Recipe | Slow Cooker Beef and Broccoli

I love beef and broccoli, and thought that I could make it rather simply in the crock pot. I whipped this up the other day and I really enjoyed it! I ate it so fast that I never took any pictures of it, but I promise it looked good and tasted great as well.

 Ingredients

• 1 lb of stew meat
• 1 cup beef broth
• 2/3 cup low sodium soy sauce
• 1/3 cup brown sugar
• 1 tbsp sesame oil
• 1 tbsp garlic
• 1/4 tsp red chili flakes
• 4 cups broccoli

Instructions

• Grease the inside of your slow cooker.
• Add in meat, beef broth, soy sauce, brown sugar, sesame oil, garlic and chili flakes. Give everything a good stir.
• Cook on low 4-5 hours or on high for 2-3 hours.
• About 20 minutes before serving, add in broccoli and mix in with beef mixture.
• Serve with rice or on it's own and enjoy!

Recipe | Slow Cooker Swedish Meatballs

 

For whatever reason, my husband was craving Swedish meatballs. I'm not sure if he was wanting his mom's version, but I did a little twist.

 



 

Ingredients

• 1 bag of frozen meatballs
• 2 cans of cream of mushroom soup
• 1 can of beef broth
• 1 packet of brown gravy mix (or whatever gravy mix you prefer, you can get creative here)
• 1/2 cup of water
• noodles (I used egg noodles)

 

Instructions:

• Mix together everything, except meatballs and noodles, whisk until smooth.

 

• Dump meatballs in slow cooker

• Pour mixture over meatballs
• Cook on low for 6 hours
• Serve over cooked noodles of your choice

While I was preparing it, I wasn't a fan of the smell. I think it was the gravy packet, so I was a little hesitant and pretty convinced I wasn't going to like it. I was regretting trying to get creative. But when I got home to the smell of it cooking it all day, I was excited to give it a whirl. We cooked up some noodles and slapped the meatballs on over them and shoved it in our mouths. It was so good! A went back for seconds, so that's always a great thing! I hope you guys enjoy this as much as we did! Happy eating!

Recipe | Slow Cooker Potato Soup

Another slow cooker recipe you say? Yes. They are my favorite, and they should be yours too. This one is absolutely delicious and this makes a TON of soup. I have been eating it for like 3 days now. 

Ingredients:

• 1 30 oz bag of frozen shedded hash browns 
• 56 oz of chicken broth (3 14 oz cans)
• 1 can of cream of chicken soup
• 1 package cream cheese (don't use fat free!)
• shredded cheddar cheese (optional)
• bacon bits (optional)

Instructions:

• In the crockpot combine hash browns, chicken broth and cream of chicken soup. Give a little mix around.

• Cook for 6-8 hours on low.
• About 1 hour before serving, add cream cheese and keep heated until melted.
• Serve with shredded cheese and bacon bits

Sour cream or green onions would be good additions to this as well. It's kind of like a baked potato so you can do a lot with the garnish to make it your own. It's also delicious just by itself. Happy eating!