Fresh Caramel Apple Pie

This is HEAVENLY!!! And it's a crock pot recipe!!!! And it's EASY!!!!! It does take a long time (the crock pot part), but it's so worth it!!!!

Ingredients:
1 can sweetened condensed milk
1 graham cracker crust
2 granny smith apples
Lemon juice and water bath for apples
1/2 container Cool Whip
1 Heath Bar, chopped

Directions:
Pour milk into a 2-cup glass measure and cover with foil. Place in crock pot and add very hot water to crock pot to reach level of milk in measure. Cover and cook on LOW 9 hours (milk should be caramel colored). Stir well with a whisk or fork.
Peel and chop apples into thin, small pieces. pour water bath over the apples, to prevent browning. Drain apples, and pat them dry. Fill pie crust, about halfway, with apples (you may have some left over). Pour caramel, evenly, over top of apples. Refrigerate until caramel is cool. Spread whipped topping over pie; sprinkle with chopped candy bar.

Thai-Style Pork Stew

Stew:
2 pounds boneless pork loin, cut into 4 pieces, trimmed
2 cups (1 X 1/4 -inch) julienne-cut red bell pepper
1/4 cup teriyaki sauce
2 Tbs. rice vinegar or white wine vinegar
1 tsp. crushed red pepper
2 garlic cloves, minced
1/4 cup creamy peanut butter

Remaining Ingredients:
6 cups hot cooked basmati rice
1/2 cup chopped green onions
2 Tbs. chopped dry-roasted peanuts
8 lime wedges

1. Place pork, belle pepper, and next 4 ingredients in slow cooker. Cover and cook on HIGH 1 hour, reduce heat to LOW, and cook 6 hours. Remove pork from cooker, and coarsely chop. Add peanut butter to cooking liquid in cooker, stir well. Stir in pork.
2. Serve stew over rice in individual bowls, and top with onion and peanuts. Serve with lime wedges.
(Yields 8 servings)

I LOVE this recipe!!!! Make sure you squeeze your lime over your pork before eating. It's so yummy and it's not a hard recipe to make. Being almost 5 months post- weight loss surgery, I skip the rice and just have the "stew".

Burrito Filling

Since I still don't do very well with tortillas, when I make burritos for my family, I just have the fillers. Here's what I put in.

Put in crock pot:
1 lb. cooked and drained ground beef, turkey, or chicken (actually I think the chicken tastes the best!)
1 packet taco seasoning
1/4 cup water
1 can petite diced tomatoes
1 can black beans, drained and rinsed
1 cup corn

Cook this for 3 hours on high or 5 on low.

Top with:
cheese
a leafy green (I used spinach today)
tomatoes
olives
avocado
sour cream
taco sauce or salsa


Enjoy! I sure do!!

White Chili Crockpot recipe

Ingredients:
3-4 chicken breasts
4-5 cans Navy beans (drained and rinsed)
1 onion diced
2 cloves garlic, diced
1 Tbs. olive oil
1 can diced green chilis
4 cups chicken broth
1/2 tsp. ground cumin
1 1/2 tsp. oregano
dash cayenne
3 tbs. cornstarch

Directions:
Cook the chicken long enough to cook the outside, then cube. Saute onion and garlic in olive oil until translucent. Place chicken, onion, garlic, Navy beans, green chilies, cumin, oregano, and cayenne in crock pot. In another pan, heat chicken broth. Stir cornstarch into about 1/3 cup of water. When mixed, add to the broth. Let thicken. Then add broth to the crock pot. Cook on low for 6 hours or on high for 4. Top with cheese, cilantro and lime juice, or Tostitos Lime Tortilla Chips.

*I've used cooked dark meat chicken when I didn't have thawed chicken breast. It makes the flavor wonderful. :)