101 Things to Do with a Slow Cooker

By Janet Eyring and Stephanie Ashcraft

The new edition of 101 Things to Do With a Slow Cooker has a fun updated design to showcase its 101 easy-to-make fix-it-and-forget-it recipes. Discover—or rediscover—this bestselling cookbook from a series with over 3 million copies sold! Along with the new look, the book is now a concealed spiral-bound flexi paperback.

A home-cooked meal is never easier than with a slow cooker. Simply prepare your ingredients and go about your day! From Mallow-Mint Hot Chocolate to Pizza Fondue, from Easy Beef Stroganoff to Sweet-and-Sour Chicken, and from Barbecue Pork Sandwiches to Pineapple-Upside-Down Cake, 101 Things to Do With a Slow Cooker has a no-fuss recipe for whatever you’re craving. Also included are suggestions for how and what to serve with each dish, time-saving meal-preparation tips, and easy modifications to fit your family’s tastes.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Gibbs Smith
• Release date: Aug 8, 2003
• ISBN: 9781423608639

Janet Eyring

Janet Eyring's interest in learning how to cook healthy, inexpensive meals without living in the kitchen inspired her to write a cookbook that relied on the ease of the slow cooker. She also teaches cooking classes at Macey's Little Cooking Theatre. She lives in Highland, UT

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101 Things® to Do with a

Slow Cooker

Stephanie Ashcraft & Janet Eyring

Gibbs Smith logo.Illustration of a slow cooker.

Digital Edition 2.0

Text © 2003 by Stephanie Ashcraft and Janet Eyring

Cover and illustrations © 2023 by Gibbs Smith, Publisher

101 Things is a registered trademark of Gibbs Smith, Publisher and Stephanie Ashcraft.

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced by any means whatsoever without written permission from the publisher, except brief portions quoted for purpose of review.

First Gibbs Smith edition published in 2003

Second Gibbs Smith edition published May 2023

Published by

Gibbs Smith

P.O. Box 667

Layton, Utah 84041

1.800.835.4993 orders

www.gibbs-smith.com

Library of Congress has cataloged the first edition as follows:

Ashcraft, Stephanie.

101 things to do with a slow cooker / Stephanie Ashcraft and Janet Eyring.—1st ed.

p. cm.

ISBN: 1-58685-317-1 (first edition, print)

1. Electric cookery, Slow. 2. Casserole cookery. I. Eyring, Janet. II. Title.

TX827.A82 2003

641.5’884—dc21

2003004842

ISBN: 978-1-4236-0863-9

Thank you to all the people—especially our families—who encouraged us to persevere and follow our dreams.

Contents

Helpful Hints

#1–6 Beverages

Party Hot Chocolate

Mallow-Mint Hot Chocolate

Almond Hot Chocolate

Hot Cranberry Punch

Hot Spiced Cherry Cider

Holiday Wassail

#7–13 Dips & Fondues

Mild Chili-Cheese Dip

Bodacious Bean Dip

Pizza Fondue

Cheese Fondue

Chocolate Fondue

Caramel Fondue

Peanut Butter Fondue

#14–31 Soups & Stews

Hearty Vegetable Soup

Quick Stew

Zesty Minestrone

Burton’s Minestrone

Cowboy Soup

Alphabet Soup

Spicy Tomato Beef Soup

Santa Fe Cheese Soup

Salsa Fever Soup

Simple Chili

Chicken Noodle Soup

Tortilla Soup

Turkey and Rice Soup

Broccoli-Cheese Soup

Four-Hour Stew

Easy Taco Soup

Vegetable Cheese Soup

Chicken and Wild Rice Soup

#32–49 Beef

Sunday Roast

Cola Roast

South-of-the-Border Pot Roast

Easy Swiss Steak

Beef and Mushrooms

Simple Beef Stroganoff

French Dip Sandwiches

Lasagna

Burritos

Easy Flank Steak

Sweet-and-Sour Beef

Unbelievably Simple Brisket

Family Favorite Brisket

Tri-Tip Roast

Shepherd’s Pie

Aunt Patty’s Italian Barbecue

Onion Meatballs

Barbecued Meatballs

#50–76 Chicken

Chicken and Potatoes

Chicken and Rice Casserole

Scalloped Chicken

Whole Cranberry Chicken

Mama’s Italian Chicken

Favorite Barbecue Chicken

Cheesy Chicken Noodles

Tater-Tot Casserole

Hawaiian-Style Chicken

Easy Chicken Bake

Sunday Chicken

Pineapple Chicken

Lemonade Chicken

Sweet-and-Sour Chicken

Hawaiian Haystacks

Creamy Italian Chicken

Italian Chicken with Mushrooms

Creamy Chicken Soft Tacos

Orange Chicken

Chicken Teriyaki

Chicken Cacciatore

Chicken in a Bag

Almond Chicken

Chicken Fajitas

Parmesan Chicken

Chicken Enchiladas

Cooked Chicken for Entrées, Soups, and Stews

#77–91 Pork

Savory Pork Roast

Cranberry Pork Roast

Barbecued Pork Chops

Sweet-and-Sour Pork

Polynesian-Style Pork Chops

Pork Chops and Mushrooms

Pork Chop Casserole

Ehlers’ Pork Ribs

Barbecue Pork Sandwiches

Shredded Pork Burritos

Pork Sausage Casserole

Ham and Potatoes

Red Potatoes with Ham

Holiday Ham

Shredded Ham Sandwiches

#92–101 Desserts

Carrot Cake

Caramel Rolls

Rich Chocolate Cake

Sugar and Spice Cake

Cherry Biscuit