Recipes

Vegetarian Minestrone Soup

Vegetarian Minestrone Soup

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Equipment

  • Crockpot

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Combine all ingredients, excluding the grated cheese, in slow cooker
  • Cook on low 6-8 hours
  • Serve with grated cheese

Notes & Wine Advice

Serves 6 | Total time: 6 hrs 20 mins

Variation

Add ½ cup cut green beans, ½ cup diced red pepper, 1 can of diced red tomatoes, and only 1 diced onion. Also add a mix of beans: 1 cup red kidney, ½ cup garbanzo, 2 cups white beans. Finally, blend a generous splash of soy sauce at the end to make it creamier.
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Course; Crockpot / Slowcooker / Soup
Diets; Vegetarian

Salmon Chowder

Salmon Chowder

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Equipment

  • Crockpot

Ingredients

  • 12 oz Alaskan salmon – drained and flaked
  • 3 oz onions – chopped
  • 6 oz celery – chopped
  • 4-5 oz shoestring carrots
  • 3 cups chicken broth
  • 8 oz cream cheese – cubed
  • ¼ cup brown rice
  • 1 tbsp dill weed
  • 1 tsp salt
  • ¼ cup water

Instructions

Combine in slow cooker:

  • Onion
  • Celery
  • Carrots
  • Chicken broth
  • Rice
  • Cook on low 4-5 hours

Once vegetables soften:

  • Turn slow cooker to high
  • Add cream cheese
  • Stir until melted
  • Stir into slow cooker:
  • Salmon
  • Spices
  • ¼ cup water
  • Cook 10-20 minutes on high, stirring occasionally.

Notes & Wine Advice

Serves 4 | Total time: 5 hrs 10 mins

Variation

Use ¾ cup celery, ½ cup carrots, ¼ cup onion, ¼ cup corn, 4 cups broth, and leave out rice. Also add black pepper, garlic powder, 2 cups leeks, and 1 skinned baked potato.
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Course; Crockpot / Slowcooker / Fish / Soup

Cream of Sweet Potato Soup

Cream of Sweet Potato Soup

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Equipment

  • Crockpot

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Peel and slice sweet potatoes.
  • Add broth and sweet potatoes to slow cooker
  • Cook on high for about 3 hours
  • Remove once sweet potatoes are tender and place in food processor
  • Blend until smooth
  • Replace into slow cooker
  • Add all other ingredients to slow cooker
  • Cook on high 1-2 hours, Or on low for 3-5 hours

Notes & Wine Advice

Serves 6 | Total time: 5 hrs 10 mins

Variation

Use 5 sweet potatoes, 1 onion, 1 apple, 1 can condensed chicken stock, and top with water. Once cooked, remove liquid until you reach desired consistency. Finally, add cream to taste, and a nice sprinkle of allspice.
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Course; Chicken / Crockpot / Slowcooker / Soup / Vegetables

Carrot Orange Soup

Carrot Orange Soup

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Equipment

  • Crockpot

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Skin and cut carrots to make ¼ inch slices

Add to slow cooker:

  • Carrots
  • Onion
  • Broth
  • Orange juice
  • Ginger
  • Salt & pepper
  • Heat on high for 4-6 hours, Or low for 101 hours
  • Once carrots are tender remove and add to blender
  • Blend until smooth and add back to slow cooker
  • Add whipped cream and stir

Notes & Wine Advice

Serves 6-8 | Total time: 11 hrs 15 mins

Variation

Fry onion in butter with fresh dill and add to crockpot along with the other ingredients. This softens the taste of the onion. Substitute 1 cup of the stock with a ½ cup of water and ½ cup of white wine. When serving, swirl plain yogurt in each bowl along chopped fresh dill to add both color and fresh flavor.
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Course; Chicken / Crockpot / Slowcooker / Soup / Vegetables

Crock Pot Pozole

Crock Pot Pozole

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Ingredients

Instructions

  • Cube ribs and brown pork in oiled pan
  • Sauté onion
  • Drain fat
  • Combine in crock pot all ingredients
  • Cook on low for 5-6 hours

Notes & Wine Advice

Serves 6 | Total time: 5 hrs 30 mins

Variation

Chicken Pozole:
Use chicken breasts instead of pork. Add extra olive oil when browning to enhance richness. Add 12 oz chicken broth to reduce thickness.
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Course; Crockpot / Slowcooker / Pork

Red Lentil and Carrot Soup with Coconut

Red Lentil and Carrot Soup with Coconut

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Equipment

  • Crockpot

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Use oil in pan and brown onions

Add to saucepan:

  • Garlic
  • Turmeric
  • Cumin seeds
  • Salt & pepper;
  • Stir for 1 minute
  • Add tomatoes and bring to boil

Add to saucepan:

  • Carrots
  • Lentils
  • Lemon juice and
  • Broth
  • Place mixture into crock pot
  • Cook on high for 4-5 hours, Or low for 8-10 hours
  • 20 mins before serving, stir in coconut milk

Garnish:

  • Fresh cilantro
  • Hot sauce

Notes & Wine Advice

Serves 5 | Total time: 8 hrs 20 mins

Variation

Skinny:
Cut back lentils by ½ cup, broth by 1 ½ cups and the coconut milk by ½ cup. Use 5 carrots and extra cumin. Thicken soup by running immersion blender slightly before adding to crock pot.
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Course; Crockpot / Slowcooker / Soup / Vegetables

Creamy Chicken Wild Rice Soup

Creamy Chicken Wild Rice Soup

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Equipment

  • Crockpot

Ingredients

Instructions

Sauté in sauce pan:

  • Onion
  • Celery
  • Carrots

Add sautéed vegetables to crock pot along with the following ingredients in this order:

  • Mushrooms
  • Flour
  • Chicken stock
  • Wild rice
  • Chicken
  • Salt
  • Curry powder
  • Parsley
  • Black pepper
  • Almonds
  • Sherry
  • Cook on low for 4-5 hours
  • Add half & half 1 hour before serving

Notes & Wine Advice

Serves 4-5 | Total time: 2 hrs 25 mins
Variation
Use homemade turkey stock instead of chicken broth, and whole milk instead of half & half. Cut chicken breasts into chunks and coat them in curry powder before sautéing.
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Course; Chicken / Crockpot / Slowcooker / Rice / Soup

Chicken Noodle Soup from Peter Maxwell

Chicken Noodle Soup from Peter Maxwell

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Equipment

  • Crockpot

Ingredients

Instructions

Cut and place in crock pot in the following order:

  • Onion
  • Carrots
  • Celery
  • Chicken
  • White wine
  • Chicken broth
  • Salt & pepper,
  • Garlic
  • Basil
  • Cook on low for 7-9 hours
  • Debone chicken pieces
  • Cook rotini before serving
  • Stir noodles into crock pot

Notes & Wine Advice

Serves 6 | Total time: 8 hrs 15 mins
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Course; Chicken / Crockpot / Slowcooker / Noodles / Soup

Sausage Potato Soup

Sausage Potato Soup

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Equipment

  • Crockpot
  • Saucepan

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Brown sausage and onion in sauce pan
  • Drain excess juice

Add to crockpot in the following order:

  • Potatoes
  • Celery
  • Carrot
  • Sausage and onion mixture
  • Chicken broth
  • Cook on low 4-5 hours
  • Add evaporated milk and cheddar cheese 5 minutes before serving

Notes & Wine Advice

Serves 4-5 | Total time: 5 hrs 15 mins

Variation

Before adding milk, mix chicken broth with can of cheddar cheese soup and add cornstarch. Before serving, stir in big handful of cheese.
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Course; Crockpot / Slowcooker / Soup