Easy Crockpot Recipes

 

What is was supposed to be?  A new recipe - flank steak tacos (recipe is in the first cookbook below).  what it ended up as?  Round steak fajitas.  First, I've only cooked a flank steak once in my lifetime (no kidding there), and two, we couldn't find flank steak, so we used a round steak.  

The seasonings were exactly as the recipe called for however, and it shredded up very nicely.  Although, I would cut back on the seasoning, it was very good, and mostly very, very easy to prepare for the crockpot.

We got 4 servings (2 meals for 2 people), plus we had more leftover after that. Super easy, many possibilities, and a good bang for the buck.

The above cookbook was probably my favorite of all the cookbooks I have borrowed this month.  You don't have to be diabetic to enjoy any of these either.  They are very healthy recipes.  I have many more to try yet.

I found this one to have a lot of recipes with very little ingredients, but most of the recipes ask for a can of this or than, a package of this or that - processed food ingredients.  If you are like me, many of the recipes can be adapted to your homemade ingredients, home canned, or if it's summer your your home grown ingredients.

A soup recipe I converted from a stove top recipe to crockpot.  We have made it twice, and each time with different broth (based on what needed used up first), and we have never had to freeze any of it.  We like it that much.  Odd for a meatless soup too, but we really do like the parsnips in place of potatoes in this recipe (no pasta, no corn, no rice etc).

It's free online with CleanFoodCrush.  Recipe is called Hearty 3 Bean Soup.

My slight changes:

-I don't sauté any of the veggies, so no oil

-I don't use sun dried tomatoes, I use one can of diced tomatoes (or home canned or fire roasted diced)

I toss everything in the crock pot and add additional broth if needed, and cook all day long.  I try to add my seasonings at  the end of cooking, but if I'm going to have a busy day, it all goes in first time in the morning.

Easy Crockpot Recipes  ©  November 2025 by Kristina at Pioneer Woman at Heart

Warm Weather ~ Knitting Hats?

 

Beautiful sunrise, and the weather has been in the 60's, with yesterday almost 70 degrees.  A nice break in the weather.

I'm already writing up a list of new herbs to plant next year.  It may be the weather break inspiring me.

Winter home repairs are on hold for now, but I'm taking notes, making lists, and so forth.

Crazy me, as about 4 crochet blankets on the hooks, but for different occasions (I love a single yarn pattern for "on-the-go" etc.).  No hurry on any of them, other than one for a Christmas present.  I've had more "sit" time than I'd normally prefer, so I'm taking advantage of it.

Do any of my blog followers have a knitted hat pattern (easy) for beginners (or links to free online patterns)?  I have knit dishcloths, but would like to expand my ability to knit hats (before I attempt socks).  

Maybe a pattern you shared on your blog perhaps?  One of my grandmothers used to knit, but of course I was too young to even think to learn it before she passed (to be honest was never introduced to knitting by anyone).  Would love to expand my handicraft knowledge and experiences.

I'm thinking a baby hat, child hat and adult hat.  I was told that hats were more needed for donations than scarves (our school stated kids don't wear scarves anymore, but will wear hats).  Not that I will stop making scarves, but thought I would ask here, as so many of you are talented.  I would love to pair up baby blankets with hats, as an area pregnancy center has asked for donations.

Warm Weather ~ Knitting Hats?  ©  November 2025 by Kristina at Pioneer Woman at Heart