Crock Pot Taco Dip

Someone Toby works with brought this to a work pitch-in one time & he asked for the recipe. It's good & it  makes a fairly large batch. It's a great New Year's Eve party idea if you are still planning your menu :)

Crock Pot Taco Dip

3 lbs hamburger, cooked & drained
2 pkgs taco seasoning
8 oz cream cheese, cubed
2 lbs. Velveeta cheese, cubed
2 large or 4 small jars of Pace Chunky Salsa (or your favorite salsa)

Add taco seasoning to hamburger & mix well.
In a 6 qt crock pot, add salsa, hamburger & both cheeses.
Heat til melted & serve with tortilla chips.

Toby's Favorite Roast

Today's recipe is another one I found on Pinterest. Unfortunately, the "pin" linked only to a picture & not to an original source (it happens sometimes). (If this is your original recipe & you want credit, message me & I'll gladly link to you here:)  Here's the "pinned" pic:

I used the Kroger brand of Zesty Italian dressing mix, McCormick's Brown Gravy mix & Hidden Valley Ranch Salad Dressing mix. My roast was a little over 2 pounds.

Place the roast in crock pot, mix the mixes with 3/4-1 cup of water & pour over the roast. I let mine cook on low for abut 8 hours.

The result:

No knife needed! Super tender & easily cut with a fork!

Toby doesn't care much for roast, but I love it.  Usually, I just throw the roast in the crock pot, add some carrots & potatoes & a little water & let it cook. I love it that way. Toby: not so much. Not the case with this roast. He said it was quite possibly the best roast he'd ever eaten. (He also requested that I never cook roast  my old way again :) 

Most Amazing Pork Chops Ever

Ok, I don't know if I'd say "most amazing EVER", but these are pretty darn good chops. (And that's saying something coming from me, because I am not a big fan of pork chops!) This recipe is one that my bestie, Steph, found on Pinterest a while back. Here's a link to the original recipe, including a great picture of the finished product. The best part: this is a CROCK POT recipe!!! (Love my crock pot!!) :)

Most Amazing Pork Chops Ever

4 Bone-in/thick cut pork chops (I used 6-8 smaller boneless pork chops)
1 can of cream of chicken soup
1 envelope onion soup mix
1 envelope dry pork gravy mix
1-1/2 cups chicken broth

Place the pork chops in the bottom of the crock pot. Mix the other 4 ingredients in a bowl & pour over chops. Cover & cook on low for 6-8 hours.

Crockpot Ranch Chicken

This one is for Mom since she recently requested I add something to my blog that was new & good to eat :) I pulled the basics for this one off a forum I came across this morning, but (like most of my recipes) I've tweeked it a little...

Crock Pot Ranch Chicken

6-8 chicken breasts (I used the frozen ones which are generally large in size)

2 packets of Hidden Valley Ranch Dressing Mix

1 can of cream of mushroom soup

1 can of cream of celery soup

1-1/2 - 2 cups of sour cream

4 Tbsp. bacon bits (I used Kroger Real Bacon Pieces)

2 tsp. garlic powder

Put chicken in crock pot. Combine everything else & pour over chicken. Cook on high at least 6 hours. Serve over noodles or rice. 

Enjoy!