Recipes for Your Crock Pot or Slow Cooker: Beef Stew With V8 Juice and Broccoli Casserole

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Recipes for Your Crock Pot or Slow Cooker: Beef Stew With V8 Juice and Broccoli Casserole

For all you busy cooks out there, get out your slow cooker or crock pot and make a tasty dish you can forget about for hours as you go about your busy day. And an additional one bonus; you won't have to stand over a hot stove or heat up your kitchen on hot days! This Beef Stew recipe has a richness from the V8 juice that makes it special. Add a salad and crusty bread for an easy, relieve food meal. Do you enjoy broccoli casseroles but don't want to heat up the oven? Get out the slow cooker or crockpot and enjoy this casserole year-round!

Recipes for Your Crock Pot or Slow Cooker: Beef Stew With V8 Juice and Broccoli Casserole

Classic Beef Stew With V8 Juice
1 tall can V8 juice
1 1-lb pkg baby carrots
3 medium potatoes, cubed
1 tsp customary Mrs. Dash seasoning
1-2 lb beef stew meat
1/2 yellow onion, chopped
1 beef bouillon cube
1 cup water
1 pkg (10-oz) frosty peas
salt and pepper to taste

In crockpot or slow cooker, combine the V8 juice, carrots (cut in half, if too large), potatoes, and Mrs. Dash seasoning. In a large skillet sprayed with nonstick cooking spray, brown the onions with the beef; add to the crockpot. Add the water and bouillon cube to the skillet stirring to dissolve bouillon and loosen residue in skillet; add to the crockpot. Season to your taste with salt and pepper. Set pot on high and cook for 4 to 6 hours or on low and cook for 6 to 8 hours. Add the peas the last 20 minutes of the cooking time.

Slow Cooker Broccoli Casserole
2 pkgs (10-oz each) frosty chopped broccoli, mostly thawed
1 can condensed cream of celery soup, undiluted
1 1/2 cups shredded cheddar cheese, divided
1/4 cup chopped yellow onion
1/2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
1/4 tsp pepper
1 cup crushed butter-flavor (Ritz) crackers
2 tbsp butter

In a large bowl combine the broccoli, soup, 1 cup of the cheese, onion, Worcestershire sauce, and pepper. Spray slow-cooker with nonstick cooking spray. Pour broccoli mixture into the slow cooker. Sprinkle the cracker crumbs evenly over the top. Cut butter into small portions and dot over the crackers.

Cover slow cooker and cook on high for 2 1/2 to 3 hours. Sprinkle the remaining 1/2 cup of cheese over the top of the casserole and cook an additional one 10 minutes or until the added cheese melts.

Yield: 8 to 10 servings

Enjoy!

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