This slow-cooked taco sauce has great flavor and can be used in a variety of dishes. Also, it freezes great!
Method: crock pot
Time: over 5 hours
Crock Pot Back To The Basics
These are all the recipes that you never think about using your crockpot for - but should! These are the slow simmered pasta and barbecue sauces. These are the fruit butters and preserves. These are the basics. Caramelize some garlic, simmer some chutney, or make some hot dog sauce fit for Coney Island.
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Taco Sauce
Coney Island Hot Dog Sauce
Coney sauce will always take a frank to the next level. Beef, tomato sauce, and onions spiced up with a few choice seasonings make a hearty hot dog topping.
Method: crock pot, stovetop
Time: over 5 hours
Spaghetti Sauce with Meatballs and Italian Sausage
Meatballs and sausage team up in this meat-lover's pasta. Port wine and basil give the sauce an incredibly deep flavor.
Method: crock pot
Time: over 5 hours
Peach Butter
This easy-to-follow recipe combines pureed fresh peaches, sugar, and aromatic spices, slow-cooked in a crock pot to a perfect buttery consistency.
Method: crock pot
Time: over 5 hours
Hot Dog Chili
This meaty chili turns forlorn frankfurters into gourmet grillout food, especially when topped with some melty cheddar and sharp red onion. You'll have a hard time having a plain frank...
Method: crock pot, stovetop
Time: 2-5 hours
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Really Simple Spaghetti Sauce
With some basic ingredients and your slow cooker you can have a flavorful spaghetti sauce with little effort
Method: stovetop, crock pot
Time: over 5 hours
Simple Meatless Spaghetti Sauce
Homemade beats canned any day of the week, and spaghetti sauce is no exception. Slow-cooked tomatoes with red wine and spices make a sauce with deep flavor that no...
Method: crock pot
Time: over 5 hours
All-Purpose Barbecue Sauce
Nothing beats the flavor of a slow-simmered barbecue sauce. The crock pot lets this easily simmer for hours. Use it anywhere you'd like a little kick of bbq flavor.
Method: crock pot
Time: 2-5 hours
Fresh Tomato Sauce
Fresh, homemade tomato sauce makes a world of a difference in pastas, pizzas, and everything in between. A real tomato sauce takes all day to make, so just let the crockpot do the...
Method: crock pot
Time: over 5 hours
Spicy Marinara Sauce
This spicy marinara sauce packs a punch with just a handful of ingredients. Made easily in a crock pot, this sauce combines tomatoes, aromatic herbs, and a kick of garlic, perfect...
Method: crock pot
Time: 2-5 hours
Roasted Garlic
Foiled heads of garlic drizzled with olive oil couldn't be easier, and roasted garlic makes a killer spread for good bread or addition to blended soups.
Method: crock pot
Time: over 5 hours
Chicken and Sausage Spaghetti Sauce
Made with pasta, spaghetti sauce, mushroom stems and pieces, Italian sausage, boneless chicken breasts, green bell pepper, onion, Italian seasoning
Method: crock pot, stovetop
Time: 2-5 hours
Chocolate Fudge Sauce
This slow cooked fudge sauce is a rich and delicious dessert sauce that is perfect for topping ice cream, brownies, cake, or just eating with a spoon.
Method: crock pot
Time: 1-2 hours
Root Beer Barbecue Sauce
Putting soda pop in BBQ sauce is starting to get popular for a reason. Root beer adds an especially tangy note to the slow cooked sauce along with orange, molasses, and ginger.
Method: crock pot
Time: 2-5 hours
Coffee Barbecue Sauce
Coffee is a really underrated ingredient for BBQ. The dark, bitter flavor works beautifully with the sweet brown sugar and spices in this sauce recipe.
Method: crock pot
Time: 2-5 hours
Venison Spaghetti Sauce
If you're on the hunt for something different, this venison spaghetti sauce brings together a combination of ground game and farm-fresh veggies. It's a rustic slow-cooked twist...
Method: crock pot, stovetop
Time: over 5 hours
Low Fat Apple Butter
Made with ground nutmeg, ground cinnamon, apples, apple juice
Method: crock pot
Time: over 5 hours
Red Clam Sauce
Made with oil, minced clams, tomatoes, tomato paste, parsley, sugar, bay leaf, dried basil, dried thyme, salt
Method: crock pot, stovetop
Time: 2-5 hours
Pepperoni Spaghetti Sauce
Made with tomato paste, green pepper, onion, garlic, sugar, salt, dried oregano, dried basil, chili powder, black pepper
Method: crock pot
Time: 2-5 hours
Apple Cider Apple Butter
Made with salt, allspice, nutmeg, apples, apple cider, sugar, cinnamon, cloves
Method: crock pot
Time: over 5 hours
All Meat Chili Spread
Made with ground beef, tomato paste, tomatoes, salt, chili powder, garlic
Method: crock pot
Time: 2-5 hours
Polish Spaghetti Sauce
Made with Worcestershire sauce, oregano leaves, ground beef, kielbasa Polish sausage, tomato paste, water, onion, garlic, black pepper, salt
Method: crock pot
Time: over 5 hours
Spinach Marinara Sauce
This spinach marinara sauce combines robust flavors of spinach, mushrooms, crushed tomatoes, garlic, and red pepper, simmered in the crock pot.
Method: crock pot
Time: 2-5 hours
Chunky Apple Butter
Made with apples, sugar, ground cinnamon, ground cloves, salt
Method: crock pot
Time: 1-2 hours
Eggplant Spaghetti Sauce
Made with salt, eggplant, onion, garlic, stewed tomatoes, mushroom pieces, tomato paste, dried oregano, dried parsley, Italian seasoning
Method: crock pot
Time: 2-5 hours
Peach-Apricot Butter
Made with vanilla extract, orange or lemon juice, peaches, sugar, apricot nectar
Method: crock pot
Time: 2-5 hours
Pumpkins aren't just for pies or Halloween decorations. These large, orange gourds - while naturally sweet - also work well in savory dishes. They pair well with poultry and pork (and especially bacon) and their creamy-when-cooked texture blends easily into soups.
A can of cream of mushroom soup can be a real dinner saver. It works great in casseroles and can turn into a sauce or gravy in a pinch.
What's the secret ingredient in these cakes? Pudding mix. It not only adds flavor but it gives the cake a richer, creamier texture. No one will know your secret ingredient!