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Slow-Cooker Cheesy Potato Soup

I’ve seen this recipe in several places, but I think I saw it first by Betty. ^_^

Recipe Source: Betty Crocker

Ingredients:

Reynolds™ Slow Cooker Liners
1 bag (32 oz) frozen southern-style diced hash brown potatoes, thawed
1/2 cup frozen chopped onion (from 12-oz bag), thawed
1 medium stalk celery, diced (1/2 cup)
1 carton (32-oz) Progresso™ chicken broth
1 cup water
3 tablespoons Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
1 cup milk
1 bag (8 oz) shredded American-Cheddar cheese blend (2 cups)
1/4 cup real bacon pieces (from 2.8-oz package)
4 medium green onions, sliced (1/4 cup)

Directions:

  1. Place Reynolds™ Slow Cooker Liners inside a 5- to 6 1/2 -qt slow cooker bowl. Make sure that liner fits snugly against the bottom and sides of bowl and pull the top of the liner over rim of bowl.
  2. In lined slow cooker, mix potatoes, onion, celery, broth and water.
  3. Cover; cook on Low heat setting 6 to 8 hours.
  4. In small bowl, mix flour into milk; stir into potato mixture. Increase heat setting to High. Cover; cook 20 to 30 minutes or until mixture thickens. Stir in cheese until melted. Garnish individual servings with bacon and green onions. Sprinkle with pepper if desired.

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I’ve made this soup a couple times and love it. I didn’t use a liner this time, honestly my slow cooker is so easy to clean I don’t bother with liners anymore but I can see how someone who cooks every day with ’em will find them handy.

I omitted the celery and onions. I do add some smoked paprika and garlic powder to the flour and milk mixture. Also, I don’t thaw the hashbrowns. I take them straight from the freezer into the crock pot, and they’ve always been plenty done after 6 hours. Your mileage may vary of course. 🙂

Cheesy Chicken Chowder

Recipe Source: Marsha Baker / Pioneer, OH

Ingredients:

3 cups chicken broth
2 cups diced, peeled potatoes
1 cup diced carrots
1 cup diced celery
1/2 cup diced onion
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/4 cup butter or margarine
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
2 cups milk
2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese
2 cups diced cooked chicken

Directions:

In a large pan, bring chicken broth to a boil. Reduce heat. Add potatoes, carrots, celery, onion, salt and pepper. Cover and simmer 15 minutes or until vegetables are tender.

Melt butter in a medium saucepan. Add flour and mix well. Gradually stir in milk and cook over low heat until slightly thickened. Stir in cheese and cook until melted. Add to broth and vegetables along with chicken. Cook and stir over low heat until heated through.

Serves 6 to 8.

Frogmore Stew

Also known as “Lowcountry Stew” and “Beaufort Boil”

Recipe Source: www.co.beaufort.sc.us

Ingredients:

2-3 long links smoked beef sausage
3-4 dozen ears shucked, cleaned corn on the cob (best if cut in half)
1 1/2 pound shrimp, headed
Several heaping tablespoons of seafood seasoning (to taste)

Directions:

Fill a big pot halfway with water. Add seafood seasoning, cover pot and bring water to a boil. Add corn, cover pot and cook for ten minutes at full boil. Cut sausage into 2″ pieces and add to corn in the pot. Cook for five minutes at full boil. Add shrimp all at once. Cover pot and bring back to full boil. Cook until shrimp are reddish and completely done (sample one).

Pour contents pot into a colander and let the liquid drain into a sink for a minute. Put cooked sausage, corn, and shrimp on plates and serve hot!

NOTE: Some people like to add potatoes to the recipe. If you do, add several medium potatoes, unpeeled and quartered, five minutes after the corn.

Serves 3-4 people.

Martha Nesbit’s Sweet Potato Souffle

Nicki’s Note:

My aunt Wilma’s recipe is very similar to this. Growing up, I knew this dish as “Sweet Potato Casserole”.

Recipe Source: Flavor of the South / “Savannah Entertains,” by Martha Giddens Nesbit

Dish:

4 cups sweet potatoes, mashed (approximately 2 large potatoes)
2 eggs
1 cup sugar
1/2 stick butter or margarine, melted
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 tablespoon orange juice

Topping:

1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup chopped pecans
1 stick butter or margarine, melted

Directions:

Combine sweet potatoes, eggs, sugar, 1/2 stick butter or margarine, vanilla and orange juice. Pour into greased 3-quart casserole dish. Combine topping ingredients. Spread over potatoes. Cook at 350 degrees for 30 minutes, until brown and bubbly.

Serves 10 to 12.

Hot Chicken Salad

Recipe Source: Flavor of the South

Ingredients:

2 cups cooked chicken, cut in bite-size pieces
¾ cup diced celery
¼ cup diced onion
½ tsp. salt
2 Tbls. lemon juice
½ cup mayonnaise
½ cup sour cream
2 cups crushed potato chips
1 1/2 cups grated cheese
Paprika

Directions:

Mix the first seven ingredients and set aside.

Grease the bottom of a 9-inch x 12-inch casserole dish. Sprinkle half of the chips over the pan, then half of the cheese. Pour in all the salad ingredients. Cover with the rest of chips and then the cheese. Sprinkle the paprika over this. Cover and let set in fridge for one hour or overnight.

Uncover and bake one hour at 350 degrees.

Clean the Freezer Soup

Recipe Source: Alicia Ross / desperationdinners.com

From Alicia:

When I came home from the publicity tour, I didn’t have a clue what was in my pantry, refrigerator or freezer. So I took stock. What I found was a bunch of half-used and nearly-used bags of everything in the freezer and not much of anything anywhere else. Time for Clean the Freezer Soup.

Cook’s Notes:

How fast you can make this soup depends on how fast you can clean your freezer, but assembly should take no more than 10 minutes of actual effort. Anything goes in this soup, except do not use broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts or frozen spinach.

Ingredients:

8 ounces frozen extra-lean meat, such as round steak, hamburger or chicken
6 cups assorted frozen vegetables, such as corn, peas, beans, potatoes, carrots
3 cups water
1 can (14 1/2 ounces) nonfat chicken broth
1 1/2 cups bottled spaghetti sauce or tomato sauce
1 can (14 1/2 ounces) crushed or stewed tomatoes, optional
1 cup (1 large) onion, peeled and coarsely chopped
2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon each salt and pepper
1/2 teaspoon dried basil
1/4 teaspoon dried thyme
1 teaspoon reduced-sodium chicken-flavor bouillon crystals (or 1 cube), optional

Directions:

Put all ingredients in an electric slow-cooker (3-quart or larger). (If freezer vegetables do not include potatoes, you can add 1 1/2 cups fresh potato cubes.)

Cook on low heat overnight or for 8 to 10 hours. When the soup is cooked, remove any large pieces of meat and shred them. Return meat to pot and stir. Soup keeps refrigerated for several days.

Makes 8 servings (1 1/2 cups each).

Potato Bake

Recipe Source: Erin’s Recipes

Ingredients:

3 c. instant mashed potatoes
4 tbsp. butter/margarine
1 tsp. salt
1 c. milk
1/2 c. Cheddar cheese, grated
1 c. bacon cooked and crumbled (or diced ham)

Directions:

In casserole dish combine water, butter, salt and milk. Heat on high 4 minutes. Add potato flakes and fluff with fork. Cover for 5 minutes. Add Cheddar cheese. Mix well. Top with bacon or ham. Heat on medium for 5-10 minutes until cheese looks completely melted. Broccoli can also be added.

Makes 4 servings.

Easy Oven Beef and Gravy

Recipe Source: internetnut / recipezaar.com

Prep/Cooking Time: 2¼ hours / 5 min prep

Ingredients:

2 lbs boneless beef cubes
1 (10 1/2 ounce) can cream of mushroom soup
1 (10 1/2 ounce) can water
1 (1 7/8 ounce) envelope dry onion soup mix

Directions:

Mix the soups and water together using a electric mixer in a bowl.

Place the cubed beef in a oven proof dish.

Pour the soup mix over the beef and gently fold until all the meat is covered.

Cover the dish and bake at 325 for 2 hours, stirring several times.

Serve this over mashed potatoes or noodles.

Sausage and Vegetable Soup

Recipe Source: Ken Meaux

Prep/Cooking Time: 1 hour

Ingredients:

1 can 14 1/2 oz can of chicken broth
1 can 14 1/2 oz beef broth
1 can 14 1/2 oz Italian stewed tomatoes
2 cups hash browns potatoes
1 package 16 oz soup vegetables frozen, or any brand
8 ounces smoked sausage sliced
salt and pepper to taste
1 tsp sugar

Directions:

Combine broths and undrained tomatoes in a large sauce pan and bring to boil. Stir in soup vegetables, sausage, and salt and pepper. Bring to a boil again. Reduce heat and simmer for 20 minutes untill vegetables are almost done. Add hash browns and simmer untill soft.

Season to taste and ladle in bowls and sprinkle with a little parmesan cheese. If you want it a little thinner add more liquid. Recommended Sides serve with corn bread or french bread.

Red Dill Potato Salad

Prep and Cooking Time: 30 minutes

Ingredients:

3 lbs. red potatoes, cooked
1 tbsp. Dijon mustard
1 tbsp. red wine vinegar
1 tsp. dill weed
1 c. mayonnaise
2 tbsp. bacon, cooked, crumbled
6 green leaf lettuce leaves

Directions:

Potatoes should be cooked until just done with skins on in boiling salted water (approximately 20-40 minutes depending on size of potatoes). Slice potatoes after they have cooled and place in mixing bowl.

In a separate bowl mix mustard, vinegar, dill and mayonnaise and pour over potatoes. Mix well. Refrigerate until ready to serve. Serve individually on leaf lettuce and sprinkle each salad with bacon crumbs.

Serves: 6.

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