Crock Pot Love

I love my crock pot, without it I am not sure what I would do, as a working mom it is my best solution for a real home cooked meal when I don't get home till 5:30. Here are 2 reciepes I made this weekend, I forgot to take pictures, but trust me it was good!!!

3 Bean Turkey Chili
Ingredients:

1 1/2 pounds ground turkey

28 ounces chopped tomatoes-- un drained

15 ounces tomato sauce

1 med chopped onion

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 1/2tablespoon chili powder

1 4 oz can of green chilies

15 ounces garbanzo beans -- drained and rinsed

15 ounces dark red kidney beans -- drained and rinsed

Directions: Brown the turkey in a skillet; drain. Combine all ingredients Cover; cook on low for 4-5 hours. Stir occasionally

Great with some freash corn bread!!



Chocolate Delight

Ingredients:
1 pkg. chocolate cake mix
8 oz. sour cream
1 C. chocolate chips
1 C. water
4 eggs
3/4 C. vegetable oil
1-4 serving size package chocolate flavor instant pudding and pie filling mix

Directions
Lightly grease inside of crock pot.
Combine all ingredients in large bowl.
Pour into crock pot.
Cover and cook on low 6 to 8 hours or on high 3 to 4 hours.
Test for doneness with tooth pick like cake in oven. (we like ours a bit gooey on the inside so we cut the cook time by about 30 to 45 min)
Serve hot or warm with ice cream, caramel sauce, etc.

Dump cake doesn't sound good but it is :)

I love to bake however during the week there just isn't anytime since I don't get the kids home till 5pm and of course once we get home I make dinner, do homework, try to correct bad behavior from school, baths etc.

So I think I have solved my during the week baking drought! I found a great receipt for Dump Cake, it is so yummy and there are many variations to it. Since my son and I love Chocolate and my husband will eat whatever I put in front of him this seems like a good choice. For those of you who know me no I didn't forget my daughter, she won't touch anything sweet. I think I hould have her checked out because not eating Cakes, Cookies Pies, Ice cream just doesn't seem normal for a child although she does eat very healthy and if you give her any kind of fruit and she will eat to her hearts content! Anyway I digress! So I make a Chocolate Dump cake last night that took all of 5 mins to prepare and 30 mins to bake how simple. I will admit that it is not a pretty desert but man does it taste good. Here are my pictures as well as a couple variations of the recipe.


Regular Dump cake
20 ounces crushed pineapple
16 ounces cherry pie filling
1 package yellow cake mix, dry
1 1/2 sticks butter, sliced
Dump all ingredients into baking pan and bake at 350 F until brown, approximately 1 hour.


Chocolate Dump Cake (pictures above)
2 cans of cherry pie filling (21 ounces each)
1 box of chocolate cake mix
2 sticks of butter, sliced into 12 pieces each
2.25 ounce bag of chopped pecans
1/8 cup white sugar

Preheat the over to 350.

In a 9 x 13 cake pan:

Dump the 2 cans of cherry pie filling into the bottom of the pan. Sprinkle the box of chocolate cake mix evenly on top of that. Distribute the butter slices on top of the cake mix. Spread the pecans evenly over the butter and cake mix. Fianally, sprinkle the sugar over all.
Bake in the oven for 30-45 minutes and serve warm!

This is also delicious with a scoop of vanilla ice cream!


If you make it or if you have made it let me know what you think of it!