Recipe: Crock Pot Veggie Pizza
Skip pickup or delivery pizza tonight. Make your own pizza at home using your crock pot. It’s true! The recipe by Simple Nourished Living (who has a huge variety of slow cooker meals, by the way) is healthy and couldn’t be easier!
Ingredients:
- 1 refrigerated pizza dough (11 to 14 ounces)
- 1 cup pizza sauce or marinara sauce
- 1 cup shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
- Any sliced veggies of your choice!
Directions:
- Spray your slow cooker with cooking spray to make sure the pizza crust doesn’t stick.
- Place the dough into the crock pot and spread out onto the sides about an inch using your fingers.
- Evenly spread sauce onto the crust then put 3/4 cup of the cheese over the sauce.
- Toss in the vegetables and spread them out all over the pizza, covering it. Then put the rest of the 1/4 cup of cheese on top of the veggies.
- Cover your crock pot and cook on HIGH for 2 to 2-1/2 hours or until the crust begins to brown around the edges.
- Uncover and move lid quickly to make sure the condensation doesn’t drip onto your pizza.
- Turn off crock pot and let stand for 15 minutes.
- Using 2 spatulas, you should be able to lift it right out of the cooker.
- Cut into 8 pizza slices and enjoy!
Recipe: Slow Cooker French Toast Casserole
Doesn’t this Slow Cooker French Toast Casserole by Rachel Ray look AMAZING? It’s simple, too. Be sure to PIN IT and/or share it to your Facebook page so you don’t lose it!
Ingredients:
- 1 loaf white bread, cut into 1-inch cubes
- 8 eggs
- 1 1/2 cups milk
- 1/2 cup cream
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
- Zest of 1 orange
- 1/2 cup toasted walnuts
- 3 tablespoons butter, cut into cubes
- Nonstick cooking spray
- Maple syrup and bananas, for serving (Optional: butter or margarine for taste)
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 400ºF.
- Place bread cubes on a baking sheet and toast in the oven for 8-10 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from oven and allow to cool.
- In a large bowl, whisk together eggs, milk, cream, maple syrup and orange zest. Add the toasted bread cubes into the egg mixture. Add in walnuts and combine.
- Line the crock of a slow cooker with aluminum foil then spray with a nonstick cooking spray. Pour the bread and egg mixture into the slow cooker and dot the top with the cubed butter.
- Set the slow cooker to cook on high for 3 hours or set to low for 5 hours.
- Serve French Toast topped with maple syrup, sliced bananas, and more walnuts and butter if desired.
Recipe: Easy Crock Pot Enchiladas
You’d normally not expect to see something like enchiladas in a slow cooker, but this super easy and a little spicy recipe is perfect for these cold winter nights. Thanks to Easy Crock Pot Recipes for the delicious recipe!
Ingredients:
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1 cup chopped onion
- 1/2 cup chopped green pepper
- 1 can pinto or kidney beans, rinsed and drained
- 1 can black beans, rinsed and drained
- 1 can diced tomatoes and green chilis (leave undrained)
- 1/3 cup water
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese
- 1 cup shredded Monterrey Jack cheese
- 6 flour tortillas
Directions:
- In a large skillet, cook the beef, onion, and green pepper until beef is browned and vegetables are tender, then drain.
- Add the next eight ingredients and bring to a boil.
- Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 10 minutes.
- Combine cheese in a bowl.
- In the crock pot, layer about 3/4 cup of beef mixture, one tortilla and about 1/3 cup cheese. Repeat layers. Cover and cook on low for 6 hours.
Recipe: Nutella CrockPot Hot Cocoa
Gather around on Christmas Eve or morning and make this DELICIOUS Nutella hot cocoa using your slow cooker.
Ingredients:
- 5 cups Milk
- 1/2 cup Hershey’s Cocoa
- 1/2 cup Nutella
- 1/2 cup White Sugar
- 1 cup Hot Water
- Crockpot
Directions:
- Combine the cocoa, sugar, Nutella, and hot water in large pan. Stir, bringing to a gentle boil.
- Transfer this mixture to your crockpot, then add milk and stir.
- Cook on high for about 2 – 2.5 hours (or on low for approx. 4 – 4.5 hours), or until hot.
- Pour into mugs or Mason Jar Mugs, and top with whipped cream and sprinkles!
Thanks to The Frugal Girls for the recipe!