Guest guest Posted September 4, 2008 Report Share Posted September 4, 2008 I LOVE using my crockpot! Now that school has started again, for the kids as well as for myself (I homeschool, plus I'm taking online courses in Holistic Nutrition), I want to start using my crockpot again, so I don't have to worry about preparing food at 5:00. I am looking for some kid-friendly, quick and easy (not a lot of pre-preparation), not too many ingredients kind of vegetarian recipes. We do use some eggs, we do not use dairy (but I can use soy subs), we do not use " meat analogs " or peanuts, cashews, or almonds. I know that leaves out a lot of recipes! But if anyone has any they can share, it would be MUCH appreciated! Marilyn **************It's only a deal if it's where you want to go. Find your travel deal here. (http://information.travel.aol.com/deals?ncid=aoltrv00050000000047) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 4, 2008 Report Share Posted September 4, 2008 Hi Marilyn, I have adapted one of Joanne Stepaniak's recipes from The Ultimate Uncheese Cookbook (pg. 110, Cheezy Broccoli Rice or something like that) for my crockpot. I just made it the other day and both my girls and husband liked it. I didn't really measure much, but it's one of those that you can just throw stuff in the crockpot. 2 cups Basmati Rice (can use Brown I suppose, but will need probably more liquid and longer cooking) 2 cups vegetarian 'chicken' broth 2 cups Almond milk (I use homemade almond/barley milk){just went back and saw the no almonds in your email....I'm sure soy or rice milk would work as well; or even all broth...} 1 cup nutritional yeast 1 package frozen broccoli 1 package frozen cauliflower 1 package frozen peas 1 package frozen sweet corn about 1 1/2 cups seitan (I use homemade, but I suppose store bought would do){this is, of course, optional if you consider it a meat analog...} about 2 tbsp. Olive Oil about 2 tsp. minced garlic (to taste) 1-2 tsp salt (to taste) Put in rice, liquids, and and garlic/salt; stir, add frozen veggies and seitan. Cook on high 4 hours or until rice is done and you are ready to eat. Try stirring in the middle so the sides don't get too brown and the veggies get some of the liquid on them. You may also need to add some more liquid as it gets towards the last hour or so. (If I remember correctly I did...) Hope you like it! (I also hope I remembered everything!!) Let me know if it comes out good for you. Elizabeth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 4, 2008 Report Share Posted September 4, 2008 Hi Marilyn, I cook very few things in the crockpot, but the star crock recipe here is chili. Just beans, tomato sauce, veggies, spices, and (believe it or not) sometimes some fruit like peaches or pineapple. It's delish. Best of luck! Lorraine On Behalf Of sahmomof8 Thursday, September 04, 2008 5:20 AM Cc: Eat-2-Live Anyone have crockpot recipes to share? I LOVE using my crockpot! Now that school has started again, for the kids as well as for myself (I homeschool, plus I'm taking online courses in Holistic Nutrition), I want to start using my crockpot again, so I don't have to worry about preparing food at 5:00. I am looking for some kid-friendly, quick and easy (not a lot of pre-preparation), not too many ingredients kind of vegetarian recipes. We do use some eggs, we do not use dairy (but I can use soy subs), we do not use " meat analogs " or peanuts, cashews, or almonds. I know that leaves out a lot of recipes! But if anyone has any they can share, it would be MUCH appreciated! Marilyn **************It's only a deal if it's where you want to go. Find your travel deal here. (http://information. <http://information.travel.aol.com/deals?ncid=aoltrv00050000000047> travel.aol.com/deals?ncid=aoltrv00050000000047) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 5, 2008 Report Share Posted September 5, 2008 Chili, stews and soups can all be a easy or complicated as you want. You can used canned beans, chopped garlic and onion, canned tomatoes (more lycopene!) and chopped frozen veggies. throw in italian seasoning and broken spagetti; throw in chili powder, cumin, and cocoa for chili. --- On Thu, 9/4/08, sahmomof8 <sahmomof8 wrote: sahmomof8 <sahmomof8 Anyone have crockpot recipes to share? Cc: Eat-2-Live Thursday, September 4, 2008, 7:20 AM I LOVE using my crockpot! Now that school has started again, for the kids as well as for myself (I homeschool, plus I'm taking online courses in Holistic Nutrition), I want to start using my crockpot again, so I don't have to worry about preparing food at 5:00. I am looking for some kid-friendly, quick and easy (not a lot of pre-preparation) , not too many ingredients kind of vegetarian recipes. We do use some eggs, we do not use dairy (but I can use soy subs), we do not use " meat analogs " or peanuts, cashews, or almonds. I know that leaves out a lot of recipes! But if anyone has any they can share, it would be MUCH appreciated! Marilyn ************ **It's only a deal if it's where you want to go. Find your travel deal here. (http://information. travel.aol. com/deals? ncid=aoltrv00050 000000047) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 5, 2008 Report Share Posted September 5, 2008 Thanks everyone for all your suggestions! Lisa, I'd forgotten about that website--thanks for the reminder! Elizabeth, your recipe looks great! I guess I just needed a " jumpstart " --some ideas to try. Despite my comments about the vegan " food " display in my other posts (sorry guys--nutrition is a passion of mine, and a HUGE " soapbox issue " ), I too grew up on all the standard American foods. It is SO tempting to just give up and give in and go back to throwing a beef roast in the crockpot! It's what I was taught to do, and I fed my family that way for years before I came to the decision to do things differently. I am just beginning to get comfortable with these new recipes, and it's a real learning process for this former Suzy Homemaker! Marilyn **************It's only a deal if it's where you want to go. Find your travel deal here. (http://information.travel.aol.com/deals?ncid=aoltrv00050000000047) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 5, 2008 Report Share Posted September 5, 2008 My favorite cookbook for the crockbook is Joanne Rancor's Fast Cooking in a Slow Cooker. It's vegan and has some traditional " slow cooker " recipes as well as some other uses for the slow cooker. ~Audrey fruit Audrey Quick ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Certified Health Educator Certified Health Coach 516-670-9694 <http://www.healthy-quicks./> www.healthy-quicks.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Juice Plus+...Fruits, Veggies, and Berries...whole food nutrition in capsules, chewables, or gummies...proven to be good preventive health for the busy family...a great health decision! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 5, 2008 Report Share Posted September 5, 2008 Marilyn, We've used several from this site: http://www.fatfreevegan.com/crockpot/crockpot.shtml We especially love her vegan gumbo. Also, this site: http://www.all-creatures.org/recipes/soup.html The Autumn Chowder is fantastic. I use my crockpot a lot. I have 5 kids (3 teens) still at home and they go go go. I like to have something in the crockpot and a loaf of bread in the breadmachine to feed them healthily. Hope you enjoy the recipes Lisa in Tennessee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 5, 2008 Report Share Posted September 5, 2008 I believe that posting a recipe, WITH attribution, to a list like this is considered " fair use " . Especially with your glowing recommendation about the cookbook as a whole: it's a form of advertising to convince consumers to buy the book. FWIW, Liz Jacqueline Bodnar <jb Thursday, September 4, 2008 6:15:15 PM RE: Anyone have crockpot recipes to share? I love using mine as well. There is a great cookbook called " Straight From the Vegetarian Slow Cooker. " It has great recipes in there that I use often. I'd copy and post them to the list, but I won't because I'd be breaking copyright laws (I'm a fellow writer, so I don't want to do that). But it's inexpensive and has good recipes. Jacqueline Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 5, 2008 Report Share Posted September 5, 2008 Don't forget a little sweetener in chili, like molasses or dark brown sugar. It rounds out the acid in the tomatoes for a fuller flavor. Liz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 5, 2008 Report Share Posted September 5, 2008 Check out this online group, " vegetarian crock pot mommies " : http://www.cafemom.com55164/boards/index.php?email_id=177263210 It's a new group with a growing list of recipes and advice for preparing veggie fare in a crock pot. I myself just purchased my first crock pot last week, so there's not much info I can give you directly! ~Valerie , sahmomof8 wrote: > > I LOVE using my crockpot! Now that school has started again, for the kids as > well as for myself (I homeschool, plus I'm taking online courses in Holistic > Nutrition), I want to start using my crockpot again, so I don't have to > worry about preparing food at 5:00. I am looking for some kid-friendly, quick and > easy (not a lot of pre-preparation), not too many ingredients kind of > vegetarian recipes. We do use some eggs, we do not use dairy (but I can use soy > subs), we do not use " meat analogs " or peanuts, cashews, or almonds. I know that > leaves out a lot of recipes! But if anyone has any they can share, it would > be MUCH appreciated! Marilyn > > > > **************It's only a deal if it's where you want to go. Find your travel > deal here. > (http://information.travel.aol.com/deals?ncid=aoltrv00050000000047) > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 6, 2008 Report Share Posted September 6, 2008 Check this out: http://www.cafemom.com55164/boards/index.php?email_id=177263210 This is a new group with a growing list of vegetarian and vegan crock pot recipes! ~Valerie , " Elizabeth Murray " <funwiththekids wrote: > > Hi Marilyn, > I have adapted one of Joanne Stepaniak's recipes from The Ultimate Uncheese > Cookbook (pg. 110, Cheezy Broccoli Rice or something like that) for my > crockpot. I just made it the other day and both my girls and husband liked > it. > I didn't really measure much, but it's one of those that you can just throw > stuff in the crockpot. > > 2 cups Basmati Rice (can use Brown I suppose, but will need probably more > liquid and longer cooking) > 2 cups vegetarian 'chicken' broth > 2 cups Almond milk (I use homemade almond/barley milk){just went back and > saw the no almonds in your email....I'm sure soy or rice milk would work as > well; or even all broth...} > 1 cup nutritional yeast > 1 package frozen broccoli > 1 package frozen cauliflower > 1 package frozen peas > 1 package frozen sweet corn > about 1 1/2 cups seitan (I use homemade, but I suppose store bought would > do){this is, of course, optional if you consider it a meat analog...} > about 2 tbsp. Olive Oil > about 2 tsp. minced garlic (to taste) > 1-2 tsp salt (to taste) > > Put in rice, liquids, and and garlic/salt; stir, add frozen veggies and > seitan. Cook on high 4 hours or until rice is done and you are ready to > eat. Try stirring in the middle so the sides don't get too brown and the > veggies get some of the liquid on them. You may also need to add some more > liquid as it gets towards the last hour or so. (If I remember correctly I > did...) > > Hope you like it! (I also hope I remembered everything!!) > Let me know if it comes out good for you. > Elizabeth > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 6, 2008 Report Share Posted September 6, 2008 I am currently writing a book that includes recipes. I wholeheartedly agree with Jacqueline that posting recipes can discourage individuals from getting the book, however it is permissible to reprint the ingredients and include your own summary of how to turn them into the final output.. Listings of ingredients are not copyrightable, it is the direction that goes with it often considered the literary expression portion which can be a violation of copyright law. While I am not at the recipe piece of my book yet, still playing around with the menus I will be asking for permission to reprint them in their original form and give credit to the authors and books, however I wanted to share what I have learned that you can list ingredients and then provide your own description of how to create into a dish, especially if you have made a dish distinctively your own through trial and error. But again I like to reference the book and the author rather than provide the recipe to encourage those great vegan recipe writers to continue to experiment and share their ideas. One of my favorites I have listed before is the Real Food Daily cookbook at www.realfood.com <http://www.realfood.com/> . http://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl122.html http://www.ipwatchdog.com/copyright/the-law-of-recipes/ _____ On Behalf Of Jacqueline Bodnar Saturday, September 06, 2008 12:04 PM RE: Anyone have crockpot recipes to share? Liz, Sorry, but that is incorrect. I've taken classes on this topic and people often have a hard time with it. If you post something in it's entirety (like a whole recipe taken from someone's book) that is a copyright violation, unless you have not gotten the expressed consent of the author and/or publisher. Fair use is you taking a small portion of it only and posting it (like the description of what the recipe or book is about). For example, you can post a short paragraph from an article to let people know what it is about and then provide the link where they can read it online. But if you copy and paste the whole article and send it out in an e-mail to the group then it's a copyright violation unless the author (or whoever owns the rights to it, which is usually the book company or magazine) gives their approval of doing so. You mentioned that it will convince consumer to buy the book... this is quite the contrary. If people get the recipes sent free in their e-mail and they are straight out of someone's book then they have no reason to purchase the book. It actually harms the author and publisher... which is why it's illegal... Giving credit (with attribution as you mentioned) does not wipe away copyright infringement. :-) Sorry to be a stickler, but my career is that of a writer, so it's a subject near and dear to my heart... Jacqueline > ------- > Re: Anyone have crockpot recipes to share? > ERB <bakwin (AT) sbcglobal (DOT) <bakwin%40sbcglobal.net> net> > Fri, September 05, 2008 11:39 am > @gro <%40> ups.com > > > I believe that posting a recipe, WITH attribution, to a list like this is considered " fair use " . Especially with your glowing recommendation about the cookbook as a whole: it's a form of advertising to convince consumers to buy the book. > > FWIW, > > Liz > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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