Tasty Tuesday: Two Crock Pot Recipes to Try This Week

The cold weather is coming on strong! Time to put those grills away (officially) and bust out the crock pot. Nothing beats arriving home after a long day at work, opening the door and instantly having your nose fill up with the smell of a delicious meal! Seriously, we can't wait to try these recipes...and we hope you're just as excited too!

Stuffed Pepper Soup

Ingredients

1 lb extra-lean ground beef

1 c onion diced

14-1/2 oz can Red Gold diced tomatoes with Roasted Garlic and Onions

2 c green peppers and/or red peppers chopped

15 oz can Red Gold tomato sauce

3 c beef broth

1/2 t dried basil

1/2 t dried oregano

1 c cooked rice

Instructions

Brown your beef with your onion in a skillet over medium heat.

Drain your beef and onions and place in your 6-quart slow cooker.

Add your Red Gold tomatoes (juice and all) and the rest of your ingredients.

Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours.

We love stuffed peppers and we absolutely LOVE soup...so this seems like the perfect combination for us! Can't wait to get a taste of this recipe!

Cuban Mojo Pork

Ingredients

1 bone-in pork shoulder (about 4 pounds) pork butt works as well)

11/2 teaspoons salt

1 teaspoon ground black pepper

3/4 cup orange juice, freshly squeezed

1/2 cup lime juice, freshly squeezed

Zest of 1 orange

Zest of 1 lime

1/2 cup olive oil

8 cloves garlic, chopped finely

2 teaspoons dried oregano

2 teaspoons ground cumin

1/4 cup chopped cilantro (lightly packed)

Instructions

Using a paring knife, make a few slits all over the surface of the pork.

To the slow cooker, add the rest of the ingredients. Mix to combine. 

Place the pork in the slow cooker and cook on high for 5 - 6 hours or on low for 8 - 10 hours.

The pork should be tender and almost falling of the bone!. Carefully remove it from the slow cooker and place it onto an aluminum foil lined baking sheet.

Bake at 400 degrees Fahrenheit for about 15 to 20 minutes or until browned. 

Remove from the oven and let it rest for 10 minutes before serving. You will be able to shred the meat with a couple of forks, yes, it will be that tender!

Serve with the remaining juices from the slow cooker.

When you need a break from all of those chicken dishes, this pork recipe will surely do the trick! Yum!

Test out these two recipes and devour the details of some marvelous meals for dinner this week! Enjoy!