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Showing posts with label Appetizers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Appetizers. Show all posts

Saturday, January 19, 2013

Hot and Sweet Meatballs Recipe

1 28oz bag frozen turkey meatballs
1 cup barbecue sauce
1/2 cup hot and sweet mustard
1/2 cup fat free chicken broth

  1. Spray inside of crock with cooking spray.
  2. In a medium sized bowl, combine mustard, BBQ sauce and broth. Mix well.
  3. Put turkey meatballs in the crock. Pour sauce over meatballs and toss until coated.
  4. Cook on Low 2-5 hours until heated through. 
Serve over rice.

Contributor: Nora MacFarlane

Saturday, December 29, 2012

Slow Cooker Sweet and Tangy Meatballs

My family LOVED these!

1 12 oz. jar chili sauce
1 jar grape jelly
1 pkg. frozen meatballs (beef or turkey, or 2-3 packages of Little Smokies)

  1. Combine jelly and chili sauce in a crock pot and stir until smooth. Heat the mixture if needed to combine.
  2. Add meatball or cocktail sausages and set temperature to Low. 
  3. Cook 2-5 hours on Low.
Serve over rice or with toothpicks.

Contributor: Nora MacFarlane
Source: Six Sisters Stuff, a fabulous cooking blog by six gals who can really cook!

Friday, December 28, 2012

Easy Slow Cooker Refried Beans

1 onion, peeled and halved
2 cups dry pinto beans, rinsed
1/2 fresh jalepeno or other hot pepper
2 cloves garlic, minced
3/4 tsp. salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
One big pinch of cumin
6 cups water

  1. Combine all ingredients in slow cooker.
  2. Cook on high for 8 hours or overnight while you are sleeping.
  3. Remove the bigger onion chunks and drain the liquid. If desired, save the excess liquid until the final product is desired consistency.
  4. Mash remaining beans with a potato masher and voila! You have homemade refried beans.
Contributor: Timanda Wertz
Source: 100 Days of Real Food - Blog by Lisa Leake about cutting out processed food. Check it out!