[2017] Slow Cooker Cookbook
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There are many kinds of slow cookers so it is important to choose one that will be perfect exactly for you. The first thing you should pay attention to is its capacity. There are the slow cookers with the capacity from 100 ounces to 900 ounces. These types of the slow cooker allow you to cook the dishes only for 2-3 servings per once. The slow cookers which capacity is more than 500 ounces are semi-professional devices that suitable for preparing a big amount of the dishes. The perfect size for the slow cooker for the family is 200 ounces; it will help to cook about 6-8 servings.
Breakfast
Breakfast Balls
Prep time: 35 minutes
Cooking time: 87 minutes
Servings: 7
Ingredients:
10 oz. flour
½ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon brown sugar
1 teaspoon fresh yeast
1 cup whey
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
½ cup white sugar
1 tablespoon butter
3 tablespoon powdered sugar
Directions:
Preheat the whey till it gets the room temperature.
After this, add the fresh yeast and brown sugar. Whisk the mixture until the yeast is dissolved.
Add the 5 oz. of the flour and stir it until smooth.
Leave the dough for10 minutes in the warm place.
Then add the salt, cinnamon, vanilla extract, white sugar, and remaining flour.
Knead the smooth and non-sticky dough.
Leave it for 15 minutes in the warm place to get the opportunity for the dough to rise.
Cut the dough into the 7 pieces and make the balls from them with the help of the fingertips.
Then cover the slow cooker vessel with the baking paper.
Then transfer the dough balls to the slow cooker and cook the balls on HIGH for 87 minutes.
When the time is over – open the slow cooker lid and look if the surface of the balls is golden brown. It is a signal that the dish is cooked.
Remove the breakfast balls from the slow cooker.
Spread the cooked balls with the butter and leave them for 10 minutes.
After this, sprinkle the balls with the powdered sugar.
Serve it!
Nutrition: calories 223, fat 4.9, fiber 2, carbs 39.13, protein 5
Morning Nutella Toasts
Prep time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 2 hours
Servings: 6
Ingredients:
10 oz. French bread
1 tablespoon cinnamon
4 tablespoon Nutella
¼ cup brown sugar
3 banana
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 tablespoon butter
2 eggs
½ cup milk
Directions:
Chop French bread into the small cubes.
Then combine the cinnamon, Nutella, vanilla extract, butter, and milk in the big bowl.
Crack the eggs in the mixture and mix it up with the help of the hand mixer.
When you get homogeneous mass – it is done.
Put the chopped bread in the slow cooker and add the prepared liquid.
Stir it carefully with the help of the spoon and close the lid.
Cook the dish on the high for 1.5 hours.
Meanwhile, slice the bananas and combine them with the brown sugar.
Mix the bananas gently to not damage them.
After 1.5 hour – open the lid of the slow cooker and mix the mixture up carefully.
Add the sliced bananas and stir it again.
Cook the dish for 30 minutes more.
When the time is over – transfer the dish to the serving bowl and stir it carefully.
Serve it warm.
Nutrition: calories 461, fat 18.3, fiber 5, carbs 64.76, protein 11
Aromatic Morning Casserole
Prep time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 7 hours
Servings: 8
Ingredients:
7 oz. Cheddar cheese
4 oz. potato
1 carrot
1 teaspoon thyme
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon oregano
1 sweet yellow pepper
8 eggs
8 oz. ham
5 oz. milk
1 tablespoon flour
1 cup white onion
Directions:
Shred Cheddar cheese.
Combine the salt, oregano, and thyme together in the shallow bowl. Stir the mixture gently.
After this, peel the potatoes and chop them into the tiny cubes.
Peel the carrot and grate it.
Beat the eggs in the bowl and whisk them.
Add the milk, flour, spice mixture. Whisk it carefully again.
Then combine the chopped potato with the white onion and grated carrot.
Put the vegetable mixture in the slow cooker.
Add the whisk egg liquid and sprinkle the dish with the shredded cheese.
Cut the ham into the strips.
Sprinkle the casserole with the ham strips and close the lid.
Cook the dish at the LOW for 7 hours.
When the time is over and the casserole is cooked – serve the dish immediately.
Enjoy!
Nutrition: calories 269, fat 14.2, fiber 1, carbs 16.16, protein 19
Light Ham Casserole
Prep time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 5 hours
Servings: 12
Ingredients:
7 oz. ham
10 eggs
1 cup parsley
1 cup milk
1 teaspoon salt
6 oz. Romano cheese
1 teaspoon turmeric
1 teaspoon paprika
1 tomato
Directions:
Chop the ham into the small cubes.
Then crack the eggs into the bowl and whisk them well.
Add the milk, salt, and turmeric.
Whisk the mixture carefully again.
Then slice Romano cheese and tomato.
Chop the parsley and add it to the whisked egg mixture.
After this, place the layer of the ham cubes in the slow cooker.
Then make the layer of the sliced cheese.
After this, add the sliced tomato and pour the egg liquid.
Close the slow cooker and cook at HIGH for 5 hours.
When the casserole is cooked – remove it from the slow cooker and cut into the serving pieces.
Enjoy the casserole warm!
Nutrition: calories 200, fat 13, fiber 0, carbs 4.52, protein 16
Sweet Oatmeal
Prep time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 7.5 hours
Servings: 5
Ingredients:
3 cup oatmeal
1 cup water
2 cup milk
1/3 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon brown sugar
¼ cup white sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 tablespoon butter
¼ teaspoon ground ginger
Directions:
Combine the water with the milk and salt.
Add the brown sugar and white sugar.
Stir the mixture carefully till the sugar is dissolved.
After this, add vanilla extract and ground ginger. Stir it gently.
Add the oatmeal and mix the liquid up with the help of the spoon.
Add butter and pour the mixture into the slow cooker.
Close the lid and cook at HIGH for 7.5 hours.
When the time is over – remove the cooked sweet oatmeal from the slow cooker and stir it carefully.
Serve the dish immediately.
Enjoy!
Nutrition: calories 217, fat 8.9, fiber 3, carbs 28.94, protein 7
Quinoa with Pistachio
Prep time: 8 minutes
Cooking time: 3.5 hours
Servings: 4
Ingredients:
1/3 cup pistachio
2 cup quinoa
2 cup chicken broth
1 teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
5 tablespoon cream cheese
1 teaspoon garlic powder
Directions:
Crush the pistachio carefully and combine them with the cream cheese.
After this, combine the quinoa with the salt and garlic powder.
Add ground black pepper and stir the mixture.
Then transfer the quinoa mixture in the slow cooker.
Add the chicken broth and stir it gently with the help of the spoon. Close the slow cooker lid.
Set the slow cooker at HIGH and cook the quinoa for 3 hours.
After this, add the cream cheese mixture and stir it the quinoa carefully.
Close the slow cooker lid and cook the dish for 30 minutes more at HIGH.
When the time is over – stir the cooked dish one to more time to make it homogenous.
Serve the quinoa in the bowls.
Enjoy!
Nutrition: calories 436, fat 15.4, fiber 7, carbs 59.36, protein 16
Pumpkin Butter
Prep time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 4.5 hour
Servings: 8
Ingredients:
1-pound pumpkin puree, canned
4 tablespoon honey
1 tablespoon cinnamon
1 oz. clove
1/3 teaspoon ground cardamom
¼ teaspoon salt
½ cup brown sugar
3 tablespoon lemon juice
1 tablespoon orange zest
¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
Directions:
Whisk the pumpkin puree gently and transfer it to the slow cooker.
Add honey, cinnamon, clove, salt, sugar, and lemon juice.
After this, add the orange zest and vanilla extract.
Mix the mixture up with the help of the wooden spatula and close the slow cooker lid.
Cook the dish on the HIGH for 3 hours.
After this, mix the mixture carefully and sprinkle with the ground cardamom.
Stir it with the help of the spatula.
Then do not close the lid and cook the dish for 1.5 hours more.
Stir it gently. Cook the dish until you get the desired thick texture.
Then transfer the cooked pumpkin butter in the glass vessels.
Chill it well and serve or keep the pumpkin butter in the fridge for not more than 2 weeks.
Enjoy!
Nutrition: calories 415, fat 27.8, fiber 4, carbs 31.96, protein 17
Breakfast Yogurt
Prep time: 15 hours
Cooking time: 7 hours
Servings: 4
Ingredients:
4 cup milk
1 cup Greek yogurt
1 cup raspberries
2 tablespoon honey
Directions:
Pour the milk into the slow cooker and cook it on LOW for 7 hours.
After this, chill the milk till it gets the temperature of 100 F.
Add Greek yogurt and stir the mixture slowly but carefully.
Then leave the milk mixture for 10 hours more.
After this, when the milk liquid starts to be thick – transfer it in the cheesecloth.
Put the cheesecloth in the colander and leave it for 5 hours to get rid of the whey.
Meanwhile, wash the raspberries carefully and slice them.
Combine the sliced raspberries with the honey and stir it gently.
When the time is over – transfer the cooked yogurt in the serving bowls.
Add the honey-raspberry mixture and serve it.
Enjoy!
Nutrition: calories 266, fat 8.2, fiber 2, carbs 36.89, protein 13
Chocolate Oatmeal with Cinnamon
Prep time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 7 hours 10 minutes
Servings: 5
Ingredients:
3 oz. white chocolate
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/3 cup heavy cream
3 cup almond milk
3 cup oatmeal
½ cup white sugar
¼ teaspoon ground clove
Directions:
Pour the almond milk and heavy cream in the slow cooker vessel.
Add ground cinnamon, vanilla extract, and ground clove.
After this, add the oatmeal and stir the mixture gently.
Add white sugar and close the lid.
Cook the oatmeal on LOW for 7 hours.
Meanwhile, shred the chocolate.
After 7 hours, add the shredded white chocolate in the oatmeal and stir it carefully until the white chocolate is melted.
Then close the lid and cook the oatmeal for 10 minutes more at HIGH.
When the time is over – transfer the cooked breakfast in the serving bowls.
Enjoy!
Nutrition: calories 354, fat 15.5, fiber 5, carbs 50.52, protein 6
Salty Zucchini Oatmeal
Prep time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 8 hours
Servings: 7
Ingredients:
6 oz. zucchini
1 teaspoon butter
4 cup oatmeal
5 cup water
1 teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon ground white pepper
1 tablespoon sour cream
1 tablespoon tomato paste
5 oz. Feta cheese
Directions:
Wash the zucchini carefully and grate it.
Sprinkle the grated zucchini with the salt and ground white pepper.
Add tomato paste and sour cream. Mix it up.
After this, transfer the grated zucchini mixture in the slow cooker and cook it for 4 hours at HIGH.
Then add oatmeal and water and stir the mixture.
Close the slow cooker lid and cook the oatmeal for 8 hours at LOW.
Meanwhile, chop Feta cheese roughly.
When the time is over – open the slow cooker lid and toss the butter there.
Mix the oatmeal carefully with the help of the wooden spoon.
Place the cooked dish in the bowls and sprinkle it with the chopped cheese.
Serve it.
Nutrition: calories 175, fat 6.5, fiber 3, carbs 24.03, protein 7
Granola Crumble
Prep time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 4.5 hours
Servings: 4
Ingredients:
3 tablespoon maple syrup
2 tablespoon apple juice
¼ teaspoon salt
4 green apples
7 oz. granola
¼ teaspoon ground cardamom
1 tablespoon butter
Directions:
Peel the green apples and cut them into the halves.
Then remove the seeds from the apples and chop them into the small pieces.
After this, place the chopped green apples in the slow cooker and add salt, apple juice, maple syrup, ground cardamom, and butter.
Add the granola and mix the mixture up.
Close the slow cooker lid and cook the Granola Crumble for 4.5 hours on LOW.
When the crumble is cooked – transfer it to the serving bowls and chill little.
Serve the dish immediately.
Enjoy!
Nutrition: calories 427, fat 18.7, fiber 6, carbs 62.48, protein 5
Quinoa-Oatmeal Mix
Prep time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 4 hours
Servings: 5
Ingredients:
2 cup quinoa
1 cup oatmeal
1 cup almond milk
1 cup coconut milk
1 cup whole milk
4 tablespoon condensed milk
1 tablespoon butter
¼ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon clove
Directions:
Combine the oatmeal and quinoa together in the slow cooker vessel.
Then ta
ke the big bowl and pour the almond milk, coconut milk, and whole milk there. Stir it gently.
Add the condensed milk, salt, and clove in the milk liquid and stir it till you get the homogenous texture.
After this, add the sweet milk liquid in the slow cooker vessel and stir it.
Close the lid and cook the mixture on the HIGH for 4 hours.
When the time is over – open the slow cooker lid and toss the butter in the prepared porridge.
Mix it up carefully with the help of the wooden spatula until the butter is melted.
Enjoy!
Nutrition: calories 494, fat 20.8, fiber 7, carbs 65.28, protein 14
Oatmeal-Pumpkin Pie
Prep time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 8 hours
Servings: 6
Ingredients:
7 oz. oats
12 oz. milk
4 tablespoon coconut milk
7 oz. pumpkin
4 tablespoon brown sugar
1/3 tablespoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoon pumpkin spices
14 teaspoon salt
¼ tablespoon olive oil
¼ cup walnuts
Directions:
Combine the oats with the milk and pour the mixture in the slow cooker vessel.
Chop the pumpkin and add it in the slow cooker vessel too.
Then add the brown sugar and vanilla extract.