Slow cooker Beer and maple ham

So… I have this killer recipe where I change the taste by changing which type of beer I use. I think it’s a perfect recipe when it’s getting cold outside and you like tender meat. Another thing I like about this is that you have to use a cheap ham to do it and it yield food for an army, well unless our friend Skeet’s coming over.

Beer and maple ham

Ingredients
- 1 ham with the bone in. (Sometime, they’re so discounted its ridiculous!)
- ½ cup of maple syrup (If you cannot find maple syrup, I think molasses, honey or corn syrup would do)
- 1 beer (that is where the fun is, I usually use Guinness, but we were out of it so I used a Trois-Pistole from Unibroue)
- 1 tea spoon of dried mustard
- 1 onion chopped into chunks
- Salt and pepper

Throw everything in the slow cooker and cook on low for 10 hours. Enjoy.



I am so sorry the pictures do not show how yummy this is.

Great pork tenderloin in the slow cooker

On busy week nights, I don’t always know what to cook and it’s always a scramble to fix dinner. The slow cooker has been really useful then as I throw everything in it in the morning and when I get home, it smells good and dinner is ready.

Ingredients

- 1 (2 pounds) pork tenderloin
- 1 envelope of dry onion soup mix
- 1 cup of water
- ¾ cup of red wine (doesn’t it already sound great?!)
- 3 tablespoon of minced garlic
- 3 tablespoon of soy sauce
- Salt and pepper to taste

How to?

1. Place the pork tenderloin in the slow cooker with the content of the soup packet. Pour water, wine and soy sauce over the top, turning the pork to coat. Carefully spread garlic over the pork, leaving as much on top of the roast during cooking as possible. Sprinkle with salt and pepper, cover and cook on low for 6 hours. (depend on the slow cooker)

Crockpot apples, raisins and beef curry

I was looking for an easy Crockpot recipe the other day as I knew I was going to do a 60+ hours week and I wanted to have some healthy food ready for my husband to eat. I really don’t want him to survive on frozen corndogs and burritos when I work like crazy.

I had been browsing for about an hour when I stumbled upon this recipe. For the record, reading food blogs for an hour is my way of relaxing and day dreaming. Anyhow, the title captivated my attention, my husband wanted curry, and I couldn’t help but be drawn to this recipe since it had apples and raisins in it.
I think it would be better if I was to add more curry paste in it. I am a pretty mild person but I could have had this curry a little bit more fierce.

Apples, raisins and beef curry

- 2 pounds beef round steak or lean stew beef in cubes (I think this recipe could be done with any meat)
- ½ of all purpose flour
- 1 table spoon of curry powder
- 2 garlic cloves (I put 4 heheh)
- ½ cup of raisins
- 1 cup of chopped onions
- 2 apples, peeled, cored and sliced (I diced)
- 2 teaspoon of salt
- ½ teaspoon of pepper
- 1 ½ cup of beef broth (I ran out so I used chicken)
- 1 tablespoon of masala curry paste

Preparation



Combine the flour, curry powder, salt and pepper. Coat the meat cubes with the flour mixture. Place beef in Crockpot. Add all the other ingredients and stir gently to blend. Cover and cook on low setting for 8 to 10 hours. Serve over hot cooked rice.



Mildly yummy. Could be adapted, it may be only ok because I changed so many ingredients…..