Crock Pot Black Forest Dump Cake

I am in the creative mood lately with my "smaller" crock pot's and have come up with another delicious creation.

Do you like dessert you don't have to tend to?

Crock Pot Chicken Fajitas

Here is another one of those Tasty recipes I adapted to make a delicious and super easy dinner last night.

These are literally the easiest fajitas I've ever made, and so fast to throw together.

Crock Pot Breakfast Casserole

This is the perfect breakfast for early morning risers or a lazy weekend meal.

I love my crock pot and have been recipe testing for a few weeks now and this one is a keeper.

This would be perfect for a brunch get together or even the upcoming holidays.

Cheese Stuffed Italian Meatballs

There is this recipe all over Facebook lately for Mozzarella Stuffed Slow Cooker Meatballs from Tasty.  They look amazing and everyone I know has been trying them.

I decided to adapt the recipes slightly and make it on the stove top for a faster weeknight meal.

This can certainly still be made in the slow cooker just as easily as the stove top.

Crock Pot Apple Spice Cake

This is literally the easiest and most delicious dessert I've made in my crock pot yet.

I found this new page on Facebook called Tasty and they have some of the easiest recipes out there. This one is adapted from one of Tasty's recipes.

Crock Pot Cashew Chicken

So today I was on Pinterest , again, looking up recipes to use in my new "smaller" crock pot when I remembered that my awesome nail lady Anh said while she and her boyfriend were checking out my blog they noticed there weren't a whole lot of Asian inspired recipes.

Hi Anh!  This one's for you :)

So what better place than Pinterest to find a bunch of yummy recipes to try.

Back to the crock pots......

Melt in your Mouth Crock Pot BBQ Ribs

I'm finally back after several months off planning my daughters wedding, whew!

I have missed you guys and blogging so much lately and with the way technology changes with the wind it'll be a miracle if I can even remember how to write a post.

With only three of us living at home most days I decided it was time to get myself a new (smaller) crock pot.  And beings as I LOVE my All Clad 7qt. slow cooker I decided to try the All Clad 4 Qt. Slow Cooker for smaller meals.  Both are available at Williams Sonoma or Amazon.

Crock Pot Ranch Beans & SRS

It's that time of the month again for our Surprise Recipe Swap.  This swap is graciously hosted by Jutta over at Hungry Little Girl.  This is a super fun swap where we are assigned a secret blog buddy and we get to stalk their blog and have fun choosing, cooking, and blogging about one of their recipes.

This month I was assigned Cynthia over at Feeding Big and I was so excited to get her blog.  Cynthia has a ton of delicious recipes and I had a hard time choosing just one. I actually printed her Cheesecake Mini's - Have it your way, Pasta Carbonara,  her Best Coffee Cake Ever and I finally decided on her Ranch Beans with Peppered Bacon.

Crock Pot Pumpkin Dump Cake

If you haven't noticed I'm in love with my crock pot.  Lately, I have tried to use it a lot more than I used to.  I have tried some new dinner recipes and made some amazing desserts too.

Crock Pot Applesauce Pork Chops

The other day while on Pinterest I found this recipe from Frosted Bake Shop and adapted it slightly to make this delicious crock pot dinner for my family.  I was a little skeptical at first because of the ingredients but it was DELISH!  I hope you'll give it a try and let me know what you think.

Here's what you need:

4-6 Boneless pork chops
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
16 oz. can tomato sauce
1 cup applesauce
1/4 cup. apple cider vinegar

Salt and pepper each pork chop on both sides and place in the bottom of the crock pot.

 

Pour applesauce over the top of the pork chops.

Next mix the brown sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl then pour over the applesauce.

 

Pour the apple cider vinegar over the brown sugar mixture.

 

Next add the tomato sauce and stir a little to combine the sauce.

Cook on high for 4-5 hours or low for 8 hours.

Super easy and extremely tasty weeknight crock pot dinner.

Enjoy!

Serves 4 - 6

Here's the handy printable - Crock Pot Applesauce Pork Chops 

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Crock Pot Peach Blackberry Dump Cake

I have been wanting to try a dessert in the crock pot for a very long time now and last week I finally got around to doing it.  I love the concept and flavors of a dump cake so I looked in the freezer to see what kind of fruit I had on hand and this is what I came up with.  You will LOVE this dessert.  It is super easy and the house smells delicious every time you open the lid to "take a peek" just to make sure it's actually cooking. Give it a try and let me know what you think.

Here's what you need:

16 oz. package frozen peaches, sliced
16 oz. package frozen blackberries
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
2 Tbs. corn starch
1 - 15.25 oz. box yellow cake mix
1/2 cup butter, unsalted, melted

Place frozen fruit in a large bowl and add the sugar, salt, cinnamon, and corn starch to the fruit.  Mix well.

Spray the liner of the crock pot with cooking spray.

 

Add the fruit mixture to the liner and evenly pour the dry cake mix over the top of the fruit mixture.

 

Pour the melted butter over the cake mix.  It won't cover all the cake mix but it will be fine.

 

Do not try to mix the butter into the cake mix.  The juice from the fruit along with the butter cooks the cake perfectly.

Cook on high for 3-4 hours.  When it's done the fruit will be hot and tender and the cake will be moist and cooked all the way through.  

 

Serve hot with ice cream or whip cream or all by itself (like me) if you are too impatient to taste this wonderful dessert!

Serves 8-12

Enjoy!

Here is the handy printable - Crock Pot Peach Blackberry Dump Cake 

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Crock Pot Creamy Ranch Pork Loin

I am always trying to come up with more inventive and delicious recipes for my Crock Pot so that I can spend more time doing my housework (cough, cough) or computer work (more likely).   I have a few new recipes to share that turned out wonderful and I'm sure you'll enjoy making for your family's too.

Here's what you need:

2-1/2 pound Pork Loin Roast
2 cans cream of chicken soup
1 envelope of Ranch dressing mix
1 Crock Pot

Super easy directions:

In a bowl or measuring cup pour the cream of chicken soup and the ranch dressing mix and stir until fully incorporated.

 

Place pork loin in the crock pot and pour the soup mix over the top, turning it over to fully coat the roast.

 

Turn on to high and cook for 4-5 hours or on low for 7-8 hours.  Turn the meat over halfway through the cooking time.

I served mine with cooked egg noodles.

It was a hit with the whole family and was very tasty.  Almost like a Stroganoff type meal.

Serves 6

Enjoy!

Here's the handy printable - Crock Pot Creamy Ranch Pork Loin 

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