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Weeknight Fast: Crock Pot

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Slow-Cooked Barbecue Chutney Chicken
Bone-in chicken pieces are tender and moist when slow-cooked in a richly spiced sauce. Serve with steamed basmati rice that's tossed with freshly chopped cilantro and green onions.

Prep Time: 15 Minutes
Cook Time: 360 Minutes
Serves: 6

Slow Cooker Garlic & Mushroom Beef Roast
What to impress your guests? Just place the sliced meat on a platter with the mushrooms surrounding the roast. Add any left-over sun-dried tomatoes on top of the roast for added color. This recipe is also awesome if you slice the meat thinly and use the beef for hot sandwiches.

Prep Time: 10 Minutes
Cook Time: 8 Minutes
Serves: 6

Chicken Stew
Chicken, stew vegetables, broth, cream and seasonings make a simple stew that's a wonderful comfort food right out of the crock pot.

Prep Time: 15 Minutes
Cook Time: 300 Minutes
Serves: 4

Pork with Prunes
The Moroccan seasonings complement the slightly sweet sauce in this recipe. Serve it with couscous, and start with a simple green salad or sliced fresh oranges. If you don't like prunes, think of them as dried plums. That's the new name the California Prune Board gave the dowdy prune in a $10 million makeover back in 2000.

Prep Time: 20 Minutes
Cook Time: 240 Minutes
Serves: 6

Red Lentil & Vegetable Curry
This low-fat meatless main course is good with a side of yogurt and chutney. It's also great over rice or wrapped in a tortilla and eaten burrito-style. The recipe can be cut in half, but since it freezes well, make the full recipe and freeze the leftovers.

Prep Time: 20 Minutes
Cook Time: 480 Minutes
Serves: 6

Split Pea Soup
This easy soup is not only satisfying on a cold winter day, but it also makes the house smell great. Washing and dicing the vegetables the night before will save time in the morning. Don't salt the soup until ready to serve since the ham hock is pretty salty to begin with.

Prep Time: 20 Minutes
Cook Time: 360 Minutes
Serves: 6

Slow-Cooked Indian Chicken
Just 15 minutes gets this dinner started and gives you a celebration of flavor that's slow-cooked and ready for you after a day's work. Chicken breasts and thighs, fresh ginger, garlic, spices, peas and coconut milk come together for a sensational supper. Serve with Basmati rice and Naan for a complete meal. This recipe makes a lot and freezes beautifully, so you can cook once and eat twice!

Prep Time: 15 Minutes
Cook Time: 510 Minutes
Serves: 8

Slow-Cooked White Chili with Chicken
This recipe uses chicken and white beans to create a chili with a hearty flavor and rich texture.

Prep Time: 15 Minutes
Cook Time: 480 Minutes
Serves: 6

Creamed Style Mushrooms
A recipe you can use a couple ways. Serve as appetizers at a party or serve the mushrooms over pasta for a meatless dish.

Prep Time: 5 Minutes
Cook Time: 120 Minutes
Serves: 6

Slow-Cooker Pork Chops
It's the start of a new season and that is slow-cooking. Here is a perfect recipe on the days you know you won't have a lot of time. The pork chops are moist and the vegetables get tender with a lot of good flavor. If you don't care for the flavor of basil you can leave it out.

Prep Time: 10 Minutes
Cook Time: 360 Minutes
Serves: 4

Slow Cooker Cheesy Broccoli Soup
This is a great, very flavorful soup. Good for serving at luncheons or special gatherings with a quiche.

Prep Time: 15 Minutes
Cook Time: 180 Minutes
Serves: 4

Slow Cooker Pork Tenderloin
This Slow Cooker Pork Tenderloin recipe is flavorful and easy to make when you use your slow cooker!

Prep Time: 10 Minutes
Cook Time: 375 Minutes
Serves: 4

Slow Cooker Chicken & Wild Rice Soup
A generational favorite, this soup recipe is enjoyed most during the chilly winter months.

Prep Time: 15 Minutes
Cook Time: 300 Minutes
Serves: 6

Slow Cooker Herbed Chicken & Stuffing Casserole
Chicken, stuffing, herbs, sweet potatoes, and green beans make this creamy, old-fashioned casserole a one-dish wonder. Put this in your crock pot in the morning before work so it's ready when you get home.

Prep Time: 15 Minutes
Cook Time: 240 Minutes
Serves: 6

Italian Slow Cooker Chicken
This easy Italian chicken, spooned piping hot over rice or pasta, is perfect for quests.

Prep Time: 15 Minutes
Cook Time: 300 Minutes
Serves: 8

Italian Style Beef Roast
If you like that Italian blend of spices you'll love this roast. The tomato mixture combined with fresh garlic and tomatoes is fantastic! This is such an easy recipe to throw together before work - come home and it's ready to eat.

Prep Time: 5 Minutes
Cook Time: 510 Minutes
Serves: 8

Beef Barley Soup
This soup is simmered on the stove or in the crock pot to produce the richest Beef Barley Soup you'll ever taste, Shredded carrots and potatoes give it a fabulous, thick texture.

Prep Time: 5 Minutes
Cook Time: Minutes
Serves: 8

Slow Cooker Family Pot Roast
Slow cooker pot roast with gravy and vegetables is great for weeknight meals. If you prep the night before, cover the cut potatoes with water, then drain before adding to the slow cooker.

Prep Time: 15 Minutes
Cook Time: 480 Minutes
Serves: 8

Slow Cooker Cheesy Broccoli Casserole
Short on prep time and big on taste, this cheesy recipe features McCormick Original Country Gravy for a rich, hearty flavor. Serve this twist on traditional broccoli casserole as a side dish to your favorite entree.

Prep Time: 5 Minutes
Cook Time: 190 Minutes
Serves: 15

Slow Cooker Baked Beans With Bacon
Load the slow cooker with pinto beans, bacon and all the fixings. Season with a variety of spieces including McCormick Ground Mustard, Garlic Powder and Cinnamon. In four hours, come back to a crock full of irresistibly sweet baking beabns. Serve as a side to your favorite meat.

Prep Time: 15 Minutes
Cook Time: 240 Minutes
Serves: 12

Party - Get Your Soup On
Soup and sandwiches are a great option for a party. Order one today.

Prep Time: Minutes
Cook Time: Minutes
Serves: 20

Easy Roasted Pork Tenderloin & Sweet Potatoes
A sweet and spicy seasoning rub for pork tenderloin and sweet potatoes features brown sugar, McCormick? Chili Powder and Cinnamon. Roasted together on one sheet pan, this recipe makes for an easy dinner with minimal clean-up any night of the week.

Prep Time: 10 Minutes
Cook Time: 30 Minutes
Serves: 6

Slow-Cooker Beer-Braised Smoked Sausages and Onions
Sausages prepared in the slow cooker must be one of the easiest and most satisfying dinners around. This recipe is crowd-friendly too, easily feeding 12.

Prep Time: 15 Minutes
Cook Time: 265 Minutes
Serves: 12

Greek Oregano Chicken With Spinach, Orzo & Grape Tomatoes
For a Greek feast, serve up this slow-cooker chicken and pasta dinner.

Prep Time: 20 Minutes
Cook Time: 240 Minutes
Serves: 4

Beef In Red-Wine Gravy
This hearty stew recipe is the perfect way to use red wine left over from a party.

Prep Time: 15 Minutes
Cook Time: 375 Minutes
Serves: 5

Wine & Tomato Braised Chicken
Here chicken thighs cook in a simple herb-infused tomato-and-wine sauce. The bone-in thighs give it plenty of hearty flavor, and since you cook them without the skin, it keeps the dish healthy. There's plenty of sauce, so serve it over pappardelle or brown rice. Steamed broccoli or sauted broccoli or tossed with olive oil and a splash of lemon juice complete the meal.

Prep Time: 45 Minutes
Cook Time: 225 Minutes
Serves: 10

Italian Pot Roast with Red Wine Sauce
Vibrantly flavored with red wine and Italian seasoning, this slow cooker pot roast is zesty and robust. Serve with crusty rolls.

Prep Time: 10 Minutes
Cook Time: 480 Minutes
Serves: 6

Slow-Cooker Chicken In Wine Sauce
Chicken and hearty vegetables are simmered in a delicate wine-flavored sauce for this recipe. And the slow cooker makes it easy.

Prep Time: 30 Minutes
Cook Time: 520 Minutes
Serves: 6

Weeknight Fast: Crock Pot

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