easy crock pot recipes

Barbecue Beef

3 lb Beef roast (brisket trimmed of fat is best)
18 oz Hunt's bbq sauce

Cook the brisket in a crockpot overnight. The beef is done when it tears apart in strings. When the meat is done, drain fat and pull the meat apart into strings (forks are helpful). Mix with the BBQ sauce. Pour into freezer bag and freeze. When thawed, heat through in microwave or on stove-top. If using stove-top, use low heat and stir often.

Basic Homestyle Pot Roast

3 pounds boneless chuck roast
3 potatoes -- halved
3 carrots -- sliced lengthwise
2 small onions -- halved
1 package onion soup mix - (1 3/8 oz)
1/2 cup water
Freshly-cracked black pepper


Place potatoes, carrots and onions in bottom of the slow cooker. Add roast, cutting in half or thirds to fit size of cooker. Sprinkle pepper over roast as desired. Pour contents of soup mix over all. Add water. Cook on LOW for 8 to 10 hours.

Remove the roast to a serving platter and place vegetables around it. The liquid may be used as a light gravy.

This recipe yields 8 servings.

Barbecued Meatloaf

2 pounds lean ground beef
1/2 cup uncooked quick or old-fashioned oats
1/2 cup dry bread crumbs
2 tablespoons non-fat dry milk powder
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup bottled smoked barbecue sauce
2 eggs
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1 small onion -- chopped
6 potatoes -- peeled and cut up

In large bowl, mix all ingredients except potatoes. Shape meat mixture into a loaf. Place potatoes in bottom of Crock-Pot. Top potatoes with meat loaf. Cover and cook on Low for 8 to 10 hours.

Beef Bourguignon

2 lbs. lean stew beef
1 pkg. onion soup mix
1 can golden mushroom soup
1/2 c. wine
1 sm. can mushrooms with juice


Mix all ingredients and cook in crockpot on low all day. Serve over rice or noodles. Serves 6.