What are your favorite meals when weather starts to cool in the fall?

[First Class]

The great thing about a crockpot is being able to leave and not worry. Rick was a firefighter for Denver for 40 years. He feels much safer with a crockpot.

I have had the same one for 20 years and it's never had an issue. Surprised that one would break after the warranty is over. That's concerning.

I was surprised too because my Mom had one for probably 30 years that was still going strong! The difference may be that hers had a knob and mine had a push button panel. At least it didn't spark or catch fire. It just never heated up. I think the panels are made much more fragile than the originals. Planned obsolescence maybe?

 

[moonstone]

The great thing about a crockpot is being able to leave and not worry. Rick was a firefighter for Denver for 40 years. He feels much safer with a crockpot.

I have had the same one for 20 years and it's never had an issue. Surprised that one would break after the warranty is over. That's concerning.

DH is a retired FF as well and he also preferred that I use a crockpot instead of the oven. Soon after we got our gas stove and the in-laws were babysitting for a weekend, my MiL almost caught a tea towel on fire using it as a pot holder and the end of it hung down on the burner guard too long. I have no oven now after it died last winter (burners all still work) and since we BBQ and don't use the oven all summer, I never replaced it. I doubt I will have time to look for a new one and get it delivered/installed during the week we are home over Christmas, so maybe next spring.
I used to use the crockpot in the summer sometimes when it was too hot to put the stove on. I have cooked ribs, potatoes, made spaghetti sauce in it and a chicken /mushroom soup /rice dish that DH loves. Since I got my pressure cooker I now use it quite a bit but still trying to get the hang of cooking times. It seems that things are overdone and stuck to the bottom or not done enough. It also doesn't create much heat in the kitchen and mine has a slow cooker setting that I have used with great success. The InstaPot is also much larger than my crockpot which is good for making a batch of spaghetti sauce or a big stew.


~Diane

 

[Tia]

I was gifted a crock pot that lasted just until the warranty expired, so I went back to my preferred traditional method of Dutch oven in the oven. I like that I can put other things in the oven while it cooks. I also thought that the crock pot baking dish was heavier and more difficult to handle than the Dutch oven.

my crockpot still working great since 1982!! I like to put the ingredients in and let it cook w/o me being there. Friends had a newer one that they used an app to turn the temp down to holding when they were not home yet.

 

[geist1223]

the title of this makes me laugh every time it pops up. Same answer since the1st time we moved to CA 25 yrs ago ...

Whatever they are serving on the flight to Hawaii

Honorable mention: Red Wine Lamb Stew. I put the "Red Wine" first in the name, since my wife has been known to go heavy on that, both in quality & quantity. Plenty of times I had to hold my tongue whild watching at least half of bottle of really good red go into the pot, because, well, I knew the end result was going to be so bleepin good

When Patti makes a Beef based Stew; or, a Red Pasta Sauce she always starts with half a Bottle of Red Wine.

 

[sponger76]

When Patti makes a Beef based Stew; or, a Red Pasta Sauce she always starts with half a Bottle of Red Wine.

Starts with drinking it or putting it in the recipe?

 

[1Kflyerguy]

The great thing about a crockpot is being able to leave and not worry. Rick was a firefighter for Denver for 40 years. He feels much safer with a crockpot.

I have had the same one for 20 years and it's never had an issue. Surprised that one would break after the warranty is over. That's concerning.

That's the same for us. I feel OK starting a meal in the crockpot and leaving it alone for most of the day. I don't like to leave things on the stove or in a hot oven for hours on end when nobody's home. Maybe the oven is just as safe, not sure.

 

[rickandcindy23]

The beef stroganoff recipe that I have calls for wine. I buy a little bottle for that recipe. I just love the flavor of the mushrooms, the beef/ butter sauce with the wine. I don't like wine to drink at all, it's like drinking vinegar to me, but I love it in recipes.

 

[Glynda]

I don't know. I like the idea of not worrying about the dinner.

I have this Pampered Chef crock pan with cover that I use quite a bit for roast, but it's hard to clean up after a meal.

With the chicken taco soup, you don't have to sear the meat. With pot roast, we definitely sear the meat in butter first. We use chuck roast.

Can you believe how expensive beef has been, specifically chuck roast? No more $4.99 pound on sale, either. I did pay $5.99/ pound at King Soopers last week, which was the best I could do. That's what's for dinner tonight for our son's birthday. He loves it.

I saw Cuisinart and All Clad multi cookers that sear and slow cook.

 

[geist1223]

Starts with drinking it or putting it in the recipe?

In the recipe. Half a bottle of Wine would put her on the floor or in bed.

 

[SChiam]

Tomorrow night it's crockpot pot roast with potatoes, carrots, onions and gravy for our son's birthday.

For dessert, Disney World recipe, Ooey Gooey Toffee Cake, our son's favorite treat. He loved it at the Liberty Tree Tavern years ago, and we have made it for his birthday each year since.

You are a wonderful mom

 

[TUGBrian]

chili and cornbread!

 

[WinniWoman]

It’s brutally cold here and this week I’ve made beef stew and lentil soup- both in the crock pot. .

I also make pasta dishes and oatmeal a lot.

 

[Elan]

Just made a massive batch of chicken wings. Both my boys love them, as do I. I really despise doing them any other way than deep frying, so given that I can only do about 6, properly, in the fryer at a time, it becomes a marathon cooking session. But, they're better than anything that one can find eating out. And since Costco has the huge packs of pre-sectioned at $2.79/lb, it makes for a pretty simple and inexpensive "football Saturday" type of meal.

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[DrQ]

I also make pasta dishes and oatmeal a lot.

My rice cooker has a Steel Cut Oats setting - it's great.

 

[Elan]

Just made some excellent pumpkin pancakes, and I'm not overly big on pumpkin anything. Not necessarily cool weather food, but seems appropriate since pumpkins and fall go together.

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