Ranch, Taco & Onion Seasoning mix

Make your own Ranch, Dry Onion Soup Mix and Taco Seasoning and store in small mason jars....This is soooo much HEALTHIER than those you buy at the store!! They contain a TON of stuff that is not good for you!!

TACO SEASONING

1/2 cup chili powder
1/4 cup onion powder
1/8 cup ground cumin
1 tablespoon garlic powder
1 tablespoon paprika
1 tablespoon sea salt
Put ingredients into a jar and shake.

DRY ONION SOUP MIX

2/3 cup dried, minced onion
3 teaspoons parsley flakes
2 teaspoons onion powder
2 teaspoons turmeric
1 teaspoon celery salt
1 teaspoon sea salt
1 teaspoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground pepper
Mix all ingredients in a jar, then give the jar a good shake. I’d recommend shaking the jar to mix the ingredients well before each use.
Use 4 tablespoons in a recipe in place of 1 packet of onion soup mix. Store this in a dry, cool place.

RANCH

5 tablespoons dried minced onions
7 teaspoons parsley flakes
4 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon garlic powder
Mix together and store in an air tight container.
For dressing: Mix 2 tablespoons dry mix with 1 cup mayonnaise and 1 cup buttermilk or sour cream.
For dip: Mix 2 tablespoons dry mix with 2 cups sour cream.
Mix up a few hours before serving, so the flavors all blend.
*Can also substitute Greek Yogurt in the Ranch!

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Crock Pot Creamy Chicken

Crock Pot Creamy Greek Chicken


recipe and photos submitted by Dawn Pitner Davis 


Ingredients


3 lbs skinless boneless chicken breasts


12 oz Greek Vinaigrette Salad Dressing (I used 

Wishbone)

8 oz Chives and Onion Cream Cheese (I used 

Philadelphia brand)

6 oz crumbled Feta cheese (I used Athenos)

¼ cup Kalamata olives (mine were already halved, 

so 

if you buy whole I would cut them as you like)

Instructions

Place chicken breasts in crock pot and pour 

vinaigrette over them. Cook on Low 5 hours.

Shred chicken (either in the pot or you can remove it 

and place it back in). Add Cream Cheese, feta 

cheese 

and Kalamata olives. Stir well and cook on low 1 

hour. Stir again and serve hot. I served mine with 

pasta.

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Crockpot Bourbon Spiced Turkey Legs

Bourbon Spiced Turkey Legs
recipe and photos submitted by Jennifer Kendall

I brushed vegetable oil on each turkey leg. I then mixed mccormick's bourbon spiced pork seasoning packet with brown sugar (1/3rd cup - according to packet) and rub it on the turkey legs. I placed the legs in the crock pot for 8 hours on low.

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Crockpot Honey Chicken

Crockpot Honey Sriracha Chicken
recipe and photo submitted by Dawn Pitner Davis as seen on Crockpotgourmet
Ingredients
• 1 to 1 1/2 pounds boneless skinless chicken breasts
• 1/4 cup Sriracha sauce
• 1/4 cup honey
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon lime juice
• For the drizzle:
• 1/4 cup mayo
• 1/4 cup greek yogurt
• 1/4 cup sweet chili sauce
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 2 teaspoons hot sauce
•
Instructions
1. Cut chicken into large bite sized chunks
2. Place in crock
3. In a bowl mix together Sriracha, 1/4 cup honey, soy sauce and lime juice
4. Pour over chicken, cover and cook on high for 2-4 hours or low for 5-7 until chicken is cooked through
5. Whisk together drizzle ingredients (You can use 1/2 cup mayo or 1/2 cup greek yogurt instead of 1/4 cup of each. I used all mayo.)
6. Serve chicken with rice or noodles as desired with a generous drizzle of the sauce

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CROCK POT CHICKEN POTATO PIE

CROCK POT CHICKEN POTATO PIE

1 lb. uncooked chicken, cubed
1 (26 oz) cream of chicken soup
1/2 C white wine or milk
1 can corn, drained
1 16-oz bag of frozen peas and carrots
1 small onion, chopped
4 oz mushrooms, chopped
1 t dried basil
1 t dried thyme
1/2 tsp. sage
1/2 tsp. pepper
3 red potatoes, sliced thin

Put all of the ingredients except the potatoes into the slow cooker. Mix well.
Layer the potato slices on top of the chicken mixture.
Cook on low heat for 6 hours.

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Crockpot Curried Sausages

Curried Sausages Recipe

1 tablespoon of cooking oil
1 onion, diced
4 cloves of garlic, crushed
8 Pork or Beef Italian sausages, quartered
2 tablespoons of curry powder
2 tablespoons of smoked paprika
2 tablespoons of flour
1 tablespoon of Worcestershire sauce
1 can of diced tomatoes
1 glass of water, more or less
1 pinch ea. Dried/fresh herbs,  oregano and fresh rosemary
Salt and pepper

Sauté the onion in the oil until softened, add the garlic and sausages and cook until browned abit. Add the curry powder, paprika, herbs and flour, cook for a minute or two. Add the Worcestershire sauce, tomatoes and water and bring to the boil. Season well. Transfer to the slow cooker and cook on low for 4-8 hours (I did 8 hours because I was out of the house, but 4 hours is plenty).

I added vegetables - carrot, celery and zucchini when I added everything into the crockpot and it cooked down well. 1/2 pound of frozen spinach and half a cup of frozen peas in the final 20mins (while the mashed potatoes was in progress).

**This would go well with rice, pasta or mashed potatoes. Add as many or as little vegetables as you like

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Crockpot Spicy Barbecue Kielbasa

Ingredients
2 cups ketchup
1/2 cup light brown sugar
1 tbsp Worcestershire Sauce
2 tsp Creole mustard
1 tsp hot sauce
1 medium onion, finely chopped
1/2 cup bourbon
2 lbs kielbasa, cut into 1/2 inch rounds

Directions
1. Combine all ingredients in the crock pot
2. Cover and cook on low for 4-5 hours, until sausage is hot

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Crock Pot Roast

Mississippi Roast
3.5-5 lb. chuck roast
1 pkg hidden valley ranch dressing
1 pkg au jus mix(or onion soup mix)
1 stick butter
5 pepperoncini peppers(banana peppers)

Put roast in crockpot,sprinkle with ranch and au jus mix,place butter(whole stick) on top of roast,then arrange pepperoncini around butter..DO NOT ADD WATER..Cook on low for 7-8 hours.

Can add potatoes and carrots to crock as well

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25 CROCK POT COCKTAIL MEATBALL RECIPES

Here are some of the multiple variations of this versatile and popular appetizer! 

To make add ingredients in recipe along with 


precooked frozen or homemade meatballs and cook until heated usually on low f

or around 4 hours(time may vary).


These recipes also work with lil smokies sausages and kielbasa.

1. Large bottle of Baby Ray’s BBQ Sauce and a medium jar of grape jelly.

2. 2 jars chili sauce, 1 jar cherry preserves,1 can cranberry sauce( whole berry) 

1 cup coke, 1 tsp garlic powder.

3. Equal parts Heinz Chili sauce and Blackberry Jam


4. Whisk together 1c ketchup, 5T melted butter, 5T brown sugar, 4T water, 2T 

apple cider vinegar, and 1½T worcestershire 

sauce.

5. Equal parts grape jelly and yellow mustard

6. Equal parts ketchup and a good grape jelly like Welch's or Smuckers.

7. Apricot or pineapple peach preserves are amazing with some pineapple juice 

added

8. Orange marmalade and grape jelly

9. Catalina dressing and BBQ sauce

10. 1 can of cranberry sauce and bottle of sweet baby rays BBQ sauce

11. 1 jar chili sauce and can of jellied cranberry sauce

12. 12 oz jar chili sauce, 32oz grape jelly, 24oz ketchup 

13. Equal parts Grape Jelly and Cocktail sauce.

14. Grape jelly, honey and BBQ sauce

15. Chili Sauce and strawberry Jam

16. Chili sauce and currant jelly

17. Grape jelly and salsa

18. Sweet and sour sauce

19. Grape jelly and spicy ketchup

20. Cranberry sauce and spicy ketchup

21. BBQ sauce and apricot jelly

22. Blackberry jam and steak sauce

23. Ketchup, grape jelly and apple jelly add Italian seasoning

24. equal parts of ketchup and grape jelly, 1-2 tbs of dijon mustard and 1 tbs 

of 

Worcestershire


25. ¼ cup brown sugar, 1/3 cup honey, ½ cup ketchup, 2 TBSP soy sauce, 3 

cloves minced garlic.

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Crockpot/Slow cooker meatloaf recipe

Ingredients
1- pound 90% lean 10% fat ground beef
1- pound of ground sausage
1- box of stove top chicken stuffing
1/2 Pack of club crackers crushed
2- eggs
1- can meat loaf starter (made by hunts)
1 good squirt of mustard about 1 teaspoon 
1- tablespoon of Worcestershire 
1 teaspoon of garlic powder
1/8 teaspoon of salt
1/2 teaspoon of ground black pepper
1- very small yellow onion diced up extremely small
1- celery rib chopped up extremely small
1- small can of mushrooms drained and chopped up really fine
1/2 a carrot cleaned
And shredded fine
Directions
In a large bowl combine all ingredients and Mush up really good with your clean washed hands
Make into an oval shape and put down into your crockpot

Ingredients for glaze
1/2 cup of ketchup
1 tablespoon of Brown sugar
Mix well and pour over your meatloaf spread it around cover with lid and cook on low for 7-8 hours. 

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Slow Cooker Chicken and Dumplings

Add Ingredients
2 Tablespoons Butter
4 boneless, skinless chicken breast (or 6 skinless chicken thighs)
1 Onion, finely diced
2 cans of Cream of Chicken Soup
2 small packages Grands Jr biscuits (10 biscuits)
flour

Directions
1. Place the chicken, butter, soup, and onion in a greased slow cooker, and fill with enough water to cover.

2. Secure lid and cook for 5 to 6 hours on High. About 30 minutes before serving, roll each torn biscuit piece in flour (to prevent them from sticking together), then drop into the slow cooker. Replace lid and cook remaining 30 minutes.

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Dawn’s Homemade Crockpot Meatloaf

Ingredients

3 ½ lbs ground beef

1 lb ground pork

1 cup Italian bread crumbs

1 cup grated pecorino romano cheese

¼ cup ketchup

1 egg

1 tsp salt

1 tsp pepper

1 - 8 oz can tomato sauce

Aluminum Foil (optional)

Directions

Dump all ingredients except tomato sauce into large bowl. Mix ingredients

 thoroughly. {Optional – I couldn't find my rack that goes inside my crock. So I

 wadded up aluminum foil into balls and placed them into my crock. I then 

pressed them down so they were flattened into disc shapes so the meatloaf

 would sit better. I also made an aluminum strip to place under my meatloaf to

 make getting it out of the crock easier. Just pull a piece of aluminum long

 enough to fit down both sides and across the widest length of your crockpot.

 Then fold it up so that it is around 1 – 2 inches wide. I placed the strip in the 

crock on top of the foil balls.} Form meat mixture into a loaf. Place loaf into

 crock pot. Pour tomato sauce over the top of the meat loaf. Cover and cook on

 Low for 6 hours

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Mississippi crack roast

Courtesy of
Lisa Haitz Jenkins

Thought I'd share wanted sandwiches I worked with what I had so .....
I did the Mississippi crack roast my way
Here is my recipe
2 lb roast ( browned)
1 tablespoon of ranch and gravy mix
whole jar of pepperoncini peppers ( these are tasty cooked like this) and a sliced onion and half a stick of butter
about half hour before serving I shredded and added a tablespoon of cornstarch and made sandwiches with little sub/hoagie buns ...
DIRECTIONS
Place roast in the slow cooker and sprinkle with a little black pepper
Sprinkle the top with the ranch dressing mix and the au jus mix.
Place peppers on top of mixes.
Add the butter on top.
Set your slow cooker up 8 hours and forget it. ~Lisa of Goodcooking and Chatting

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Slow Cooker Marmalade Glazed Pork Roast

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 (3 lbs) boneless pork roast
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
• 2 tablespoons Crisco® Pure Olive Oil
• 1 large onion, sliced
• 1/2 cup teriyaki sauce
• 1 (10 oz.) jar Smucker's® Simply Fruit® Orange Marmalade Spreadable Fruit
• 2 teaspoons fresh grated ginger
• 1/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 3 teaspoons minced garlic

PREPARATION DIRECTIONS:

1. SEASON roast with salt and pepper. Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Brown roast on all sides. Transfer meat to slow cooker. Add onion. Cover and cook on HIGH 3 to 4 hours.


2. HEAT teriyaki sauce, marmalade, ginger, brown sugar and garlic in small saucepan over medium heat until sauce comes to a boil. Simmer until smooth and bubbly, stirring constantly.


3. REMOVE meat from slow cooker. Let rest 10 minutes. Slice and arrange on serving platter. Drizzle with 3/4 cup of sauce. Garnish with cooked onion slices. Serve with remaining sauce.
4. Courtesy of crisco recipes 

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Crock Pot Green Bean Casserole

Crock Pot Green Bean Casserole
Crock Pot Lasagna Soup

1 lb ground beef
3 cups of beef broth
4-5 cloves of garlic, minced
1 tbsp dried parsley
1 tbsp dried basil
1/2 cup chopped onion
1 – 28 oz can of diced tomatoes
1 – 6oz can of tomato paste
1 cup V8 vegetable juice
2 cups uncooked shell pasta
1/4 tsp pepper
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup of water
shredded cheese
1. Put tomatoes, broth, V8, salt/pepper. parsley, basil and tomato paste in crockpot.

2. Brown ground beef, garlic, and onion in a frypan. Transfer to crock pot. Stir to combine ingredients.

3. Cover and cook on LOW for 7-8 hours or on HIGH for 4-5 hours.
4. 30 minutes before cook time is finished, add in the 1 cup of water and shell pasta. Stir to combine. Put lid back on and continue cooking for 30 minutes, or until pasta is cooked.


5. Top bowls of soup with shredded cheese, and enjoy!

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Crock Pot Lasagna Soup

Crock Pot Lasagna Soup

1 lb ground beef
3 cups of beef broth
4-5 cloves of garlic, minced
1 tbsp dried parsley
1 tbsp dried basil
1/2 cup chopped onion
1 – 28 oz can of diced tomatoes
1 – 6 oz can of tomato paste
1 cup V8 vegetable juice
2 cups uncooked shell pasta
1/4 tsp pepper
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup of water
shredded cheese
1. Put tomatoes, broth, V8, salt/pepper. parsley, basil and tomato paste in crockpot.

2. Brown ground beef, garlic, and onion in a frying pan. Transfer to crock pot. Stir to combine ingredients.

3. Cover and cook on LOW for 7-8 hours or on HIGH for 4-5 hours.
4. 30 minutes before cook time is finished, add in the 1 cup of water and shell pasta. Stir to combine. Put lid back on and continue cooking for 30 minutes, or until pasta is cooked.

5. Top bowls of soup with shredded cheese, and enjoy!

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Zesty Crock Pot Chicken Barbeque

Zesty Crock Pot Chicken Barbeque
makes 6 servings
6 frozen skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
1 (12 ounce) bottle barbeque sauce
1/2 cup Italian salad dressing
1/4 cup brown sugar
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce

Directions
1.Place chicken in a slow cooker. In a bowl, mix the barbecue sauce, Italian salad dressing, brown sugar, and Worcestershire sauce. Pour over the chicken.
2.Cover, and cook 3 to 4 hours on High or 6 to 8 hours on Low.

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Super simple Crock pot London broil

Courtesy Miss Frannie.
Here is a simple, amazing recipe for the crock pot! Throw everything you see in the crock pot (equal parts beer and broth) over a London broil. Crock 8 hours on low. Take out, and shred. Put on toasted chipolata bread, with melted mozzarella cheese. Use the extra au jus dipping sauce in the crock, to dip your sandwiches!

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CROCKPOT ORANGE CHICKEN

Ingredients:
2 large carrots, peeled and sliced about 1/2-inch thick
2 large red or green bell peppers, cut into 1/2-inch chunks
3 cloves garlic, finely minced
4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
2 tsp. ground ginger
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. pepper
8 ounces orange juice concentrate
2 cups Mandarin orange segments or fresh orange segments
2 Green onions, chopped
hot cooked rice

Directions:
Put carrots, peppers, garlic, then the chicken, ginger, salt, pepper & frozen orange juice in Crockpot. Cover and cook on LOW 4 to 6 hours. Serve chicken on hot cooked rice on platter. Top with orange segments and green onions. Serve chicken liquid in gravy boat, if desired.

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Crockpot Lasagn

Ingredients:
1 pound Ground Beef
Lasagna noodles
1 jar spaghetti sauce
1 1/2 cups cottage cheese
1 1/2 cups shredded Mozzarella cheese
2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese

Directions
Brown ground beef and drain.
Spoon 1 Cup spaghetti sauce in bottom of 4 quart crock pot.
Mix remaining sauce with beef.
Place 2 uncooked lasagna noodles on sauce in crock pot.
Spread 1/3 meat mixture on top of noodles.
Spread 3/4 Cup cottage cheese over meat.
Sprinkle 1/2 Cup mozzarella cheese over cottage cheese.
Add another layer of uncooked noodles, 1/3 meat mixture, the remaining cottage cheese and 1/2 Cup mozzarella cheese.
Place another layer of uncooked noodles, meat mixture, and mozzarella cheese.
Sprinkle Parmesan cheese over top.
Cook on low for 4 hours.

If cooked much longer, it gets a bit well done.

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