Pesto Vegetable Soup


Pesto Vegetable Soup

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Equipment

  • Crockpot

Ingredients

  • 2 x 14 oz cans chicken broth with roasted garlic
  • 1 cup onion โ€“ chopped
  • 10 oz peas
  • 9 oz green beans โ€“ cut
  • 1 zucchini โ€“ chopped
  • 28 oz can tomatoes
  • 2 x 15 oz cans cannellini beans โ€“ drained
  • 1 tsp pepper
  • 2 tbsp pesto sauce
  • 6 oz baby spinach
  • Grated parmesan cheese
  • Extra pesto sauce

Optional:

  • 2 carrots โ€“ cut
  • 2 potatoes โ€“ cubed
  • 2 celery โ€“ chopped

Instructions

Combine in crock pot:

  • Chicken broth
  • Onion
  • Peas
  • Green beans
  • Zucchini
  • Tomatoes
  • Cannellini beans
  • Pepper

Optional:

  • Carrots
  • Potatoes
  • Celery
  • Cook on low for 6 hours
  • Stir in pesto and spinach
  • Cook on low 30 minutes more

Serve:

  • Grated cheese
  • Pesto sauce
  • Crunchy bread

Notes & Wine Advice

Serves 8-10 | Total time: 6 hrs 40 mins
Variation
Sautรฉ 4 garlic cloves with onions in 1 tbsp basil infused olive oil instead of garlic chicken broth. Replace potatoes with summer squash.
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Bล“uf Bourguignon


Bล“uf Bourguignon

Beef Burgundy
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Equipment

  • Crockpot

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Fry 6 strips bacon until crisp
  • Cut into ยฝ inch pieces
  • Brown beef in the bacon grease
  • Put beef into crock pot
  • Brown carrot and onion
  • Add to crock pot
  • Add salt & pepper to crock pot
  • Stir in 3 tbsp flour and 10 ยพ oz can beef broth
  • Stir well

Add to crock pot:

  • Bacon
  • Tomato paste
  • Garlic
  • Thyme
  • Bay leaf
  • Pearl onion
  • Cook on low for 8 hours
  • Sautรฉ mushrooms in butter
  • Add mushrooms and red wine to crock pot
  • Cook one additional hour

Notes & Wine Advice

Serves 6-8 | Total time: 10 hrs 30 mins
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Chicken Fajita Soup


Chicken Fajita Soup

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Equipment

  • Crockpot

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Sautรฉ onions in olive oil
  • Shred chicken

Combine in crockpot:

  • Shredded chicken
  • Onions
  • Broth
  • Half & half
  • Tomatoes
  • Corn
  • Seasoning mix
  • Stir
  • Cook on low for 2-4 hours
  • Serve with shredded cheese and tortilla strips

Notes & Wine Advice

Serves 8 | Total time: 2 hrs 5 mins
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Herbed Roast Chicken


Herbed Roast Chicken

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Equipment

  • Crockpot

Ingredients

Instructions

Combine in crock pot:

  • Onion
  • Celery
  • Carrots
  • Combine in bowl:
  • Garlic cloves
  • Olive oil
  • Salt & pepper
  • Thyme

Spread mixture under the skin of chicken

  • Stuff orange or lemon slices and fresh thyme under skin as well
  • Roast on high for 3-4 hours
  • Remove chicken and serve
  • Add 2 cups of water to crock pot
  • Cook on low for 8-10 hours
  • Add bones after eating or storing chicken
  • Strain liquid from crock pot and refrigerate
  • Dump solids into trash
  • After stock has cooled, remove hard fat from top and discard
  • Freeze the stock or use it within a few days

Notes & Wine Advice

Serves 4 | Total time: 14 hrs 30 mins
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Mushroom Barley & Parsley Chowder


Mushroom Barley & Parsley Chowder

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Equipment

  • Crockpot

Ingredients

Instructions

Combine in slow cooker in the following order:

  • Mushrooms
  • Garlic
  • Onion
  • Paprika
  • Tomatoes with liquid
  • Broth
  • Water
  • Barley
  • Vinegar
  • Salt & pepper
  • Cook at low 6-7 hours
  • Before serving add parsley and stir

Notes & Wine Advice

Serves 4-6 | Total time: 6 hrs 20 mins
Variation
Add 1 1b of lean ground beef. Cook ground beef with 1 tsp garlic powder, 1 tsp onion powder, and 1 tsp Cajun spice and add to crock pot. Also add 1 tbsp Cajun spice, one 4 ounce tin of diced green chilies, 1 finely chopped and seeded jalapeno, and smoked paprika instead of sweet Hungarian paprika. Increase beef stock to 2 cups and cook on low for 7 hours.
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Gigot a la Cuillรจre


Gigot a la Cuillรจre

Cooked Spoon Lamb
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Equipment

  • Crockpot

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Brown lamb in saucepan
  • Drain fat
  • Combine all ingredients in crock pot except thyme
  • Cook on high for 2 hours then on low for 5-7 hours

Garnish:

  • Thyme

Notes & Wine Advice

Serves 6-8 | Total time: 7 hrs 30 mins
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Borracho Beans


Borracho Beans

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Ingredients

Instructions

  • Combine all ingredients except cilantro in crock pot on low for 8-9 hours

Notes & Wine Advice

Serve with:
Flour or corn tortillas
Serves 6-8 | Total time: 3 hrs 20 mins

Nutrition values

Calories: 721.8 kcal
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Curry Lentils and Chicken


Curry Lentils and Chicken

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Equipment

  • Crockpot

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Combine all ingredients except cilantro and rice in crock pot
  • Cook on low for 7-9 hours

Notes & Wine Advice

Serve with fresh cilantro and rice
Serves 6 | Total time: 5 hrs 10 mins
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Tangy Greek Chicken Soup


Tangy Greek Chicken Soup

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Equipment

  • Crockpot

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Combine all ingredients in crock pot
  • Cook 1 hour on high
  • Reduce to low heat for 5-6 hours
  • Break up chicken before serving

Notes & Wine Advice

Serves 3-4 | Total time: 6 hrs 15 mins
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Polish Sausage and Cabbage Soup


Polish Sausage and Cabbage Soup

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Equipment

  • Crockpot

Ingredients

  • 2 cups potatoes โ€“ cubed and peeled
  • 4 cups cabbage and carrot coleslaw mix
  • 1 onion โ€“ chopped
  • 2 tsp caraway seeds โ€“ crushed
  • 1 lb Polish sausage โ€“ cooked
  • o Halved lengthwise and cut into ยฝ inch slices
  • 4 cups chicken broth

Instructions

Combine in crock pot in this order:

  • Potatoes
  • Coleslaw mix
  • Onion
  • Caraway seeds
  • Sausage
  • Broth
  • Cook on low for 10-12 hours ,Or high 5-6 hours

Notes & Wine Advice

Serves 6 | Total time: 10 hrs 15 mins

Variation

Homemade Red Coleslaw:
Ingredients
โ€ข ยฝcup apple cider vinegar
โ€ข 2 tbsp sugar
โ€ข ยผ cup extra-virgin olive oil
โ€ข 2 tsp celery seed
โ€ข Salt & pepper
โ€ข ยฝ head red cabbage โ€“ cut
o About 1 ยฝ inch chunks
โ€ข 2 carrots โ€“ grated
โ€ข 1 red onion โ€“ chopped
Directionsย 
1. Whisk vinegar and sugar in large bowl.
2. Slowly whisk in:
1. Oil
2. Celery seed
3. Salt and pepper
2. Toss in and let sit 1 hour:
1. Cabbage
2. Carrots
3. Red onion
4. Raisins
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