and avocado. It was delicious topped with toasted tortilla strips. She had the cheese stuffed sqaush blossoms on grilled vegetables; I had the crab cakes. Nice bread came with a bit of tapenade and a crock of butter. The only...

I have is a 4 qt. 1 cup regular raw, white rice 1 cup water 2 teaspoons salt 1 tablespoon butter Place all ingredients together in crock pot. Cover and cook on LOW for 6 to 8 hours.

OK, definitely too late, but this might help for next year. I prepared my mashed potatoes early and kept them warm in a crock pot on low. I put some butter (ok, a lot of butter) on top and stirred it in just before serving. They...

Sam D- that is the same recipe I use- except I add a stick of butter to the crock pot- and it is really great. YOu are right, it makes a lot of rich gravy. I usually serve with mashed potatoes- talk about the ultimate comfort...

Mashed potatoes hold well in a crock pot. Just put a nice chunk of butter on top, and mix it in before serving. I don’t think anyone ever complaineda about a bit more butter in the mashed potatoes. I did this last year, and...

slices. These are cooked slices and if all you can find are the precooked slices then just chop coarsely allowing 1 stick UNsalted butter per cup of ham. Grind the ham in the food processor or on the finest blade of your meat...

). 20-plus ounces each, and with two salads, sides, warm baguette & herb butter, and a shared crock of crisp-edged, buttery mashed potatoes, it’s a bellyful at a bargain price no other staek joints come close to matching.

6 hours is a very long time! I think your heat was too low if it took that long. You’ve figured out that evaporation is a key step and that’s really all you need to worry about, I think. Crock pots will hold the...

apple butter in the crock pot. A M A Z I N G.

/springy the muffins will get – but in some recipes, I’ll use all apple butter, and you can barely tell. Oh – and don’t have apple butter, you can easily make it by cooking a jar of applesauce down in a...

I want to make a great baked beans for the 4th. I’ve got a pound of dried white beans, a smoked ham hock instead of bacon, and dark karo instead of molasses. I do have an old ceramic bean crock with a lid and plan to slow...

I would make a great winter veggie soup in the crock pot and bring a few big loaves of artisian crusty breads and maybe some funky butter spreads for the breads- like pesto butter or sage butter or even a homemade garlic bread...

Great slow cooker recipies can also be found on A Year of Crockpotting : http://crockpot365.blogspot.com/ I am working my way through them, and can personally vouch for (and rave about) the ones for Chicken Makhani (Indian Butter...

I LOVE THIS PLACE. When i was in beijing back in the stone age it seems, i used to go to Dazhalan/dashrla to walk around – this is the early 80’s and I would pick up a crock of yogurt made by the beijing yogurt (sour...

You lucky dog! Give it to your friends! Seriously, my chowmom used to keep pate for a long time by storing it in the crock she chilled it in when she made it, sealed on top with a layer of clarified butter. This...