Chocolate Oatmeal

If you’re not a fan of maple syrup, then here’s a chocolate oatmeal recipe.

Serves 2 – Prep. Time: 10 minutes – Cooking Time: 8 hours

Ingredients

Oatmeal

• 2 cups steel-cut oats
• 7 cups water
• 13½-ounce can lite coconut milk
• ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• Non-stick cooking spray

Garnish

• Some brown sugar
• Sweetened shredded coconut (optional)
• Chopped pecans (optional)

Preparation

1. Coat the crockpot with cooking spray and place all the oatmeal ingredients inside.
2. Stir everything together and then cook for 6 to 8 hours on LOW.
3. Stir everything together again and transfer to a bowl.
4. Garnish with the brown sugar, shredded coconut, and/or chopped pecans, and serve.

 

Pork and Peas Soup

Pork and peas make a marvelous savory soup that adds home-cooked country charm to any meal.

Serves 8 – Prep. Time: 10 minutes – Cooking Time: 4 hours

Ingredients

• 2½ quarts water
• 1 ham hock, or pieces of cut-up ham
• 2½ cups dried split peas
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 3 medium carrots, diced
• Salt and pepper, to taste

Preparation

1. Bring the water to a boil while you are mixing the rest of the ingredients in the crockpot.
2. When the water is boiling, pour it into the crockpot and mix it with everything else.
3. Cook everything on HIGH for 4 hours.
4. Cut up the ham if you used a hock and to the soup. Stir to combine and serve warm.

 

BBQ Drumsticks

This different take on chicken barbecue is something you’ll love to come home to.

Serves 8 – Prep. Time: 15 min. – Cooking Time: 4 hours 15 min.

Ingredients

• 3 pounds chicken drumsticks

Sauce

• 1½ cups barbecue sauce
• ¼ cup honey
• 2 teaspoons yellow mustard
• 1½ teaspoons Worcestershire sauce

Preparation

1. Broil the drumsticks 5 inches from the heat for 7½ to 10 minutes.
2. Flip over and continue broiling for another 7½ to 10 minutes.
3. Place the drumsticks in a slow cooker.
4. Mix the sauce ingredients together in a separate bowl.
5. Pour the sauce over the drumsticks and cook everything on LOW for 3 to 4 hours or on HIGH for 1½ to 2 hours.

 

Saucy Ribs

These ribs doused in sauce will make you want to get your hands dirty.

Serves 4 – Prep. Time: 10 minutes – Cooking Time: 5 hours

Ingredients

• 1½ cups ketchup
• ½ cup packed brown sugar
• ½ cup white vinegar
• 2 teaspoons seasoned salt
• ½ teaspoon liquid smoke (optional)
• 2 pounds boneless country-style pork ribs

Preparation

1. Mix all of the ingredients except for the meat together in the slow cooker.
2. Place the ribs in the sauce and cook everything on LOW for 5 to 6 hours.
3. Transfer the ribs to a plate and remove the fat from the sauce before drizzling over the ribs.
4. You can thicken the sauce by bringing it to a boil and reducing it to your desired consistency.
5. Place the ribs and sauce on a shallow plate and serve.

 

Gooey Fudge Cake

Make this gooey fudge and you will want it to get stuck in your teeth.

Serves 4 – Prep. Time: 5 minutes – Cooking Time: 1 hour 30 minutes

Ingredients

Fudge Ingredients

• 1 box (15¼ ounces) Betty Crocker Chocolate Fudge Cake mix
• 1 box (4 ounces) Jell-O Chocolate Instant Pudding Mix
• 4 eggs
• ⅔ cup sour cream
• ¾ cup vegetable oil
• Non-stick cooking spray

Optional Toppings

• 1 jar hot fudge sauce
• 1 scoop vanilla ice cream

Preparation

1. Grease a crockpot and mix the fudge ingredients together with an electric or hand mixer until everything is fully blended.
2. Pour the mixture into the crockpot and cook everything on HIGH for 1½ hours.
3. Scoop some fudge into a bowl and top with optional toppings, if desired.
4. Serve and enjoy.

 

 

***These recipes and more can be found in Louise Davidson’s 5 Ingredient Slow Cooker Cookbook: From Crock Pot to Table Everyday Slow Cooker Recipes. To get your copy, click on the cover or click here.

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