Give the barbecue a rest and use the crockpot to create this savory dish that is perfect for the summer.
Not Just Regular Beef Stew: a refined version with seared tenderloin cubes, red wine, clove-studded onion, and grated potato as a natural thickener. Pearl onions and fresh parsley finish.
Oma Pantke's gruene bohnen-eintopf: a traditional German one-pot stew of simmered stewing beef, green beans, and mashed potatoes thickened right in the pot. Grandmother's comfort cooking for six.
Italian sausage and cabbage soup with zucchini, spaghetti sauce, and beef bouillon. A hearty, rustic one-pot soup ready in 40 minutes, topped with grated Parmesan.
Slow cooker beer beef stew with tender chunks of stewing beef braised in dark beer, onions, thyme, and bay leaf. Flour-coated meat makes its own rich gravy as it cooks.
Slow cooker Mexican beef with round steak strips, kidney beans, tomatoes, chili powder, and mustard. A hands-off Tex-Mex dinner served over rice, ready after a low 8-hour simmer.
Slow cooker sloppy joes with ground beef, ketchup, tomato paste, Worcestershire, and vinegar. Brown the meat, dump everything in the crock pot, and come home to thick, tangy sandwich filling.
Skillet pork blade steaks simmered in peach nectar with basil and vinegar, then served over rice with a glossy fruit gravy. A sweet-savory one-pan dinner with Southern charm.
A dump-and-go slow cooker beef stew with tender chunks of stewing beef, potatoes, and carrots in a savory soy sauce and tomato broth. Just 15 minutes of prep, then let the crockpot do the work.
Cheesy beefy chili mac bakes sirloin, elbow macaroni, and a chili-spiced tomato and pizza sauce under a blanket of melted mozzarella. A hearty baked pasta casserole that crosses chili with mac and cheese.
Flour-pounded round steak browned in a skillet and baked with carrots, onion, celery, and tomato sauce. A classic Swiss steak sized just right for two, ready in 40 minutes.
Slow-simmered pinto beans with salt pork, crushed chilies, and beef bouillon. Southwestern side dish that cooks low and slow for creamy, flavorful beans.
Italian bulgur soup with summer squash, lima beans, tomatoes, basil, garlic, and Parmesan. A hearty, low-fat vegetable soup with whole grain texture, ready in 45 minutes.
Fast beef and noodles: ground beef, mushrooms, and egg noodles tossed with beef-mushroom soup and butter. A 40-minute stovetop skillet dinner for two.
Easy beef flavored noodles in a mushroom and sour cream sauce.
Five-bean soup with lima, great northern, kidney, pinto beans and split peas simmered with cumin, savory, bay leaf, and stewed tomatoes. A hearty from-scratch bean soup.