Slow Cooker/Crock Pot recipe roundup~October 5

SlowCookerWhere I live, Sunday is supposed to be a cold, rainy, icky day. A perfect slow cooker day! I rounded up our slow cooker recipes so you would have time to read them and get what you need. I used to do a “Slow Cooker Sunday” recipe blog hop, but it never really took off. Maybe I’ll try doing it again with winter approaching.

Food & Recipes

Easy Crock Pot Meal: Smoked Sausage, Kale and Potato Soup

What’s in the Crock Pot? Chicken Cacciatore

Crockpot: French Onion Soup– this one is so easy!

Wintry Days and Comfort Food

Slow Cooker Sunday Blog Hop: Creamy potato soup– a favorite, not that fattening and one of our household staples

Slow Cooker Sunday: Rotisserie Chicken-yes, it can be done!

5 qt stainless Crock Pot w/dipper~$29.88

Slow Cooker Sunday Blog Hop, week of 10/30.-regular beef chili

Slow Cooker Sunday Blog Hop– white chicken chili, cake

Slow Cooker Sunday Blog Hop-jambalaya, oatmeal

 

 

 

 

Pork & black bean soup~Slow cooker Sunday Blog Hop

Yes, I’m joining in on all the Slow Cooker frenzy going on online. Welcome to the “Slow Cooker Sunday” blog hop. Bloggers and food enthusiasts everywhere are encouraged to join this Blog Hop to find and use new recipes for your Slow Cooker.

Here’s how it will work–every Thursday or Friday, I’ll make a post and publish it. For those two days, I’ll just promote it amongst bloggers, although anyone will be able to view it. Saturday and Sunday I’ll promote it publicly so that all of our readers can see the recipes. Your recipe does not have to be new or original, it can be an older post. There are just a few rules. One, please make sure that any content you include is family and workplace friendly. Second, what makes a blog hop successful is traffic–so link up, but make sure you check out the other links. Lastly, please as a courtesy, use one of my methods-Facebook, Twitter, Google Friend Connect or Blog Frog as a way to follow me as your hostess.

I love using my slow cooker, particularly on Sundays. I get it all ready in the morning, then I have the rest of the day to do what I want and not worry about what’s for dinner. On Sundays during football season and during the winter, I love the warmth and the smells…….yummy! It makes our house feel more like a home on those days.

Slow cooker pork & black bean soup

For this week, I’ve chosen a recipe I’ve never tried before. It’s in my latest Woman’s Day. So I can’t tell you how it is yet. It certainly looks good!

Recipe Ingredients

  • 6 cups low-sodium chicken broth
  • 1 Tbsp chopped canned chipotle peppers in adobo, plus 2 Tbsp adobo sauce (I hope you can find this, I had to go to a Mexican market)
  • 2 tsp ground cumin
  • 1 lb dried black beans, rinsed
  • 1 large red onion, chopped
  • 4 cloves garlic, finely chopped
  • 1 1/2 lb boneless pork shoulder, trimmed of excess fat
  • Kosher salt
  • Sour cream, fresh salsa and cilantro, for serving

Recipe Preparation

  1. In a 5- to 6-qt slow cooker, whisk together the chicken broth, chipotles and adobo sauce, and cumin; stir in the beans, onion and garlic.
  2. Add the pork and cook, covered, until beans are tender and pork easily pulls apart, on low for 7 to 8 hours or on high for 5 to 6 hours.
  3. Transfer pork to a bowl and, using a fork, break it into large pieces. Using a handheld immersion blender (or a standard blender), purée half the soup.
  4. Stir the pork back into the soup and season with 1 tsp salt. Serve with the sour cream, salsa and cilantro, if desired.

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