I tried doing a google search with not much luck.
Does anyone have a tried and true crock pot recipe or some good links to share.
I'm thinking a crock pot is mainly a winter cooking tool, but would love to have some recipes I could just toss together.
TIA
anni

I put kidney beans and water in the crockpot with an onion, a couple cloves of garlic, a bay leaf or two, and some ground cloves.

so maybe I need to switch to dried beans instead of canned
Do I need to soak them over night then throw them in the crockpot in the morning??
I really have no clue :)
anni

Yes, definitely dried beans. Canned ones are already cooked, so they don't need the long cooking that they get in the crockpot. Soaking is a good idea. They'll still turn out edible if you don't, but soaking makes them easier to digest. Pretty much any bean soup recipe that starts with dried beans will work in the crockpot.

http://southernfood.about.com/library/crock/blveg.htm - just vegetable and side dish recipes

http://www.recipelink.com/mf/6/481 - I think the sloppy lentils sound good.

http://vegweb.com/cgi/search/search.pl - type in crockpot in the search box

http://www.mealsmatter.org/RecipesAndMeals/Browse/Recipes/vegetarian/Crock-Pot/index.aspx

http://www.geocities.com/webcipes/crock2.html - see vegetables all the way at the bottom

Mostly I like to do lentils or beans, sometimes potatoes. You can soak the beans all night, put them in the crockpot (with some onion if you want), then season them when you get home. I've never gotten rice to work very well, or noodles. But I usually cook a roast in the crockpot, for dh!

I've been wondering the same thing! It's too hot for the oven right now and I find myself not eating and cooking as well as I should. I think I'll go put some beans in the crockpot. :)

anni,

On days that I work or when we have lots of school activities, I use my crock pot. (am also vegetarian)

Here is the cookbook where I pull all my recipes from:

Fresh from the Vegetarian Slow Cooker by Robin Robertson

So far, that is the only source I've needed for my crock-vegetarian cooking.

HTH,

Michelle

I use a couple basics a few times a month:

Potato curry
Potatoes, onions, curry powder (about 2-4 tsp), ginger (just a few shakes), a mashed garlic clove, a few shakes of turmeric, and enough water to cover it all, and then let it cook all day on low, when I get home in the evening, I throw in frozen peas (they stay sweet if you throw 'em in at the end) and turn it up to hight, then just before service, put in some cream or half n half -about 1/2 of one of the small little cartons. Cook some rice with that, and ladle it on top, it's yummy. :)

Veggie soup:
I use boullion cubes, because I have a lot, but you can use a more healthy choice like organic vegetable broth or something, potatoes (cubed), celery (chopped aout 1/2" thick), baby carrots (throw them in whole), a handful of brown rice or risotto, and let it cook on low all day.

Beans
Any kind of beans (dried) with a bay leaf or two, some cumin (about a tsp) just a bit of pepper, garlic, 1/2 an onion and water to cover it by about 1 1/2 ". Cook on low all day, and about an hour before serving, turn up to high and drop in a bunch or eggs. It may sound gross, but I was shown that trick when visiting some friends, and the eggs after cooking all the way through are freakin wonderful. Put in enough for at least one for each person. and don't stir. They will cook through in an hour or so.

I hope I didn't forget anything obvious, but these are the crock pot recipies I love. Enjoy if you try them. :)