Showing posts with label Strawberry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Strawberry. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Best Crockpot Recipes: Learn How To Make A Strawberry Rhubarb Cobbler Recipe

Do you remember the delicious scents and aromas that use to linger around your grandmother's home while she was stirring up something delicious to eat? Alternatively, perhaps you would just like to try some of the best crockpot recipes you can find online today. Do you love strawberries and would like to experiment with rhubarb? If so, you may just love this delicious cobbler recipe that you can make at home with your own crockpot.

Create Comfort Foods in Your Crockpot

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Rhubarb is really good and you can use it for various things. For instance, adding rhubarb to strawberries is an old time favorite and now you can enjoy blending these to flavors together to make something delicious for your family. Can you just imagine this becoming one of your family favorites and then one day, your grandchildren will come in search of your favorite recipes so they can make them for their children.

Cooking and making some delicious recipes is one of the many ways that we bond as families. Learn how to make something new and exciting. Cobblers are an all time favorite with many families and now you can make them in the crockpot. This will save you time, effort, and offers for an easy clean up afterwards. Therefore, you can get the same great results as grandmother did all those years ago, without having to slave away in the kitchen day and night.

Recipe for Strawberry Rhubarb Cobbler

What You Need
1 ½ cups sliced strawberries 2 ½ cups sliced rhubarb ¾ cup sugar ½ cup water 2 teaspoons lemon juice 2 Tablespoons cornstarch Several drops of cold water 1 cup self rising flour 3 Tablespoons sugar ¼ teaspoon salt ¼ cup butter or margarine ½ cup milk

How to Make It

Place your crockpot on a low setting and then add the strawberries, rhubarb, sugar, ½ cup water, and the lemon juice. Stir to mix and then cover with lid. Allow this mixture to cook on a low setting for about 4 to 5 hours.

Mix several drops of cold water with the 2 tablespoons cornstarch and mix well to create a paste and then add this mixture to the crockpot. Stir well and then increase the temperature to a high setting. Cover with lid and cook.

Using a small mixing bowl you will add the self rising flour and sugar. Stir to combine. Cut in the cold butter or margarine until the mixture is grainy in texture. Gradually add the milk to moisten.

Spoon small amounts of this mixture over the fruit mixture in the crockpot, and then cover with lid and allow it to cook for another hour on a high setting.

After cooking turn of the heat and allow the strawberry rhubarb cobbler to cool before serving. You might consider serving this cobbler by itself or adding a dollop of whipped topping or even serving it with vanilla or strawberry ice cream.

Best Crockpot Recipes: Learn How To Make A Strawberry Rhubarb Cobbler Recipe

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Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Crockpot Yankee Pot Roast With Strawberry Pretzel Salad - Both Diabetic Friendly

Today's busy families require all the help they can get to have sit-down family meals. Here is a menu to help you out. This meal starts with an easy crockpot Yankee pot roast. Add Strawberry-Pretzel salad which serves as both a salad and dessert. And the best part is that it can be made ahead and kept in the refrigerator until serving time. This is a simple meal but is much better for your family than fast food.

YANKEE POT ROAST

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2 1/2 - 3 lbs beef chuck roast
1 lb med baking potatoes, scrubbed, quartered
2 large carrots, cut into inch-size pieces
1 medium onion, quarted
2 bay leaves
1 tsp dried rosemary
1/2 tsp dried thyme
1/2 cup reduced-sodium beef broth

Trim excess fat from beef and discard. Cut into serving size pieces; sprinkle with salt and pepper. Combine vegetables and spices in slow cooker. Place beef pieces over vegetables. Pour the broth over beef. Cover and cook on low 8 to 9 hours or until beef is fork tender. Discard bay leaves before serving.

Note: 1 large parsnip, cut into bite size pieces may be added for more flavor.

Serves six. Per serving with parsnip: 494 calories, 48 g protein, 35 g carbs

STRAWBERRY-PRETZEL SALAD

2 cups coarsely ground unsalted pretzels
1/4 cup Splenda Brown Sugar Blend
1/2 cup melted butter
8 oz cream cheese
3/4 cup Splenda
1 small tub sugar-free whipped topping
2 small boxes sugar-free strawberry gelatin
2 cups hot water
2 pkgs (10-oz each) sugar-free frozen strawberries

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Mix pretzels, brown sugar blend, and butter; press into the bottom of a 9 x 13-inch pan. Bake 8 minutes. Allow crust to cool.

Blend cream cheese with Splenda; beat. Fold whipped topping into cream cheese mixture; spread over crust. Dissolve gelatin in hot water; add frozen berries. When gelatin begins to thicken, pour over the cream cheese mixture. Refrigerate until serving time.

Note: Graham crackers may be substituted for the pretzels.

Enjoy!

Crockpot Yankee Pot Roast With Strawberry Pretzel Salad - Both Diabetic Friendly

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