20 Of Our Favorite Slow Cooker Recipes

1. Slow Cooker Recipes: Pulled Pork or Chicken Sliders

Looking for some perfect addition to a relaxed menu? Try these delicious, mouthwatering pulled chicken sliders. The intelligent slow cooker does all the work for you, so that when you come back home six to eight hours later, you will have juicy pork or chicken ready to be shredded and served in a sandwich with your favorite barbecue sauce.

2. Butternut Squash Soup is the perfect Crock Pot Recipe

This one is one of our all time favorite soups. We love the recipe because you can throw everything in the crock pot and walk away. In about few hours you have a tasty soup all ready waiting for you. And of course, your home will smell just amazing while it’s cooking way. Simply open the cupboard and add what you desire. Freeze for another meal!

Don’t you love butternut squash soup in a slow cooker?

3. Easy Crock Pot Recipes: Herb Chicken with Mushrooms

Flavorful spices and herbs, onion and mushrooms give this plain herb chicken recipe a rich flavor. Vegetables and cooking juice complete the meal. If you don’t wish to use the wine, you can use cooking sherry instead and omit the salt. Serve it with mashed potatoes or a side dish like steamed green beans and you will have a satisfying meal.

4. Slow Cooker Recipes: Delicious Cranberry Pork

Cranberry pork tenderloin is a tasty, easy dinner any time of the year, but it’s especially a great choice during cooler weather. It’s healthy, simple, and just as good reheated the next day. A slow cooker really helps to bring out the best in pork loin, leaving it juicy and tender, and saving you hours in the kitchen.

5. Thai Pumpkin Soup Slow Cooker Recipes

The smell of fresh pumpkin soup with Thai spices has to be one of the best wafting through your home during the colder months. Try this delicious Crock Pot Thai Pumpkin Soup recipe and delight your senses!

Slow cooker meals are such a time saver. Set and forget at the beginning of the day and come back home to a hot dinner. Let us know through comments what you think about our collection of recipes?

15 Slow Cooker Recipes from Blogger Friends

1. Crock Pot Balsamic Chicken
2. slow Cooker Butternut Stew
3. Slow Cooker Lasagna
4. Slow Cooker Chicken Teriyaki Quinoa Bowls
5. Slow Cooker Beef and Broccoli
6. Slow Cooker Pizza Meatloaf
7. Slow Cooker Beef Stroganoff
8. Slow Cooker Herbed Cornish Hens
9. Slow Cooker Apricot BBQ Chicken Wings
10. Slow Cooker Loaded Carnitas
11. Slow Cooker Honey Mustard Chicken Sandwich
12. Slow Cooker Chicken Curry
13. Slow Cooker Italian Sausage Tortellini Soup
14. Slow Cooker Mongolian Beef
15. Slow Cooker Healthy Beef Stew

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How to Make Delicious Smoky Deviled Eggs

Deviled Eggs Ingredients:

1 dozen large eggs

Ice cubes

1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons crème fraîche

3 tablespoons mayonnaise

3 tablespoons finely chopped cornichons

2 tablespoons finely chopped red onion

Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Freshly ground white pepper

1/2 teaspoon pimentón

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Deviled Eggs Directions:

1. In a large saucepan, cover the eggs with cold water and bring to a boil over high heat; boil for 1 minute. Remove the saucepan from the heat, cover and let stand for 10 minutes.
2. Drain the eggs and cool them under cold running water, shaking the pan vigorously to crack the shells. Add ice cubes to the pan and let stand until the eggs are cool. Drain and peel the eggs.
3. Halve the eggs lengthwise. Gently remove the yolks and transfer them to a food processor. Add the crème fraîche and mayonnaise and process until smooth. Transfer to a bowl, stir in the cornichons and onion and season with salt, black pepper and white pepper.
4. Arrange the egg-white halves cut side up on a serving plate. Using a pastry bag fitted with a star tip or a teaspoon, fill the cavities with the yolk mixture. Sprinkle with the pimentón and serve.

NOTE: Make Ahead the deviled eggs can be refrigerated overnight. Sprinkle with pimentón just before serving.

Place a couple of Smoky Deviled Eggs on a white plate and sprinkle them with spice.

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Entertaining Round Up: Our Best Holiday Dinner Recipes

Pork Roast with Currant Sauce

Let’s start this list off with a bang. The pork roast with currant sauce recipe has the sweet and savory flavors that everyone will love especially during the holidays. Not only would this dish be a centerpiece to the table but will become a holiday classic in your household. With the pork roast filled with rich saltiness while the currant sauce adds a touch of sweetness and if you want to kick up the flavoring to the sauce then add in a tablespoon of chili. For the best results for the sauce let it cool for a while, this will help it to thicken and become more of a glaze.

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Holiday Spinach and Gruyere Gratin Recipe

Here is a recipe that you can make ahead to avoid any headaches and save a lot of time during this holiday season. The spinach and gruyere gratin recipe is a wonderful recipe that requires little effort and it will be even better to enjoy. Plus, you don’t have to worry about eating the dish all in one-night because it can be re-heated and served again. The Gratin recipe is filled with so much goodness that the family and guests will adore it.

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Baked Turkey Stuffed with Apples Recipe

Here is a traditional dish that has been a welcomed “member” of the family since the beginning yet with a twist. Baked Turkey Stuffed with Apples Recipe. Typically, most roasted or baked turkeys are stuffed with a variety of different peppers, onions, and breads however for this holiday dinner recipe will have stuffing mixed with apples to do the trick. Thanks to Taste of Home, this recipe has been simplified and fit to be an appetizing dish to the holiday table. With the use of apples instead of the usual stuffing will help to give a unique complimentary flavor to the turkey to make it a family favorite dish.

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Provencal Potato Gratin Recipe

How about another stress free dish that they entire family can enjoy? With this holiday dinner recipe you have a slew of options, where you can substitute or short cut ingredients to your heart’s desire. The Provencal potato gratin recipe brings the not only flavorful but colorful additions to the table for the holidays. Thanks to food network, this holiday dinner recipe can be made ahead of time and is meant to be an easy-make with a great taste. And since it is a gratin recipe you can re-heat the dish for more enjoyment.

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The holidays bring so much festivities and great food, and here are just a few of the great food recipes that everyone can enjoy. But I am so sure that you Stagetecture readers, have some holiday dinner recipes of your own. If so don’t hide them because we’d love to hear about them.

Thanksgiving Side: Sweet Potato & Onion Pasta Shells

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Total time: Preparation 40 minutes + Baking 10 minutes

Yields: 7 servings

Ingredients

2 large chopped onions

3 tablespoons butter

1 teaspoon garlic powder

Pinch of salt

21 uncooked pasta shells

¼ cup reduced sodium chicken broth

1 tablespoon apple cider

1 teaspoon dried thyme

½ teaspoon pepper

1 and half cups mashed sweet potatoes

1 and half cups crumbled Gorgonzola cheese

½ cup grated Parmesan cheese

2 tablespoons minced fresh parsley

1 cup turkey gravy, warmed

Procedure

1. In a large skillet, sauté onions in butter until softened. Add salt and garlic powder. Reduce heat to medium. Cook, stirring occasionally for 25-30 minutes or until deep golden brown.
2. Meanwhile, according to package directions, cook pasta shells. Drain pasta, set aside.
3. Stir the broth, thyme, sherry, and pepper into onions. Bring to boil. Cook until liquid is almost evaporated. Remove from the heat. Stir in sweet potatoes and Gorgonzola cheese.
4. Spoon into shells and place in a greased 11*7 inch baking dish.
5. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. Cover and bake at 375 degrees for 10-15 minutes or until heated through. Sprinkle with parsley. Serve with gravy.

Your holiday dinner will be a hit with this Thanksgiving side dish recipe. If you feel its too dry for you, top it up with leftover gravy before serving. So, which other sides are you preparing for your Thanksgiving meal this season?

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Slow Cooker Meal: Pork Cutlets Recipe

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Total time: Preparation 15 minutes + cooking 4 hours 25 minutes

Yields: 4 servings

Ingredients

4 pork loin cutlets, excess fat trimmed

Olive oil spray

2 pink lady apples, quartered and cored

1 pale section of leek, halved lengthways and cut into 4 cm pieces

3 potatoes cut into 6 wedges

1 tablespoon plain flour

1 ½ cups chicken stock

1 cup white wine

1 ½ tablespoons wholegrain mustard

2 crushed garlic cloves

1 bunch baby carrots, trimmed and peeled

3 small parsnips, peeled and quartered lengthways

Steamed green round beans to serve

Procedure

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1. Season pork with pepper and salt. Heat a non-stick frying pan over medium to high heat. Spray with oil. Cook pork for 2 to 3 minutes each side or until golden brown. Transfer to a plate. Spray the pan with oil. Cook the apple 2 to 3 minutes each side or until browned. Transfer it to the plate with the pork. Now cook the leek for 1 to 2 minutes or until light golden.
2. In a 5L capacity slow cooker, place 2 pork cutlets. Top with ½ the apple, ½ the leek, and ½ the potato. Put the remaining pork cutlets on the top. Top it up with remaining apple, potato, and leek.
3. Place the flour in a jug. Add some stock to make a smooth paste. Now add remaining stock, wine, mustard, and garlic. Pour over pork. Cover and cook on high for three hours.
4. Add carrot and parsnip. Cover and cook on low for another one hour or until the vegetables are tender. Divide the pork, apple, and vegetables among serving plates. Serve with steamed beans.

Whipping up this slow cooker meal is as simple as tossing the ingredients into your crock pot, setting it to the right temperature, and coming back home hours later to a fully cooked scrumptious meal. Let us know how it was.

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Shrimp and Broccoli Stir Fry Recipe

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Ingredients

4 slices of thick cut Bacon, chopped
1 small Onion, chopped
2 cloves of Garlic, chopped
1 cup of Short-Grain White Rice
1 pound of peeled and deveined medium Shrimp (raw)
6 cups of Broccoli Florets
½ cup of Oyster Sauce
5 ounces of Kale, chopped
¼ cup of Rice Vinegar

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Directions

1. You want to first begin with cooking the white rice, by either microwave or stove top depending on package directions.
2. While the rice is heating, you can start cooking the bacon. Take out a large skillet and lay the bacon strips side by side, being sure to occasionally turn them over until all four of the strips become crisp (2-3 min). Once they are finished cooking then you can place them on another plate that has paper towels on top of it, but leave the skillet out.
3. Now for your New Year’s dinner, you are going to cook the garlic and onions in the skillet, stir the mixture constantly for again abut 2-3 minutes or until the onions become tender. Add in the shrimp, and cook until it has transformed from the translucent color it was to a more opaque look (2-4 min).
4. After the shrimp, onions and garlic have been thoroughly cooked through then you can set them on the plate with the bacon strips.

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1. Now time for the broccoli; take the broccoli, oyster sauce and a ¼ cup of water and add them to the skillet. While the combination is cooking, be sure to give the combo a few quick stirs while the broccoli is becoming crisp and tender like (3-5 min).
2. When the broccoli combination is complete, now you can bring everything together. The kale, vinegar, shrimp and onions are ready to be blended into the mixture. Keep tossing the mixture until the kale is wilted and the sauce is thickened, which should take about 1-2 minutes.
3. You can go ahead and place some of the white rice on a plate and place the shrimp and broccoli mixture over it and drizzle the sauce over it.

Typically, you can’t go wrong with a stir-fry. It’s just one of those meals that will satisfy everyone’s needs or you can substitute ingredients without changing the entity of the meal. The recipe is at best a 20-minute meal that will give you a break and your family the gratification of an awesome meal. So for a new but overly used recipe, try this New Year’s dinner recipe for your household tonight.

Dips are perfect for setting an appetizers for your favorite party or get together with friends and family. Instead of preparing a number of appetizers, simply put several dips along with a collection of cocktail breads, crackers and chips and you are done. If you are looking to make a crowd pleasing appetizer with little effort and time, whip up a batch of this hot spinach dip.

Appetizer Favorite: Hot Spinach Dip

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Preparation time: 20 minutes

Yields: 2 cups

Ingredients

10 ounces chopped spinach, frozen and thawed

4 ounces cream cheese, preferably fat free

½ cup shredded cheddar cheese

½ cup sour cream (reduced fat)

1 teaspoon crumbled garlic

1 tablespoon brown mustard, spicy

1 teaspoon hot pepper sauce

Pinch of salt

Assorted fresh vegetables

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Procedure

1. In a saucepan, mix spinach, cream cheese, cheddar cheese, sour cream, mustard, garlic, pepper sauce, and salt.

2. Over medium heat, bring to boil.

3. Reduce heat, simmer without lid for 8-10 minutes or until cheese is melted. Stir occasionally.

4. Serve warm with fresh vegetables, crackers or your favorite bite-sized breads.

Although this hot spinach dip recipe makes for a perfect crowd pleasing appetizer, don’t fear to put your spin on this delicious hot spinach dip recipe.

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Comfort Food: Spaghetti Squash and Meatballs

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Ingredients

• 2 (2 1/4-lb.) spaghetti squash
• 2 pounds ground chicken
• 4 green onions, chopped
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
• 2 tablespoons freshly grated Parmesan cheese
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 (24-oz.) jar tomato-basil pasta sauce
• 1 (14.5-oz.) can diced tomatoes
• 1/2 cup chopped fresh basil
• Parmesan cheese

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Procedure

1. Cut spaghetti squash in half lengthwise; discard seeds.
2. Bake squash, cut sides down, on a lightly greased baking sheet at 400° for 1 hour.
3. Cool 10 minutes. Combine ground chicken, green onions, parsley, 2 Tbsp. freshly grated Parmesan cheese, and salt. Shape into 24 (2-inch) balls.
4. Bake at 400° for 30 minutes. Scrape inside of squash to remove spaghetti-like strands (about 6 cups). Cover and chill squash and meatballs up to 24 hours.
5. Cook garlic in hot olive oil in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, 1 minute. Add pasta sauce, diced tomatoes, and meatballs; bring to a boil.
6. Reduce heat to medium-low; simmer 10 minutes. Microwave squash, covered with plastic wrap, at HIGH 3 minutes.
7. Stir basil into the sauce and serve over squash. Top with Parmesan cheese.

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That should do it for a nutritious twist of your favorite comfort food – spaghetti. The whole procedure should yield at least 6 servings of Spaghetti Squash and Meatballs. You’ll be amazed on how the flavor of squash perfectly enhances the flavor of this spaghetti recipe. Also, the meatballs provide the balance of flavors to complement with the rest of the ingredients.

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One of my fondest memories as a child was visiting my grandparents at the family holidays and spending an entire day before Thanksgiving cleaning crystal and shining the silverware! It was a tradition to take out the best crystal from the china closet and sit at the dining room table and clean and polish every piece that we would use for Thanksgiving Dinner!

Now that I have my own family we still take out the china for the holidays but I always thought crystal was for homes that were very traditional and formal, and that definitely is not the Gibson’s!

Last month I showed you how Villeroy & Boch brings you Everyday Elegance Crystal that you can use for any day of the week and it’s casual enough to use anytime but still looks gorgeous with your casual or formal dinnerware. Today I’m excited to bring you a crystal piece that can be used at the dining table or anywhere in your home as home decor!

Each year I try and make a new seasonal inspired mantle on our fireplace. This autumn season I thought it would be nice to use fall colors of rust, orange, copper and gold and feature pumpkins and pinecones to show off Villeroy & Boch’s – Modern Grace Compote. While I could have used it as a serving piece for fruit at the dining room table, I think it looks great on my mantle! What do you think?

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Villeroy & Boch’s Crystal

Whether you are looking for simplicity in your home decor or you’d like to dress up your interiors with the addition of gorgeous crystal, Villeroy and Boch has a wonderful selection of pieces that are versatile for serving and for home decor.

I’m already thinking ahead to Christmas when sparkly ornaments will adorn the Compote beautifully along with our traditional lighted garland and stockings! Villeroy & Boch’s crystal can truly be used anywhere. A front foyer table display or as your dining room tablescape throughout the holiday season would be beautiful as well.

Thank you Villeroy & Boch for the gorgeous Modern Grace Compote, I can’t wait to find new uses for it throughout the upcoming seasons!

Have you entered the Villeroy & Boch – Olioboard Fan Room Travel the World contest yet? Today, October 23rd is officially the last day to enter. Check back on Friday to see the top 5 Olioboard’s to vote on for the grand prize winner announced on Monday, October 28th!

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Disclaimer: I was provided the Modern Grace Compote crystal to review on Stagetecture. All the thoughts and opinions are strictly my own.

Now that fall has set in the ability to enjoy family dinners again without everyone running off to another place is what I love most about this season. Sunday brunches at my house with my mom, husband and kids is always an enjoyable time. My mom usually brings her own brunch dishes and we combine them to make a feast! This last Sunday, Sept. 8th was Grandparent’s Day and we decided to honor her with a delicious breakfast – where she didn’t have to lift a finger.

I was excited to partner with fine dinnerware manufacturer Villeroy & Boch who have specialized in making fine crystal, porcelain and ceramics since 1748. Villeroy & Boch dinnerware has graced the tables of the Popes in Vatican, crowned royalty, households of the rich and famous, and renowned restaurants and chefs on every continent.

We are all familiar with using your best china and crystal for special occasions and holidays, but what about everyday elegance? You know, those Sunday brunches with family, that baby shower you want to throw your co-worker or even family game night when everyone is at home to enjoy a hot cooked meal? Villeroy & Boch has launched their “Everyday Crystal” line. Perfect for cold beverages, wine, beer, and even water tastes better in a crystal tumbler!

I tried out the New Cottage Crystal Everyday Drinkware – Longdrink (tall) and the Water tumblers (short) at our Grandparent’s brunch and they were perfect for orange juice and water. What I loved about the crystal glasses was their weight. The base is solid but the drinking glass feels great in your hands and even better to drink from. The glasses were just large enough for my 7 year old daughter and still comfortable for my teenager and us adults.

I didn’t feel afraid that they couldn’t handle them, and that’s what I love about Villeroy & Boch’s new Everyday Crystal line.  Best of all.. they are dishwasher safe!

Here’s a few of the features of  Villeroy & Boch’s Everyday Crystal

‘It’s time to end the myth that crystal glasses are delicate and should be saved for special occasions. Our EVERYDAY CRYSTAL drinking glasses are the most durable and cost effective material for stemware, barware and casual drinkware. It will happily live up to everyday use without clouding or chipping. Year after year, your Villeroy & Boch crystal glasses will sparkle with radiance and ring to each toast with clarity. With our vast range of designs you can rest assured that the crystal you use every day will transition stylishly into your formal and casual entertaining. That’s an #everydayluxury you deserve!’

I love when home manufacturer’s cater to all spectrums of consumers. While we all love the special holidays that take 3 hours to set the Christmas or Thanksgiving table.. he he…. we enjoy even more being able to enjoy a bit of elegance in our everyday dining and get togethers with friends and family.

I invite you to see the rest of the “Everyday Crystal” line they offer and follow them on Twitter and Facebook for the latest products for your home entertaining.

Disclaimer: I was offered a promotional sample of the Villeroy & Boch drinkware to review. All opinions are strictly my own.

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