Comments on: Waist-Friendly Slow Cooker Beef Stew

By: Ella

Ella — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 16:16:22 +0000

Finally! A beef stew recipe that is easy and meant for the slow cooker. Nothing more irritating than a recipe with a long list of ingredients and then you have to partially cook on stove top before moving it to the slow cooker. Yours is easy and simple – and delish!

By: Joanne

Joanne — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 20:35:27 +0000

I am a HUGE slow cooker fan. There is nothing better than coming home from a long day of classes and finding that dinner is already cooked!

I love making pulled pork in the slow cooker. I use pork tenderloin so it’s super lean and it still comes out moist and delicious every time!

By: Kate

Kate — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 18:28:47 +0000

I think I lived out of my crockpot when I was in law school. Now I use it les often, but anytime I do I’m re-reminded of how fabulous a tool it is.

By: Sarah Caron

Sarah Caron — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 12:51:20 +0000

Faith, ha! My husband knew that I was going to be focusing on eating healthy and the first thing he asked was “But couldn’t we make room for beef stew? Please.” So I did. Hope you enjoy it!

Beverly, thank you so much for the recipe! I am going to try that next week. I’ve made something similar in the oven, but can’t wait to try your version in the slow cooker. Mmmm.

Chris, definitely comfort food, and considering that it’s New England winter now (it’s 13 degrees out right now. brrr), this is the perfect time for it.

By: Faith Kramer

Faith Kramer — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 08:07:39 +0000

Very good timing. I was just thinking I needed a recipe like that since I’m back on weight watchers and my husband wants beef stew!

By: Beverly

Beverly — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 03:21:59 +0000

I love my slow cooker! In fact, tonight we had “20 clover chicken.” There are a number of variations, but the staple is that you put 20+ cloves of garlic in the bottom of the pot and top with chicken. I combined two recipes, one from http://crockpot365.blogspot.com/ and another from a cookbook and ended up with this:

Ingredients:
2 heads garlic
1 onion
4 stalks celery
1 5-lb chicken
1/4 c dry white wine
2 T parsley
1 T red pepper flakes
1 tsp oregano
zest and juice of one lemon

Mix wine, parsley, red pepper flakes and oregano together. Peel garlic and toss with wine mixture. Put garlic into a 6-quart cooker. Coarsely chop onion and celery and put them on top of garlic. Coat chicken in remaining marinade and put it on top of veggies. Pour remaining marinade over top. Squirt lemon juice and sprinkle the zest over the chicken. Cook on low until juices run clear (6-8 hours).

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 01:28:53 +0000

Yum….this is comfort food at its finest! I love slow roasting/cooking. Made lamb by slow cooking for an article and wow! This has been bookmarked!