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My favorite and easiest slow cooker recipe is for chicken tacos. Just throw a couple frozen chicken breasts in the crockpot cover with a jar of salsa and cook on high for about 3-4 hours or until cooked through. Then shred the chicken with a fork mix it back up with the juices and it's ready to serve. I like it for taco salads. Super healthy too.
There's also this website, but I haven't tried any of her recipes yet:
I made one a few weeks ago that was super easy and pretty tasty (I think someone on here gave me the recipe).
4 frozen chicken breasts
1 can black beans
1 can corn
1 jar salsa (make sure it's good salsa)
cook on high for 4-5 hrs
It was good like that, the recipe also called for 8oz of cream cheese added at the end and then cook another 30 min. We didn't do that but I'm sure that'd be good too.
We sauteed up some corn tortillas and made tacos with the chicken mixture.
This is by far my favorite: http://www.skinnytaste.com/2008/11/crock-pot-chicken-taco-chili-4-pts.html. The cold weather makes it even more perfect!
You can also do frozen chix breast with BBQ sauce (I recommend Sweet Baby Rays) and then shred for pulled chix bbq sandwiches.
I also LOVE http://crockpot365.blogspot.com/ I've made a number of recipes from their and they've all been delish!
Oh my gosh, these sound amazing! I know what we will be having for dinner next week!
My go-to location for crock pot recipes is http://www.familycrockpotrecipes.com/. I have found tons of stuff there!
i've made this one and it turned out really well and was super flavorful:
Beef Bourguignon
Hawaiian BBQ (it's soooo easy!)
Pork roast (not a tenderloin, you need something fatty, like a butt)
2tbsp liquid smoke
1 tbsp kosher salt
Rub the salt all over the roast and place in cooker. Pour the liquid smoke over the roast. Cover. Cook on low for 16-24 hours (basically overnight for dinner the next evening) or high for 8-12 hours. Shred when ready and serve with rice.
@pamplemousse: This sounds SOOO good. I might have to make it this weekend.
My mom gave me her slow cooker pot roast recipe and I made it a few days ago. So good!
1 onion
6 small red potatoes or 2 large potatoes.
bag of baby carrots, or equivalent amount chopped up carrots
1 to 1.5 lbs cheap cut of meat, 7 bone roast or something - she suggested just asking the butcher what they recommend
garlic
bottle of sweet chili sauce - at my grocery store its on the shelves near the ketchup and cocktail sauce. I think it's a 12 oz bottle (maybe 16?) and you use all of it.
Chop the onion and layer it on bottom of slow cooker pot. Then cut the meat into big chunks, like 2inch by 1 inch, put on top of the onion. Cut potatoes into similar size chunks, and put them around the meat, along with the carrots. Dash of garlic powder on top, and then dump the whole bottle of chili sauce over it. I added a little bit of water, but I think it was unneccesary, and cooked on low for 10 hours.
It's one of those recipes you can play with, add or subtract things as you like. It took me less than 30 minutes to prepare and made 4 big meals, plus FI loved it.
@superk: I love all of her recipes too. She has a lot of gluten free recipes since her daughter is gluten intolerant.
My favorite from her is apple cinnamon breakfast risotto.
Chicken Taco Soup
@superk:My favorite is very similar to yours except I also throw in a packet of taco seasoning (or my own mix of taco seasonings) along with a can or two of pinto beans. When you take the chicken out to shred it, mash the beans a little and mix the shredded chicken back in. Soooooo good.
Sandra Lee has a really great slow cooker cookbook. I have made a bunch of stuff from it and almost everything has come out really good.
Pulled Pork
1 packet McCormick pulled pork slow cooker seasoning
pork shoulder roast, about 2lbs is what I use
1 yellow onion, diced
Any barbeque sauce you like
I make a double batch of this bbq sauce. it is very tangy and goes well with the sandwiches
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/tangy-barbecue-chicken-recipe/index.html
cook on low for 8 hours, shred pork and serve on hamburger buns
YUM
spaghetti & meatballs
2 handfulls grated mozarella cheese
grated parmesan cheese (garnish)
I love this thread! I've only used our slow cooker a few times with mediocre results. I'm gonna try these recipes!
Quick question: How long do you keep the cooked food around? I find it really hard to finish off the food when it's just me and Mr. G, sometimes it can stay in the fridge for a week. In fact, a little of the turkey breast from Thanksgiving is still in there which is probably bad now. I am really reluctant to cook in such large quantities when it's just us two so I barely use mine..
I have 2....
Country Style Ribs doused in BBQ Sauce on low for 8-10 hours
Cabbage Roll Casserole
1-2 bags of the coleslaw cabbage mix
1-2 jars of spaghetti sauce
1-2 cups of rice
1 lb hamburger meat browned
Cook on low all day, serve with shredded cheese
@glasses: Freeze! Get portion sized tupperware and freeze and then you can take it out for dinner or grab and bring for lunch to work.
I dont usually have too much leftover after taking leftovers for lunch and then turning it into a new meal for another night. IE with leftover turkey I would make enchiladas, shepards pie, croquettes, soup etc. I
@glasses: We try to freeze half of whatever we make, otherwise we have to eat it for every meal for a week! I believe that pretty much anything except potatoes freezes well.
The easiest one that I make (which I love) is a chicken pasta sauce. I usually take 2 or 3 thawed chicken breasts, and cover them with one or two jars of Barilla brand roasted garlic pasta sauce. Cook on low for 8 hours, or on high for 4 (but cooking on low will give more flavor). Once cooked, shred the chicken and serve over spaghetti.
I might make this tonight to be honest:)
We don't have a slow cooker yet, bit FI is itching to get one so we can start making all sorts of yummy recipes like these! You all have some great ones!
Also, someone mentioned that cooking on a lower setting for a longer period of time makes your meal more flavorful. I'll have to keep that in mind.
A friend of mine makes a mean buffalo-chicken dip. I'll have to see if I can get the recipe from her.
Tangy spiced brisket by Smitten Kitchen is one of my current favorites.
Here's my crockpot roast recipe:
chuck roast--around 3 lbs.
2 cans beef broth
1 (16 oz.) jar banana peppers
1 packet Italian dressing seasoning
low heat, 8 to 10 hours. Easy and delicious!
These all sound amazing! I love making chicken cacciatore in the crock pot. I put in 4 chicken breasts, 1 sliced onion, 1 green pepper, 1 red pepper and a jar of any flavor spaghetti sauce and let it cook slowly on low all day. I serve it over rice or pasta.
A must-have are the crock-pot liners. Those save so much time on clean up! Have fun with your new toy!
@KatNYC2011: That was mine! 
I'm so glad you tried it and liked it. I love the recipe and it's so darn easy.
@boulderbride2010: Here's another one we love
Crockpot Tamale Pie
Ingredients:
Preparation:
Here's a great website that someone emailed to me a while back - tons of recipes:
http://www.50plusfriends.com/cookbook/crockpot/index-5b.html
I got this pot roast recipe off of allrecipes.com, and it is our absolute favorite!
1 3lb roast (I use sirloin tip)
2 cans cream of mushroom soup
1 sleeve ranch dressing dry mix
Water
Put the roast in the crockpot, cover with the soup and a bit of water (I fill up one of the soup cans with water and add), sprinkle with the ranch, cover and cook on low for 7 hours. It is SO good! The meat just falls apart and the gravy is delicious. Sometimes I put some red skin potatoes and mushrooms in the pot as well.
My fav. slow cooker recipe is a Paula Deen mac and cheese that i cook in the slow cooker insted of the oven, this way the flavors really set in. Then add crushed bbq chips on top (best ones are the sweet and spicy hawwaian ones) and cheese over the chips last too make the most delicous crust on a mac and cheese. If you cook it in the oven the chips will catch fire, i have learned from experience.
@orangepumpkin: Can you please post a link to that recipe? It sounds great! I checked her website but I couldn't find it.
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-deen/the-ladys-cheesy-mac-recipe3/index.html
cook the noodles ahead of time and then throw everything into the slow cooker and cook it that way. Add the chips and the cheese about 10min. before its done. I cooked it for about an hour in the slow cooker.
Don't skimp on the bbq chips! the hawaiian ones are the best bbq chips, they have ALOT of good flavor without alot of salt so it is a win-win. I know it sounds odd but crushed chips go well with mac and cheese!
I make beef stew and country style ribs in ours.
Beef stew
1 lb beef stew meat (usually precut in chunks
2-3 small potatoes quartered
1 bag frozen mixed veggies (carrots, peas, corn, etc)
1 jar of beef gravy.
- Place veggies and potatoes on the bottoom and meat on top pour gravy over meat, cook all 8-10 hours on low (5-7 on high) serve over egg noodles
Country Ribs
1-2 packages of country ribs (theyre boneless)
1 large yellow onion sliced
1 can mushrooms
1 bottle of bbq sauce
- Place onions and mushrooms on the bottom and put meat on top - pour in bottle of bbq sauce cook 8-10 hours on low or 5-7 on high and i serve this with mashed potatoes
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DH and I got a slow-cooker for the wedding and have really looked forward to using it. I've made a few recipes this week from the Williams-Sonoma slow cooker cookbook, but have found them to not be very flavorful. Does anyone have a really good slow cooker recipe or any cookbook/website recommendations?