4 hours on high or 8 on low. Keep lid on to retain liquid. Drain liquid. Shred meat with 2 forks when done. Put pork and Barbacoa Enchilada Sauce in crock pot and cook on low for 2 hours.

Barbacoa Enchilada Sauce

1 cup Coke

1 can diced green shills

1 cup red enchilada sauce

1/2 cup brown sugar

Blend above ingredients in a food processor or blender.

Easy Cafe Rio

From Tammy...

3 lbs pork or chicken-cook in crockpot with 1 cup of water in slow cooker for 6 hours. Shred meat then add:

1 tsp garlic salt
1/4 C Kraft Spicy Honey BBQ Sauce
3/4 C Ketchup
1/3 to 1/2 C white sugar

Mix and cook for an additional hour. Serve over romaine lettuce or in a taco shell. Top with your favorite toppings.

Pork Chile Verde

3 lb. Pork Roast

Mrs. Dash hot n spicy seasoning
1 to 2 cans each of cream of chicken, cream of mushroom soup (same amount of water, using the cans)
1 can of stewed tomatoes(diced)
1 jar of chile verde sauce

Sprinkle roast with Mrs. Dash seasoning. Brown roast in a little olive oil in a pan on the stove. Put the roast in the crock pot. Then pour the rest of the ingredients over the roast and cook until meat falls apart. (8-9 hours on low) Shred, use in burrito's with shredded cheese and sour cream. This is super good. I felt like there was a bit much soup mixture. I would do 1 can each next time.

Mexican Rice Dish

From Mandy F....

2 large chicken breasts

1 large green salsa verde

1 can corn

1 can black beans

1 can fire roasted tomatoes

Hot sauce

Cooked rice

In a slow cooker place chicken and salsa on low for several hours (I used frozen chicken for 8 hours). Shred chicken and the rest of the ingredients. Heat through. Cook rice ( I used a cilantro lime rice), scoop large spoon full of rice in a bowl & top with mixture, or mix them all together before hand and serve.

Heavenly Beans

Inspired recipe from Grandma Ellis...

(In my opinion this makes a great Food Storage recipe to rotate through)

1 can Van Camp pork & beans

1 can Stagg Chili

1 can Kidney Beans

Big can Bush's Baked Beans

1 can stewed tomatoes (use one that's a little spicy)(of course I blend it a little before I mix in due to my picky kids)

1 can corn drained

Add everything to a crock pot and cook on low 4-6 hours. This is super easy and yummy. Sorry I don't know the exact can sizes. My grandma gave me this recipe and said it's a perfect meal if you add cornbread as a side. It's sweet, and I am sure you could get different flavors of the beans, but try to stick to the name brands on the stuff I put name brands on :) Let me know how yours turns out.

No Peak Beef Stew

From Stephanie...

Baby Carrots

Celery (chopped)

Onions (diced)

Potatoes (peeled and cubed)

Canned mushrooms

Beef stew meat, cut in small pieces

2 cans of golden mushroom soup

Put the meat at the bottom of a crock pot, add carrots, and a scoop of Golden mushroom soup and salt, add potatoes next, and a scoop of cream of mushroom soup, then the same pattern for the rest of the veggies. Leaving the canned mushrooms to go on the top, with it's juice. Cook in crock pot for at least 8-10 hours on low. DO NOT PEEK, by taking off the lid, the steam helps it cook best.

Crock Pot Pork Chops

From April...

4-6 pork chops (sprinkled with seasoning salt)

Sauce:

1/2 cup br. sugar

1/2 cup ketchup

1 tsp ground ginger

1/2 cup soy sauce

2 garlic cloves

a spoonful of honey

Mix sauce and pour on top of chops in crock pot - cook 4-6 hrs on low. Serve with rice.

Creamy Italian Chicken

From Jen H....

3 boneless chicken breasts

1 pkg of Italian Salad Dressing Mix

1 can cream of chicken soup

1 can cheddar cheese soup

Place chicken breasts in crockpot, sprinkle Italian Salad Dressing Mix over chicken, add cream of chicken and cheddar cheese soup. Cook on low for 5-6 hrs.

Pork Roast Fetish (2 meals in 1)

From April...

3-4 lb. Pork Roast

(1st Meal)

Can of Beans (Black, Pinto, etc.)

Can of Corn

Equal parts Salsa and Brown Sugar

Tortillas

(2nd Meal)

BBQ Sauce

Swiss Cheese

Rolls

Put roast in crock pot with 2-3 cups of water. Cook on low 6-8 hours. Drain the water then shred the roast and split it in half. Mix beans, corn, salsa and brown sugar with one half and warm. Then save the other half for tomorrow to add BBQ sauce and make a sandwich with swiss cheese.

(This sounds so good. I can't wait to try it. Seriously my mouth is watering just typing this. Who thinks of these awesome recipes? -Angi)(K I have tried it and loved it! Super easy and tasted wonderful)

Turkey Tacos

1 lb. Ground Turkey (browned and drained)

1 16 oz. Jar of Salsa

1 pkg. Taco Seasoning (1/4 cup)

Taco Shells (whole wheat or white)

Toppings

Combine all 3 ingredients in a Crock Pot. Cook on high 4 hours, low 8. (My Crock Pot cooks hot so I usually do 4-5 hours on low.) Serve in soft taco shells and top with sour cream, cheese, olives, lettuce (or whatever you like). Super simple, healthy, and way YUMMO!

Peppercini Roast Sandwiches

3 lb. beef roast

1 pkg dry zesty italian dressing

1 16 oz. bottle whole peppercinis (find them by the pickles)

Hard rolls

Put roast in crockpot, pour the whole bottle of peppercinis and juice on top. Sprinkle dressing packet over top of roast. Cook 8-9 hours on low. You can cook over night. The longer you cook it the more tender it will be. When done take the roast out and shred it. Take the peppercinis out and throw them away unless you like a little bit of spice than you can cut them up and use them on your sandwiches. Add shredded beef back to crockpot to soak in the juices. Serve on toasted garlic buttered hard rolls with the yellow sauce.

Yellow sauce:
1/4 cup sour cream
1/4 cup mayonnaise
1/4 cup mustard ( I actually only use about 1/8 cup)

Crock Pot Chicken Curry

(This is a first try on this recipe. I am soo excited. Recipe and pic from S-in-L Mary.)

3 peeled and chopped potatoes

5 peeled and chopped carrots

1 sm. Granny Smith apple, peeled and finely chopped

1 onion, finely chopped

2 garlic cloves

1 fresh jalapeno pepper, seeded and chopped (optional)

1 tsp. chicken bullion granules

3 T. flour

2-4 T. curry (4 makes it pretty spicy. You can always add more to an individual's dish)

1 tsp. cumin

1 tsp. salt

1 1/2 lb. boneless, skinless chicken pieces

1 (10 oz) can coconut milk

Place first 7 ingredients in crock pot in written order. Combine remaining ingredients except coconut milk, in a bag. Shake to coat the chicken. Pour all in the crock pot and add 1 c. water. Cook on high 3-4 hours, or low 6-8 hours. The last 30 minutes add coconut milk. If cooking on low, switch to high for the last 30 min. Serve over rice, or add extra potatoes to serve as a stew.

If desired, substitute the coconut milk with an equal amount of evaporated milk and 1/2 tsp coconut extract.

Bowtie Festival

(Black writing from me Purple writing alterations from Jen H.)

Combine the following in a slow cooker:

6 skinless, boneless chicken breasts (3 boneless chick. breasts)

1 jar Classico four cheese alfredo sauce

1 can cream of chicken soup

1 (14 oz.) can chicken broth

1 (lg.) pkg. Real Bacon pieces

1 pkg. fresh sliced mushrooms (opt.)

1/2 pkg. Good Seasons dry Italian Dressing Mix

1 cup swiss cheese, cubed (grated)

1/4 stick butter, melted

Salt and Pepper

1 pkg. bowtie pasta

Cook on low 5-6 hours, shredding chicken about 1 hour before finished. Serve over cooked bow tie pasta.

Hamburger Stroganoff

This is what we make when we don't know what to make.

My favorite recipes are the ones with 5 ingredients or less.

1 lb. Ground Beef (browned, seasoned with dried onion flakes, and season salt)

1 can cream of mushroom soup

1/2 cup - 1 cup Sour Cream (I like less, Matt likes more)

Wide Egg Noodles or Rice

Start cooking rice or noodles than brown the beef. Drain ground beef than add soup, cooking on medium. Cook until it's heated through. Then add desired amount of sour cream. Cook for an additional minute or two than serve over rice or noodles.

Crock Pot - It is a special treat when I cook it in the crockpot. Which doesn't happen very often because this is usually a last minute meal idea. Brown and drain the ground beef, add to crock pot. Mix in soup. Then for a special treat add a chopped up small yellow onion. YUM! After it cooks all day it is sweet and yummy and tastes oh sooo good. Sometimes I add mushrooms but the kids don't love them. Cook on low 5-6 hours. Serve over Noodles or Rice.

The Best Taco Soup Ever

Seriously I could eat this all day everyday!

1 lb. ground beef (browned and drained)

2 cans corn (undrained)

2 cans kidney beans (undrained)

2 cans stewed tomatoes (undrained, I use italian recipe)

1 pkg dry taco seasoning (1/4 cup if you use the Sam's Club container)

1 pkg dry ranch dressing (1/4 cup)

Frito's

Cheddar Cheese

Sour Cream

Add beef, corn, kidney beans, tomatoes (I put them in the blender so there's no huge chunks or the kids won't eat it), taco seasoning, and ranch dressing in a crock pot. Mix together and cook 6-8 hours on low or 3-4 on high. Serve and top with frito's, cheese, and sour cream. (For a healthier soup just add a couple spoonfuls of cottage cheese for your topping. I think I like it that way better.)