Crock Pot Madness!

[Eli]

It's crock pot madness in our household!

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From left to right:

8 bean soup with mushrooms and bacon(kidney, pinto, lentil, black eyed peas, split peas, black beans, white beans)
Pot Roast with baby potatos, carrots, celery.. onion, garlic..
Lentil stew with lots of carrots, celery and bacon.. onion, garlic, rosemary, thyme and bay leaves..

The house smells amazing.. 😀

After they're done, we're going to systematically put servings into square pyrex dishes, freeze them, then put them in food saver bags for later consumption.

Total cost for all this food was like 50$, and it will feed us for weeks.

Edit:Just ate the last of the leftovers from this. 🙂 Actually I think there's 1 serving of the lentil soup left, but yeah. Of course, it didn't last us 2 months in and of itself, but it supplemented our eating nicely.

Such a great way to save money. The FoodSaver is the key. Highly recommended!

Got some beef stew in the crock pot now. Didn't go all out and fill all 3 up this time, though we should have.. lol

 

[xanis]

I really need to get a crockpot. 🙁

 

[fatpat268]

Wow, $50 seems a bit high.

Sounds all tasty. Should be worth it

Edit: But then again... it is winter...

 

[xanis]

Wow, $50 seems a bit high.

Sounds all tasty. Should be worth it

Edit: But then again... it is winter...

He also said it's going to make enough meals for WEEKS. $50 is downright cheap for a couple weeks worth of food.

 

[Eli]

Wow, $50 seems a bit high.

Sounds all tasty. Should be worth it

Edit: But then again... it is winter...

Does it? For like 15 quarts of food? lol

The pot roast was 20$. Everything else was pretty cheap. Yeah, maybe only like 35-40$.

The point is that it's a lot of good, healthy, hearty food.. and it's cheap. 🙂 It should last at least 2 weeks for 2 people.

 

[dirtboy]

It's also plant madness in your house!

 

[fatpat268]

Does it? For like 15 quarts of food? lol

The pot roast was 20$. Everything else was pretty cheap. Yeah, maybe only like 35-40$.

The point is that it's a lot of good, healthy, hearty food.. and it's cheap. 🙂 It should last at least 2 weeks for 2 people.

Yea ok, I skipped over the fact that you have 8 different types of beans in one soup. Adds up quickly.

 

[ManyBeers]

Bean with ham soup made by me:

 

[xanis]

Bean with ham soup made by me:

That sort of resembles vomit, but I'm sure it tastes good. 😛

 

[ManyBeers]

That sort of resembles vomit, but I'm sure it tastes good. 😛

Hell lots of food looks like vomit especially soups and stews. It tastes very good despite it's look.

 

[surfsatwerk]

Thanks for posting, I completely forgot to start making my meals for next week.

 

[brblx]

crock pots make great pulled pork for people who are too lazy to really BBQ (me).

otherwise i got nothin.

 

[drebo]

crock pots make great pulled pork for people who are too lazy to really BBQ (me).

otherwise i got nothin.

That they do. The recipe on the back of the Lipton Beefy Onion soup for pulled pork is really pretty good.

Also, shrimp jambalaya in a crock pot is WONDERFUL.

Oh, and split pea soup. Ooo...i should make that again.

 

[xanis]

Hell lots of food looks like vomit especially soups and stews. It tastes very good despite it's look.

I couldn't agree more. 😛

 

[Riverhound777]

Thanks for the reminder, I'm going to head to the store today and get some stuff for 16-bean soup to make on my day off tomorrow.

 

[Eli]

crock pots make great pulled pork for people who are too lazy to really BBQ (me).

otherwise i got nothin.

You mean like This and this? 😉

Actually just used up the last of that meat last week.. using the crock pot. Threw about a pound into the crock pot and topped with KC Masterpiece BBQ sauce. Best bbq pulled pork sammiches evAr!

 

[sjwaste]

You mean like This and this? 😉

Actually just used up the last of that meat last week.. using the crock pot. Threw about a pound into the crock pot and topped with KC Masterpiece BBQ sauce. Best bbq pulled pork sammiches evAr!

Is that a homemade smoker? What'd you do about getting the hot plate to hold temp?

 

[Eli]

Is that a homemade smoker? What'd you do about getting the hot plate to hold temp?

I had to remove the thermal fuse and bend the bi-metal strip a bit.

Now it holds ~220ºF at the "Medium" setting on the dial.

This summer, though, I'm just going to get a PID digital temperature controller. They're only like 35-40$..

 

[F1N3ST]

Nice kitchen + counters. I installed tile counters before, meh, it's kinda a pain, lol.

 

[MovingTarget]

I'm jealous. I only have one croc pot. 🙁

 

[Agentbolt]

I'm currently cooking up a meal in mine too, actually. A layer of onions, a layer of corn, 5 italian sausages, and then on top a 5 pound roasting chicken. Rub the chicken down with Mrs. Dash, and also dump some salt, pepper, garlic powder, Bacon Salt, and some MSG in there. Takes about 10 minutes to set up.

I realize all of that sounds disgusting when put together, but somehow when it all cooks together it comes out tasting fucking FANTASTIC. I couldn't tell you why.

 

[Alienwho]

What are your guys' favorite crock pot recipes? Almost every Sunday my wife and I will make a big croc pot meal and use the leftovers for lunches throughout the week. I am the kind of guy that just tosses whatever I feel like in. In today's I tossed in: Frozen chicken breast, sliced potatoes, carrots, cream of mushroom soup, a few big spoonfuls of cottage cheese, a spoonful of sour cream, lime juice, italian dressing.

 

[ahurtt]

That sort of resembles vomit, but I'm sure it tastes good. 😛

Vomit isn't bad as long as its contents are still relatively undigested and it hasn't been sitting out too long.

 

[Eli]

Vomit isn't bad as long as its contents are still relatively undigested and it hasn't been sitting out too long.

D:

 

[Anubis]

I used mine to make a giant pot of black bean soup the other day, so hearty, so good, so simple