Atkins and Paleo Challenge Box Set (10 in 1): Over 400 Atkins and Paleo Recipes With Pressure, Slow Cooker and Cast Iron for Busy People (Atkins Diet & Paleo Recipes) (55 page)

Many people worry that diets like the Paleo diet are too expensive and so they avoid them. When using a slow cooker for your Paleo cooker recipes however, you can utilize cheaper cuts of grass-fed meats because the slow cooker tenderizes and infuses the meat with flavor.

We all have different schedules, but one of the biggest benefits of the slow cooker is that it allows you to cook to your own schedule. Whether you let food cook overnight and refrigerate it for dinner that night or cook while you are at work, use the slow cooker to your advantage so that food is ready when you are to avoid giving in to hunger and cheating on your diet!

The better quality your slow cooker, the more control you are going to have over your ingredients as they cook. While it’s not necessary to have the biggest and best slow cooker on the market, it is helpful to have certain functions. A good example of this is the slow cooker that has the option to switch from “cook” to “keep warm” after a programmed time has finished. This feature is beneficial because it will allow you to cook for longer periods of time without overcooking your meals.

Go with the most reputable slow cooker you can afford in the size that you need with the features and functions that you prefer to have.

Overcooking your ingredients in your slow cooker will not only result in dry food, but it will also result in the nutrients being cooked right out of your food! While all of our recipes come with cook times, there are various factors that can influence these cook times so it is always best to check in on your meals the first time you cook them in your slow cooker. After cooking them once you will have a general idea of how a recipe works with your slow cooker.

Often times, either due to having a slow cooker that is too small or having a large amount of ingredients, people overfill their slow cookers. In order to get the best results from your slow cooker recipes you should never fill your cooker more than half to three quarters full. Overfilling can influence cook times as well as result in food-safety concerns.

While some recipes will remind you to sear your meats, this is a practice you should always carry out since it helps to seal in the flavor. You can sear meats Paleo style by using healthy oils and a sauté pan on your stovetop.

In the chapters above we have not only shared 30 delicious slow cooker dinner recipes that are compatible with the Paleo diet, but we have also shared a number of tips to help you to stick with your new Paleo lifestyle. We hope that through these tips and through following these recipes you have come to realize just how easy Paleo living can be and how delicious Paleo meals are!

With thirty new Paleo slow cooker recipes under your belt you have plenty of meals to recreate in the next thirty days. If, however, you are feeling brave, we encourage you to hop online and seek out more recipes to add a little more variety in to your second month of the Paleo slow cooker challenge!

5-Ingredient Paleo Slow Cooker

50 Low-Carb and Gluten-Free Recipes

Slow cooker recipes are becoming the preferred choice for everyday cooking. With the demands of the home, work and other aspects of your life, it can be tempting to overlook a healthy meal just to take shortcuts on your healthy food preparation. However, with the slow cooker and the recipes in this book, you can take a “short cut” in preparing your meals.

Each of these recipes has at most 5 ingredients, excluding water, salt, and pepper. With 5 ingredients and some even less, you do not need that much time to prepare a lot of ingredients. Plus with the slow cooker, you save more time. You can add all the ingredients to the pot; set it a few hours and then it will do all the cooking. You can even cook these dishes while you sleep.

This book will share with you 50 recipes that offer you a wide selection of options to satisfy your diet needs and save you time and effort. With this recipe book, you can prepare different kinds of dishes just using your slow cooker. You can have all your dietary needs plus the extra time for your family, friends, and other loved ones.

The recipe book includes:

• Beef and pork recipes
  
• Chicken recipes
  
• Seafood recipes
  
• Veggie recipes
  
• Breakfast, sides and desserts recipes
  

Start cooking these recipes and have fun with your slow cooker!

In this chapter, you will learn the recipes for:

• Pot Roast
  
• Steak Pizzaiola
  
• Ham in Cider
  
• Swiss Steak
  
• Baby Back Ribs
  
• Beef Stew
  
• Kielbasa Sausage
  
• Beef Cabbage Rolls
  
• Beef and Garlic
  
• Pork Chops
  

This is one the very first recipes I tried with my slow cooker and it was a success! When I served it as one of the courses on a dinner party I hosted, my guests were amazed on how simple it was to cook. They were even more amazed when I told them that I only needed about 5 ingredients to try it.

Servings: 8

Ingredients:

• 5 lb beef roast
  
• 1 oz brown gravy mix
  
• 1 oz ranch dressing mix
  
• 1 oz Italian salad dressing mix
  
• ½ cup water
  

Instructions:

1.                     
   Put the beef roast in your slow cooker
   
2.                     
   Put in a bowl all the brown gravy, ranch dressing and Italian salad dressing mixes, stir until well combined
   
3.                     
   Sprinkle mixture over the roast
   
4.                     
   Pour water
   
5.                     
   Cook for 9 hours on low
   
6.                     
   Serve
   

I make it a point to have as few leftovers as possible, and if you’re like me, then this recipe is a perfect choice. I usually use steak from last night’s dinner to use as the main ingredient for this recipe. This way, I save up on cost plus the steak will already be tender by the time it is recooked as a pizzaiola. I usually serve this recipe with potatoes on the side, but it will also be a good match with pasta or polenta.

Servings: 8

Ingredients:

• 2 lbs leftover steak
  
• 1 red bell pepper
  
• 1 onion
  
• 1 jar pasta sauce
  
• ¼ cup water
  
• Salt and pepper to taste
  

Instructions:

1. Sprinkle the steak with salt and pepper
   
2. Put steak on slow cooker
   
3. Slice bell pepper and onion and add to top of steak
   
4. Pour pasta sauce and water over steak and veggies
   
5. Cook for 8 hours on low
   
6. Midway through the 8 hours, flip the steak
   
7. Serve
   

When I know that next day would be a very busy and tiring day at work, I know I would neither have the time nor the energy to cook when I get home. To have the tasty dinner that I deserve, I always prepare this a day before by seasoning then keeping it in the fridge. Before I leave the next day, I put it in the slow cooker and then by the time I get back, it’s ready for me.

Servings: 6

Ingredients:

• 1 lb beef steak
  
• 1 onion
  
• 1 celery rib
  
• 2 tbsp all-purpose flour, gluten free
  
• 16 oz. tomato sauce
  
• Salt and pepper to taste
  

Instructions:

1. Put in a Ziplock bag, salt, pepper and flour
   
2. Add steak to the bag, seal and then shake
   
3. Leave on fridge overnight
   
4. Cut onions and celery rib into thin slices and put in slow cooker
   
5. Pour tomato sauce into slow cooker
   
6. Take out the steak and put into slow cooker
   
7. Cover and cook for 8 hours on low
   
8. Serve
   

One of my family’s favorite dish, this recipe makes the flavor very tasty and the meat very tender. Since it is cooked in a crockpot, the meat simply falls off from the bone. The juices are all intact, which makes the meal even better.

Servings: 4

Ingredients:

• 2 ½ lbs baby back pork ribs
  
• 1 tsp paprika, smoked
  
• 1 ½ tsp barbecue sauce
  
• 1 ½ tsp Hoisin sauce
  

Instructions:

1. Spray the inside of the slow cooker with nonstick spray
   
2. Prepare the ribs by cutting 4 ribs per piece
   
3. Put rib chunks into slow cooker
   
4. Sprinkle with paprika
   
5. Cover and cook for 10 hours on high
   
6. Remove from crock pot
   
7. Line baking sheet with foil and put ribs
   
8. Brush ribs with Hoisin and barbecue sauce
   
9. Grill ribs
   
10. Serve
    

This recipe is a staple to the dinner table whenever we visit grandma. It is comfort food at its best as you savor every bite of this dish. I was curious on how she prepared it, so I decided to watch her as she cooked the meal. I was pleasantly surprised that it can be cooked in a crock pot. As soon as I got home, I tried to make it on my own and with one try; I think I got it!

Servings: 6

Ingredients:

• 1 lb ham
  
• ¾ cup maple syrup
  
• 2 cups apple cider, unsweetened
  
• 3 tbsp cornstarch
  

Instructions:

1. Put ham in slow cooker, pour apple cider and maple syrup
   
2. Cover and cook for 8 hours on low
   
3. Remove ham from slow cooker and put on a plate
   
4. Scoop ½ cup of the liquid left in the slow cooker into a saucepan
   
5. Add cornstarch and mix until well combined
   
6. Put saucepan in stove and cook in low
   
7. Whisk and add more cider until it becomes a gravy consistency
   
8. Serve
   

I think it was either a rainy or a cold afternoon when I tasted this recipe during a visit to a friend’s house. With plenty of time to spare, my friend prepared this stew using only her slow cooker. It was so easy, I timed her secretly and saw that it only took her less than an hour to prepare for the entire thing. As we watched reruns of our favorite TV series, the stew was done and right in time for dinner.

Servings: 5

Ingredients:

• 1 ½ lbs beef stew meat, cooked
  
• 32 oz frozen vegetables for stew
  
• 1 can condensed tomato soup
  
• 1 can condensed cream of mushroom soup
  
• 1 onion soup mix
  

Instructions:

1. Put vegetables in the crock pot
   
2. Put the beef stew meat on top
   
3. Add remaining ingredients to the pot
   
4. Cover and cook for 8 hours on low
   
5. Serve
   

I was assigned to bring appetizers for our annual potluck at the office. I wanted to bring something tasty, but I did not want to spend so much time and effort to prepare it. My officemates were impressed because of the taste and preparation of this dish. They thought I bought it from a restaurant! When they asked for the recipe, they were more than surprised to learn that not only was it only 5 ingredients, but it was cooked with almost no effort at all.

Servings: 12

Ingredients:

• 2 lbs kielbasa sausage
  
• 3 cloves garlic
  
• 1 cup unsweetened applesauce
  
• ¾ cup brown sugar
  
• 1 tsp cayenne powder
  

Instructions:

1. Mince the garlic
   
2. Put kielbasa sausage, minced garlic, applesauce, sugar, and cayenne powder into slow cooker
   
3. Cover and cook for 6 hours on low
   
4. If served as an appetizer, cut the sausages into bite sized pieces
   
5. Stick with a toothpick on each piece
   
6. Arrange on a platter
   
7. Serve