Swiss Steak with Vegetables

1 1/2   lb  Round Steak
   1/4    c  Flour
      2  tb  Oil
      4       Carrots (cut into 2" pieces)
      4  md Potatoes (quartered)
      1       Onion (sliced)
      1  cn  Condensed Onion soup
  1/2     c   Water

Directions:
Season the steak with salt, pepper and dust with flour.  In a skillet, brown the meat in oil until browned on both sides.  Place the vegetables in the bottom of a crockpot and cover with the meat.  Mix the soup and water and pour over the meat.  Cover and cook on low 6 to 8 hours.  This is great served over rice or noodles

Yield: 4 servings
                 Steak Roulade

    3 lb Round steaks (cut very thin)
    1 ts  Salt
    1 ts  Pepper
3/4  c  Onion (chopped)
3/4  c  Bacon (chopped)
1/4  c  Water

Directions:
Trim fat off steaks.  Season with salt and pepper.  Mix onion and bacon and spread over each steak.  Roll steaks (as you would do for a jelly roll), tie rolls tightly in several places with a string.  Put steaks into slow cooker.  Add water.  Cover pot and cook on LOW for 8 hrs.  If you want to serve this with gravy, remove meat when done, and thicken liquid with a mixture of flour and water and cook it in pot set at HIGH for 15 minutes.

Yield: 6 servings
CROCKPOT RECIPES
I found, that with working, running the kids to baseball games, bowling leagues etc etc, that the crock pot was my best friend.  The following recipes take very little time to prepare and the crockpot does all the rest.  These are just a few of my favorites.  Hope you try them, and enjoy.
                 Smothered Chicken

   4      Boneless chicken breasts
12 oz  Mushrooms (fresh)
   1 cn  Cream of mushroom soup
   1 cn  Cream of chicken soup
   1 cn  French onion soup
           Vegetables of choice:
               (anything you like!!)
              -celery, onions (chopped)
              -baby corn, peas, potatoes etc
            
Cut chicken breasts into stew size chunks, and saute while washing and cutting mushrooms in half.  Then simply add all the ingredients to chicken and simmer for about 1 hour.  Or you can do what I always did, ...in the crock pot and simmer all day til dinner time.         

Yield:  4 Servings
              Cream Cheese Chicken

    1       Frying chicken (cut up)
    2  tb  Butter (melted)
    2  tb  Dry Italian salad dressing mix
    1  cn  Condensed mushroom soup
    6  oz  Cream cheese (cut into cubes)
1/2   c   Sauterne wine or sherry
    1  tb  Onion (chopped)

Brush chicken with butter and sprinkle with salt and pepper.  Place in crockpot and sprinkle dry mix over all.  Cover and cook on low for 6 to 7 hours.  About 45 minutes before done, mix soup, cream cheese, wine, and onion in a small saucepan,  Cook until smooth.  Pour over the chicken, cover and cook another 45 minutes.  Great over noodles or rice.

Yield:  4 Servings
          Easiest CrockPot Chicken

1 pkg Chicken breast halves
1 cn   Cream of mushroom soup
1 cn   Cream of chicken soup

Skin chicken pieces (or use boneless, skinless chicken breasts) Place in crockpot.  Mix together soups, and pour over chicken.  Cook on low, all day.  Remove chicken from sauce-remove bones.  Serve over hot rice. 
I got this recipe about 20 years ago, and my little old crockpot still does a good job with it!  Recipe can easily be increased for the newer, larger pots.

Yield:  4 Servings
               Hamburger Hot Pot

1 1/2  lb  Ground beef
   1/4  ts  Garlic powder
      2  ts  Salt
   1/4  ts   Pepper
      6 md  Potatoes (peeled & sliced)
      3 md  Onions (sliced)
      1 cn   Golden mushroom soup
   1/2   c   Water

In skillet, lightly brown ground beef, drain well.  Add garlic, salt & pepper, set aside.  Place half the potatoes & onions in greased crockpot. Add beef, top with remaining potatoes & onions. Combine mushroom soup & water, spread over top, being sure to moisten & cover evenly.  Cover, cook on low setting for 8 to 10 hours.
Yield:  5 servings
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