Slow-Cooked Meal for a Fast-Paced Life

Between all the baseball practises, tap, AWANA, doctor visits, PT, etc,… I knew I’d have to find some good slow cooker recipes if we were going to branch out from corn dogs, pizza, and McD’s.

We had a yummy one the other night. For those of you who feel like you’re always running behind–is there anyone who doesn’t?–I highly recommend experiencing the thrill of having all the dinner work done before 10 AM.

I had typed the whole recipe in before I thought to check the copyright. Argh!!! So I’ve rewritten the recipe being extremely vague, but you could still put it together. I think. If you need specific amounts, I found a similar recipe here.

Spicy Cabbage-Beef Soup

More than 1/2 pound, but less than 1 1/2 pounds of ground beef
a small head of cabbage, chopped
an onion, chopped
1 (16 oz.) can of kidney beans
1 (15 oz.) can crushed tomatoes
1 (14 oz.) can beef broth
1 (10 oz.) can diced tomatoes and green chilies, undrained
some salt
some ground cumin
some pepper
some teaspoon dried oregano

~Brown beef. Drain.
~Line the bottom of slow cooker with cabbage, mix the other ingredients together, and pour over the top.
~Cover and cook on HIGH 6 hours

The whole family really enjoyed it, including Mom and Dad who came up for dinner. And kind of excluding Joshua who tried to pick every single tomato out.

I use the Pampered Chef Large Micro-Cooker to brown the beef. It’s so quick, doesn’t get grease on the cooktop, and the grease pours out easily. I cook it for 6-7 minutes on 80% power and chopped it apart midway.