Category Archives: Side dishes
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Crock Pot Vegetarian Chicken Chili
Posted on by Valerie in Recipes, Side dishes, vegetarian.Did you catch the title?? Does it sound like a contradiction to say “vegetarian” and then “chicken” in the same meal?! It is not. Thanks to modern day culinary creativity, I can make chicken chili for friends that don’t want to eat meat. This is a pretty easy recipe, but I like that it is […]
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Crock Pot Sweet Potatoes– kid friendly!
Posted on by Valerie in Dinner, Recipes, Side dishes, vegetarian.I’m always looking for new foods that will be tasty to my palate, but that my kids will still eat. This recipe is a compromise of an easy go-to baby food and a flavorful combination of sweets. The sweet potatoes turn out smooth in the crock pot and you don’t have to worry about burned edges or the […]
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Crock Pot Apple Brown Betty
Posted on by Valerie in Breakfast, Recipes, Side dishes, vegetarian.Your crock pot isn’t just for cooking main dishes, I’m on a kick cooking desserts too! If you are a fan of baked apples or even just apple sauce, you’ll love this take on what I call “apple brown betty”. If you look up the meaning, it’s still unclear who this “betty” is and why her apples […]
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Crock Pot Carrot Cake
Posted on by Valerie in Breakfast, Recipes, Side dishes, vegetarian.I would like to begin this post with an argument. The title of carrot cake is really a misnomer. This shouldn’t be considered a dessert. It is based foremost on a VEGETABLE for goodness sake! It is a carbohydrate next and then a treat after that. It is vegetarian, kosher, can be low fat and […]
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Vinaigrette Salad
Posted on by Valerie in Dinner, Recipes, Side dishes, vegetarian.“To make a good salad is to be a brilliant diplomatist — the problem is entirely the same in both cases. To know exactly how much oil one must put with one’s vinegar.” Oscar Wilde 1856-1900, British Author Dinner was not a crock last night. We grilled out brats and had cold side dishes, drank […]
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Crock Pot Scalloped Potatoes
Posted on by Valerie in Dinner, Recipes, Side dishes, vegetarian.After some trial and error with cooking potatoes in the crock pot, I’ve finally got some advice for you. First off…don’t try to make mashed potatoes. The long amount of time and lack of high heat sort of ruin the effect. But, if you want to make them on the stove and then keep them heated in […]
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Crock Pot Creamy Tomato Soup
Posted on by Valerie in Recipes, Side dishes, vegetarian.I understand that the red label of canned tomato soup is probably very patriotic and that eating grilled cheese and tomato soup is one of our commandments or laws or requirements as Americans. I support that, I do. But– I don’t think my grilled cheese sandwich deserves to bathe in a mixture of weird canned […]
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Crock Pot Creamy Corn
Posted on by Valerie in Side dishes, vegetarian.Not to be too corny, but I’m a big fan of corn. I love fresh local corn on the cob in the summer, corn chowder soup in the winter, corn muffins, popcorn at the movies, canned cream corn, kettle corn at the apple festival, even cooking with corn oil. I’ve got some great leftover meat […]
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Crock Pot Blueberry Cobbler
Posted on by Valerie in Recipes, Side dishes, vegetarian.Forget dinner– let’s skip straight to dessert. What could possibly be better than dumping everything in the crock pot and having your entire house filled with the glorious, sweet, satisfying smell of freshly baked dessert?! Cooking dessert in the crock pot requires a little more attention to detail than the normal dump-and-go meal prep, but […]
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