Japanese Fried Rice

From my friend, Cindy, mom of the friend of a couple of my boys'.


Prep Time: 30-40 minutes

3 T butter1/2 C carrots, shredded or diced1/2 C onion, diced1 1/2 C frozen peas, thawed (optional)4 eggs8 C cooked rice4 T soy saucesalt to tastepepper to taste
MELT 1 T of the butter in a frying pan. Saute carrot and onion in butter. Set aside in a small bowl. SCRAMBLE eggs over medium heat. Chop egg into pea-sized bits. MELT the remaining 2 TBSP of butter in the pan. Add rice, carrot, onion, and peas to egg. ADD the soy sauce, salt and pepper to taste. COOK rice for 6-10 minutes over medium heat. Stirring every couple minutes.


Serves 6

Skinny Masitas de Puerco

A Cuban pork recipe I found online. Find the ingredients & instructions here.

Chicken and Broccoli “Stir Fry” in the Slow Cooker

Another one I have to try...original here.

Serving Size: 6
INGREDIENTS
2-3 lbs. chicken tenders
1/2 bottle stir fry sauce (about 1 cup) or more, if you like (I used Mandarin Sauce from Panda Express)
1 bunch broccoli, chopped
1 red bell pepper, sliced

INSTRUCTIONS
Place chicken in slow cooker. I start mine from frozen. Pour sauce over chicken. Cook on high 4-5 hours or low 6-7 hours. About an hour before serving, place broccoli and red pepper on top of chicken in slow cooker. Cover and let it finish cooking. Serve over rice.

Salsa Verde Steak in the Slow Cooker

Found this recipe through pinterest...gotta try it! Find the original here.

INGREDIENTS
2-3 lbs. boneless round steak or another cut of beef
1 small can of salsa verde
1/2 cup chicken broth, beef broth or water
1 tsp. chili powder
1 tsp. cumin1 clove garlic, minced
1 onion, sliced
flour tortillas
cheddar cheese, lettuce, tomato, sour cream, etc.

INSTRUCTIONS
Put the steak and onions in the crockpot. Combine the salsa, broth and seasonings. Pour over the steak. Cook on high for 5-6 hours or low for 7-8 hours. Shred the meat and serve in the tortillas with the fixings.

Crockpot Pork Roast Dinner

Found online here.

You can use any kind of mustard in this delicious, homey recipe. You can also thicken the juices if you wish after removing the roast and vegetables. Just pour the juice into a saucepan and add 2 Tbsp. cornstarch dissolved in 1/4 cup water, then bring to a boil.

Prep Time: 25 minutes

Cook Time: 6-8 hours (one comment said 6 hours was perfect)

Total Time: You can use any kind of mustard in this delicious, homey recipe. You can also thicken the juices if you wish after removing the roast and vegetables. Just pour the juice into a saucepan and add 2 Tbsp. cornstarch dissolved in 1/4 cup water, then bring to a boil.

Ingredients:

• 1 lb. small red potatoes, cut in half
• 16 oz. pkg. baby cut carrots
• 1 onion, chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 3 lb. boneless pork loin roast, trimmed of fat
• 1/4 cup Dijon mustard
• 1 tsp. dried tarragon leaves or 1 tablespoon fresh chopped tarragon
• 1 tsp. dried thyme leaves or 1 tablespoon fresh thyme leaves
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1/4 tsp. pepper
• 1-1/2 cups beef broth

Preparation:

Place potatoes and baby carrots around bottom edge of 4-6 quart crockpot. Place onion and garlic in bottom of crockpot. In small bowl, combine mustard, tarragon, thyme, salt and pepper and spread over pork roast. Place roast in crockpot and pour beef broth over all. Cover crockpot and cook on low for 8-9 hours until pork is 150 degrees F and vegetables are tender.

Remove pork and vegetables to serving platter; cover and let stand 15 minutes. During this time you can thicken the juices by mixing 1-1/2 tablespoons cornstarch with 3 tablespoons water. Add to the juices in the crockpot and cook on high for 10-15 minutes until thickened. 6 servings

If you have a new crockpot, cook on low for 6-1/2 to 7-1/2 hours or until the pork registers 150 degrees F. You might want to check it at 6 hours. The meat temperature will rise to 155 degrees F by the time you serve it.8 hours, 25 minutes

Slow Cooker Chili Verde

This recipe is from allrecipes.com. Click here for pictures, nutrition facts, and extras.

Ingredients

3 tablespoons olive oil
1/2 cup onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
3 pounds boneless pork shoulder, cubed
5 (7 ounce) cans green salsa
1 (4 ounce) can diced jalapeno peppers
1 (14.5 ounce) can diced tomatoes
Directions

Heat the oil in a large skillet or Dutch oven over medium heat. Add the onion and garlic; cook and stir until fragrant. Add the cubed pork, and cook until browned on the outside. Transfer the pork, onions, and garlic to a slow cooker, and stir in the green salsa, jalapeno peppers, and tomatoes.
Cover, and cook on High for 3 hours. Reduce the setting to Low, and cook for 4 to 5 more hours.


Someone's comments looked useful:

by Donna

If you want this to tase like real chile verde, then follow my additions. Be sure to remove the jalapeno addition if you have kids to feed as it will make it to spicy for them. I did not use green salsa, I used green enchilada sauce (La palma), added two shredded, dried New Mexico chiles, 3 cloves of garlic, a can of roasted green chiles, 1/2 TB salt, 1/2 TB cumin, then I added 2 TB cornstarch during the last 30 minutes to thicken the sauce. Be sure to dissolve the cornstarch in cold water, then add to the hot chile verde. If you follow these additions, you'll have authentic chile verde from a slow cooker!

Crockpot Garlic Baked Potatoes

Found this recipe on Pinterest. The complete recipe, including pictures, and the blogger's kids' reactions, click here to see the post. 


The Ingredients:
--4 big brown potatoes
--2 T melted butter
--2 T olive oil
--salt and pepper
--8 or so garlic cloves

The Directions:
Peel the garlic and cut it into long slivers.

Wash your potatoes, and pat dry. Carefully cut slits into each potato about 1/2 inch thick almost do the very base. The potato should start to separate a bit like an accordion.

Shove as many garlic slices as you can in each slit of each potato.

Nestle the potatoes into your crockpot. I used an oval 6qt Smart Pot, and the potatoes didn't fit all the way down to the bottom, they kind of were halfway on each other. It doesn't seem to matter.

Liberally salt and pepper. Combine the melted butter with the olive oil and drizzle over the top of each potato, trying to get some in the garlic-filled slits, if you can.

Cover and cook on high for 2-4 hours or on low for about 6. They are done when the potatoes reach desired tenderness.

Top with sour cream.

Crockpot Refried Beans

Found this recipe on Pinterest - find it at RealMomKitchen

• 3 cups of dry pinto beans (rinsed)
• 1 onion*, diced
• 9 cups of water
• 5 tsp salt*
• 1 3/4 tsp pepper*
• 2 Tbsp minced garlic
• 1/8 tsp ground cumin

1. Put all the ingredients in a crockpot and cook on high for about 8 hours.
2. After they are done, drain all of the liquid out and SAVE THE LIQUID!!
3. Mash beans with a potato masher or whatever you mash with. Add liquid, a bit at a time, to desired consistency, but remember you want them a little runny because they thicken over time. (makes about 6 cups)

*After trying this recipe, I would reduce the salt to 2-3 tsp, and a bit less pepper & onion too. But it was good!