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Slow Cooker Tater Tot Sloppy Joe Casserole

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In keeping with not running my oven this summer I made this delicious sloppy joe casserole. Yes, I could have just made regular ol’ sloppy joes but I didn’t. I also didn’t have burger buns for regular ol’ joes. This is a great combination of sloppy joes and french fries.

Slow Cooker Tater Tot Sloppy Joe Casserole

Slow Cooker Tater Tot Sloppy Joe Casserole[/caption]

Slow Cooker Tater Tot Sloppy Joe Casserole

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What you need:

  • ground beef
  • onions
  • BBQ sauce
  • 1 package tater tots
  • shredded cheddar cheese

How to make slow cooker tater tot sloppy joe casserole:

Be sure to use non-stick spray to coat the inside of your slow cooker. The tater tots will stick otherwise, and may burn.

Brown your ground beef and onions together for that delicious flavor that only onions give. Drain grease, then stir in BBQ sauce.

Spread half the tater tots in a single layer on the bottom of your slow cooker. Spread all of your burger which is your sloppy joe mixture on top of the tater tots, all of it. The remaining tots on top. Easy peasy.

Cook on low for 3 hours, then spread shredded cheddar cheese on top and cook for another 30 minutes or at least until the cheese has melted.

Use a big spoon to scoop out servings. This is also amazing topped with some crispy fried onions, some Parmesan cheese, etc.

Slow Cooker Tater Tot Sloppy Joe Casserole

Slow Cooker Tater Tot Sloppy Joe Casserole

Yield: 6
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 3 hours
Total Time: 3 hours 15 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 lb ground beef
  • 1 pgk tater tots
  • 1/2 cup diced onion
  • 1 cup BBQ sauce
  • 2 cup shredded cheddar cheese

Instructions

  1. Be sure to use non-stick spray to coat the inside of your slow cooker. The tater tots will stick otherwise.
  2. Brown your ground beef and onions together for that delicious flavor that only onions give. Drain grease, then stir in BBQ sauce.
  3. Spread half the tater tots in a single layer on the bottom of your slow cooker. Spread all of your burger a.k.a. sloppy joe on top of the tater tots, all of the burger. The remaining tots on top.
  4. Cook on low for 3 hours, then spread shredded cheddar cheese on top and cook for another 30 minutes or at least until the cheese has melted.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 6 Serving Size: 1 grams
Amount Per Serving: Unsaturated Fat: 0g
© Ashley Mullen
Cuisine: Slow Cooker / Category: Main Course

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Easy Slow Cooker BBQ Meatballs

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BBQ meatballs are always a hit in my house, it never fails that everyone will eat all there is, there will not be one leftover meatball in the house by the time the meal is over. They tend to be my go to when Gauge hasn’t been eating well at supper time, which is exactly why I dug out this bbq meatball recipe the other day.

Easy Slow Cooker BBQ Meatballs

Easy Slow Cooker BBQ Meatballs

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Normally I would rather buy pre-made meatballs because I hate to touch raw meat, plus it makes the throwing something together that much easier and faster. However, one I didn’t have any pre-made in the freezer, and we are trying to eat a little healthier right now, so homemade meatballs it was, and wow, so great!

What you need:

  • 1 lb ground beef
  • 1/4 cup seasoned bread crumbs
  • 2 egg whites or 1 egg
  • 2 cups of onion divided
  • 2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
  • 2 cloves of garlic minced
  • 1/2 cup BBQ sauce
  • 1/2 cup beef broth

How to make Slow Cooker BBQ Meatballs:

Toss together, your ground beef, bread crumbs, egg whites, Worcestershire sauce, 1 cup of thinly diced onions, and garlic.

Mix it really, whether with your hands, or with a potato masher like I use.

Easy BBQ Meatballs

Form into 2″ balls. Set aside. I do wish I had thought to use my food processor for the onions in the meatballs, didn’t think of it until later.

Easy BBQ Meatballs

In your slow cooker mix together BBQ sauce of your choice, beef broth, and the remaining onions.

Drop your meatballs into the sauce, give them a gentle stir to make sure they are fully covered in sauce.

Cook on low for 3-4 hours. Depending on how tightly you pack your BBQ meatballs together, they shouldn’t fall apart.

Enjoy with some delicious mashed potatoes, some veggies. Over some rice.

Easy BBQ Meatballs
Easy BBQ Meatballs

Easy Slow Cooker BBQ Meatballs

Yield: 16
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 4 hours
Total Time: 4 hours 20 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 lb ground beef
  • 1/4 cup seasoned bread crumbs
  • 2 egg whites or 1 egg
  • 2 cups of onion, divided
  • 2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
  • 2 cloves of garlic, minced
  • 1/2 cup BBQ sauce
  • 1/2 cup beef broth

Instructions

  1. Toss together, your ground beef, bread crumbs, egg whites, Worcestershire sauce, 1 cup of thinly diced onions, and garlic. Mix it really, whether with your hands, or with a potato masher like I use.
  2. Form into 2" balls. Set aside.
  3. In your slow cooker mix together BBQ sauce of your choice, beef broth, and the remaining onions.
  4. Drop your meatballs into the sauce, give them a gentle stir to make sure they are fully covered in sauce.
  5. Cook on low for 3-4 hours.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 16 Serving Size: 1 grams
Amount Per Serving: Unsaturated Fat: 0g
© Ashley Mullen
Category: Main Course

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The Best Turkey Recipe in the Oven or Slow Cooker

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I am still stuffed from our delicious Thanksgiving dinner, all homemade delicious food. My husband made the most delicious turkey! This turkey recipe gave us a turkey that was juicy, and had an amazing flavor. It was the best turkey we have ever had!

The Best Turkey in the slow cooker or the oven

Baking the Best Turkey in the Oven or Slow Cooker

The Best Turkey Recipe in the Oven or Slow Cooker

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I had my heart set on a slow cooker turkey, which is what we had last year, when the element in my stove went three days before Thanksgiving. We got really lucky that the turkey we had bought fit into my six quart slow cooker.  We had planned on using the same method but, that little turkey we bought, it didn’t fit in my slow cooker this year.

Now, while we did end up using the oven this year, this is turkey recipe is amazing and makes a delicious baked turkey in both the oven or a slow cooker.

What you need:

  • 2 ” peeled, fresh ginger
  • 2 oranges, quartered
  • 2 onions, quartered
  • 4 carrots
  • Poultry seasoning

How to make this turkey recipe:

Put the carrots in the bottom of your roaster, under your turkey. One of the oranges, onions, and bulbs of garlic go inside your turkey. The rest place around it.

Low and Slow Turkey Recipe

Add poultry seasoning (this one is freeze dried, and amazing) to the top of your turkey, generously.

Cook until the temperature of your turkey is 165 degrees. Our turkey took 3 hours in the oven at 350. Uncovered until it started to brown. Once it started to brown, make a tin foil tent for the remaining time it is baking.

how to cook a turkey slow in the oven

Baste every 30 minutes.

You are going to cook your turkey for 15 minutes for every pound of turkey.

A whole turkey is safe when cooked to a minimum internal temperature of 165 °F as measured with a food thermometer. Check the internal temperature in the innermost part of the thigh and wing and the thickest part of the breast.

Baking the Best Turkey in the Oven or Slow Cooker

Baking the Best Turkey in the Oven or Slow Cooker

Yield: 1 turkey
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 4 minutes
Total Time: 24 minutes

Cook this turkey in the oven or a slow cooker. A moist, flavorful turkey.

Ingredients

  • 2 " peeled, fresh ginger
  • 2 oranges, quartered
  • 2 onions, quartered
  • 4 carrots
  • Poultry seasoning

Instructions

  1. One orange and one onion stuffed inside the turkey.
  2. Arrange carrots under the turkey and lay the remaining onion and orange around the turkey.
  3. Sprinkle seasoning and ginger over the top.
  4. Cook in slow cooker for about 6-8 hours on low.
  5. Cook in oven at 325: 15 minutes for every pound.
Nutrition Information:
Serving Size: 1 grams
Amount Per Serving: Unsaturated Fat: 0g
© Ashley Mullen
Category: Main Course

In the slow cooker on low for 6-8 hours. Once cooked, if you like the crispy skin, remove and broil until crisp. Do NOT baste if you are using your slow cooker, you don’t want to uncover or you are letting the heat out, which is going to slow down your cooking time.

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Two Ways Honey Garlic Meatballs

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There is one meal that my kids are all guaranteed to eat, and that meal is meatballs. It doesn’t matter what kind, but these honey garlic meatballs have had the best reaction from my own whole family. It doesn’t matter whether or not they are cooked in the oven or the slow cooker, they are still going to taste great!

Honey Garlic Meatballs

Honey Garlic Meatballs

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This is a simple recipe, leaning on the side of frugal, the most expensive thing being the darn meatballs themselves because I don’t like to handle raw meat, plus these save a lot of time for you. I buy a bag of meatballs from Walmart or get them from Costco.

What you need:

  • 3 tablespoons brown sugar
  • ⅓ cup honey
  • ½ cup ketchup
  • 2 tablespoons soy sauce
  • 3 cloves garlic minced
  • 28 oz. fully cooked frozen meatballs

How to make Honey Garlic Meatballs Sauce

Toss your meatballs into your slow cooker or casserole dish.

Mix together the honey, soy sauce, ketchup, brown sugar and garlic. Tip don’t use brand name ketchup for cooking like this, instead get the store brand and save a little money, plus there really isn’t a taste difference.

Pour over your meatballs, stir it around a bit.

Honey Garlic Meatballs

Either cook them in your slow cooker or in your oven:

Slow cooker – low for 3-4 hours.
Oven – in a covered casserole dish at 30 for 45 minutes.

Either way you chose to cook them, they really don’t take long to go from the freezer to your plate. Especially when using pre-made meatballs, which makes these a great meal to serve to your family during the week.

Honey Garlic Meatballs - crockpot honey garlic meatballs

Personally I prefer to make these in my slow cooker. The reason behind this is because then the meatballs really take on the honey garlic flavor from the sauce.

These honey garlic meatballs are definitely a family pleaser.

Honey Garlic Meatballs

Honey Garlic Meatballs

Yield: 5 servings
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 3 hours
Total Time: 3 hours 5 minutes

Ingredients

  • 3 tablespoons brown sugar
  • ⅓ cup honey
  • ½ cup ketchup
  • 2 tablespoons soy sauce
  • 3 cloves garlic, minced
  • 28 oz. fully cooked, frozen meatballs

Instructions

  1. Mix together the sugar, honey, ketchup, soy sauce, and garlic together in a small bowl.
  2. Pour over meatballs and toss to coat.
  3. Either cook them in your slow cooker or in your oven:
  4. Slow cooker - low for 3-4 hours.
  5. Oven - in a covered casserole dish at 30 for 45 minutes.
Nutrition Information:
Serving Size: 1 grams
Amount Per Serving: Unsaturated Fat: 0g
© Ashley Mullen
Category: Main Course

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Slow Cooker Chicken Stew

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Fall weather is in the air and I have dug my slow cooker out from under my cupboard. After all it makes meals while I am homeschooling my kids with very little help from me once it gets going. This slow cooker chicken stew is perfect for busy fall days.

Slow Cooker Chicken Stew

Slow Cooker Chicken Stew

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This started off as needing to get something started for a day spent working on our house. Because we have harvested a lot of from our garden already we had an abundance of fresh vegetables to use for this, which was great, because I forgot to pick up chicken last week and need something to fill us up after a busy day.

This is super easy to make, and perfect for making for busy days or even just homeschool days.

What you need:

  • 3 chicken breast – whole or cut into bite sized pieces
  • 5 potatoes
  • 5 carrots
  • 2 cups water
  • 2 tsp chicken bouillon
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 1 cup corn kernels
  • 1 cup green beans – halved
  • 2 tbsp butter
  • 4 tbsp flour

How to make Slow Cooker Chicken Stew:

Toss some chicken breasts, diced potatoes, and diced carrots into your slow cooker. Add chicken bouillon and water, salt and pepper to taste.

Set your slow cooker to low for 6 hours or high for 3.

An hour before serving add in green beans, and corn. You don’t want them to get mushy by being in your crock pot all day. If you are only cooking it for the 3 hours, throw them in at the beginning too.

Mix together melted butter and flour, over heat or not, and slowly mix into your slow cooker about 20 minutes before serving.

Slow Cooker Chicken Stew

This chicken stew is delicious, filling and warm in your belly. Add some fresh rolls to make it even better.

Slow Cooker Chicken Stew

Slow Cooker Chicken Stew

Yield: 5
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 5 hours
Total Time: 5 hours 15 minutes

Ingredients

  • 3 chicken breast - whole or cut into bite sized pieces
  • 5 potatoes
  • 5 carrots
  • 2 cups water
  • 2 tsp chicken bouillion
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 1 cup corn kernels
  • 1 cup green beans - halved
  • 2 tbsp butter
  • 4 tbsp flour

Instructions

  1. Toss some chicken breasts, diced potatoes, and diced carrots into your slow cooker. Add chicken bouillon and water, salt and pepper to taste. Set your slow cooker to low for 6 hours or high for 3.
  2. An hour before serving add in green beans, and corn. if used whole breast, cut or shred.
  3. Mix together melted butter and flour, over heat or not, and slowly mix into your slower 20 minutes before serving.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 5 Serving Size: 1 grams
Amount Per Serving: Unsaturated Fat: 0g
© Ashley Mullen
Category: Main Course

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