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Basic Crockpot Pot Roast Serves: 6-8

Ingredients:
1/4 cup flour
5 pound roast
2 to 3 tablespoons fat or oil
2 onions, sliced
1 to 2 carrots, scraped and cubed
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
Optional Herbs: bay leaf and/or thyme
1 cup liquid (wine, bouillon, vegetable or beef broth,)
Other vegetables, as desired such as baby red potatoes

Directions:

Season the flour with the salt and pepper and pound the mixture into the meat.
Brown meat on all sides in the hot fat or oil.
After browning the meat, transfer to a slow cooker. Pour off excess fat from the pan. Sauté onions in the same pan until softened slightly, then add to the slow-cooker. Pour liquid into the slow-cooker, and add carrots and herbs. Cook on low 8 hours or more, adding desired vegetables during the last 20 or 30 minutes.

Crockpot Appley Kielbasa
Yield: 12 appetizer servings - Prep time: 15 minutes - Cook Time: 7 hours
Ingredients:

2 lbs. fully cooked kielbasa sausage
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 cup chunky applesauce
2 Tbsp. Dijon mustard
2 cloves garlic, minced

Preparation: Cut kielbasa into 1" pieces and combine with brown sugar, applesauce, mustard, and garlic in 3 quart crockpot. Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours until thoroughly heated.If you have a new hot cooking crockpot, cook on low for 4-6 hours until hot.

Crockpot Sloppy Joes Serves: 10 - Prep time: 20 min - Cook time: 5 hours
Ingredients:

2 lbs. lean ground beef
1 onion, chopped
1/4 cup water
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
12-oz. bottle chili sauce or ketchup

Preparation: Cook ground beef in heavy skillet until brown and crumbly. Drain thoroughly and place in slow cooker. Add remaining ingredients and mix well. Cover crockpot and cook on low for 4-6 hours until onions are tender. Serve in sandwich buns or on tortilla chips.

Crockpot Sweet and Spicy Meatballs
Serves: 8-10 - Prep time: 10 minutes - Cook Time: 2 hours, 15 minutes
Ingredients:

2 pounds precooked frozen meatballs
1 cup grape or apple jelly *

2 cups chili sauce or cocktail sauce

Preparation: Heat meatballs in oven as directed on package. Place in 3-4 quart crockpot. Mix jelly and chili sauce or cocktail sauce thoroughly, pour over meatballs, stir well, cover crockpot, and heat on high 1-2 hours until sauce is hot. Turn heat to low until ready to serve, stirring occasionally.
(*Any jelly or jam and any spicy tomato-based sauce will work well).

Healthy Crockpot Yellow Split Pea Soup with Ham
Prep Time: 25 min     Total cook time 5-8 hours    Serves: approx. 8, 1 ½ cups

Ingredients:
            3 cups (or approximately 11/2 pounds) yellow split peas
            4 cups water
            4 cups reduced-sodium chicken broth
            2 cups chopped yellow onion
            1 cup chopped carrot
            1 cup finely chopped celery
            8 ounce(s) ham, trimmed and diced
            1 teaspoon dried marjoram
            Freshly ground pepper, to taste
Directions:
            Place split peas in a medium bowl. Wash with cold water until the water runs clear; drain and spread in a 5- to 6-quart slow cooker.

Add water, broth, onion, carrot, celery, ham, and marjoram, to the slow cooker. Stir to combine.
Cover and cook for 5 hours on high or 7 to 8 hours on low. Season with pepper.