French Dip Roast (Beef and Broccoli over Rice Variation)

1/2 cup Soy Sauce
1/4 tsp thyme
1/4 tsp rosemary
pepper
chuck roast
edamame
broccoli

Put first four ingredients into slow cooker. Stir. Add roast, fill with water to cover roast. Cook on low for 24 hours.

Shred beef. Poor sauce in skillet and add a little flour to thicken. Add broccoli and edamame. Serve over rice.

This was so good. Everyone loved it (even me!). We put some of the sauce in the freezer and the rest of the roast in the fridge so we'll be having this again soon!

Slow Cooker Sloppy Joes

1 lb ground meat
1 onion, chopped
2 ribs celery, chopped
1 can (10 oz.) condensed tomato soup
1/2 cup ketchup
1 tbsp brown sugar
2 tbsp yellow mustard
dash pepper

1/2 cup water

 

In a large saucepan, cook and crumble the meat, onion, celery.  Pour into slow cooker.

Stir in the soup, ketchup, brown sugar, mustard, and pepper.  

Cover and cook on low for 6 hours. 

Holy Yum! My mom stopped by right before dinner and couldn't keep her hands out of this. Elijah couldn't get enough. I think my husband had five sandwiches. I had three. We will definitely be doing this more often. Also, when you're cooking it in the pan, the onion and celery seem like overkill, but it cooks up quite nicely. Also, I used a seedy mustard rather than yellow since we never have yellow mustard in the house. I'm not sure how big of a difference that made.

Slow Cooker Orange Chicken

Orange Chicken over Rice with Green Beans

1 1/2 lbs. chicken breasts, cut into 2" pieces
1/2 cup flour
2 tbsp. olive oil
6 oz. frozen orange juice concentrate, thawed
6 tbsp. brown sugar
1 tsp. balsamic vinegar
2 tsp. salt
3 tbsp. ketchup 

Dredge chicken pieces with flour and shake off the excess.  

Heat olive oil in a large skillet and brown chicken on all sides.  Place chicken in slow cooker.  

In a small mixing bowl, combine orange juice, brown sugar, vinegar, salt, and ketchup.  Pour sauce over chicken and toss gently to coat.  

Cover and cook on low for 6 hours.  Serve over rice.

Although I think I get points for looks, I screwed up the recipe and put too much orange concentrate in it. Not only did it burn in the crock pot a bit, but it tasted terrible. It went straight down the garbage disposal. I'll have to try this again another night.