I love my crockpot....one of may favorites because nothing is easier:

Frozen roast put in pot, pack of brown gravy mix, package of lipton onion mix (mix the 2 together with 2 cups of water), and pour over roast.

Add carrots, onions, potatoes, as you like..(doubt you will want to add salt). If you put potatoes in this, place potatoes on bottom of the pot and put roast on top of the potatoes.

Cook on low all day....go out and do something fun and do not worry about dinner..:-)

Enjoy....when you come back home.

I have a couple gonto crocknpot recipes that everyone seems to like. If you want super easy, put 3-4 boneless skinless chicken breasts in the crockpot with about 1/2 jar of salsa. Give it a stir, and Cook on high 4 hours, then shred the chicken. I use this for "taco salad", tacos, nachos, even the filling for enchiladas. Delish!

Two of the easiest recipes:

Chicken with salsa (red) - pour salsa over chicken and cook according to your crockpot's directions.

Pork with salsa (green) - pour salsa verde over pork loin (I cube it) and cook according to your crockpot's directions.

You can eat the meat as is or use it in tacos, enchiladas nachos, or burritos. You can also use it to make a taco salad.

Chicken Stewy Soup
can low sodium chicken broth
1-2 potatoes cut into bite size pieces
1 -1 1/2 cups frozen vegetables of your choice
1 lb chicken cut in bite size pieces
can of diced tomatoes with garlic and onion
Cook 6 -8 hours

Or leave out potatoes and add macaroni before serving
Or use actual garlic and onion with fire roasted diced tomatoes
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I just downloaded a new free app to my kindle - 500+ Slow Cooker Recipes. Looking forward to checking it out.

mmmm why is every one talking about pork and chicken

we use lamb shanks, beef shins, brisket.... name it....

simply fry onion, spices in a bit of oil, then fry the meat a bit.... add water and any kind of soup, turn it low....
and leave it... half an hour before I switch it off, I add me fresh veggies on top, close it and leave it...

always served with rice...

the only chicken one I do - with a can of beer and brown onion soup, nothing else

Get a pressure cooker. However awesome you think your crockpot is, holy moly, a pressure cooker has CHANGED my life. Amazing barbecued ribs and chicken in 10 minutes. Fall apart tender beef stew in 30, hot steamed rice in 6, I could go on and on.

My favorite....Chicken tortilla soup. So easy.

Dump in Crock the following....

1 can of Rotel
2 small cans tomato sauce
1 cup hot sauce. (I use pace)
2 cans black beans
1 small can green chilis
2-5 chicken breast. (Depends on how meaty you want it.)

When done shred the chicken and put back in. Serve in bowl and add crushed tortilla chips and shredded cheese. (this is very important. lol)

Yummy and easy.

beans.

lots and lots of beans! pintos, white, black, navy, red, butter - whatever! rinsed and soaked, toss in crock pot with water and 2 or 3 bullion cubes along with some pork scraps (or you can buy a package of ham hocks at the store, i'll keep them or any pork scraps in the freezer and just toss them right in frozen.)

lentils. open 2 or 3 hot italian sausages, take the meat out of the casing and fry it up real quick. put lentils, water, a few bullion cubes, and the sausage into the crock pot. i'll even add diced carrots to it.

pot roast or beef stew - onion, carrot, potato in large chunks on the bottom, then the meat. pour on a can of cream of mushroom soup mixed with water and french onion soup mix. add a can of beer and a few dashes of worcestershire or dale's or maggi's.

pulled pork (a southern staple!). it can be boston butt, or shoulder, or picnic, whichever you can get. put that in the crockpot with a bottle of cheap bbq sauce over top (go for cheap, cuz this is not for flavoring, just moisture in the cooking process.) remove the pork when cooked, shred it, and toss it "to taste" with some bbq sauce (i personally prefer sweet baby ray's hickory brown sugar).

Mexican Street Tacos! Take a Boston Butt and pat dry. Roll in kosher salt to coat. Put 2 tbl. of real butter in the crockpot, and then the coated roast. Low 6-8 hours depending on size. Drain off almost all of the fat and shred the pork with two forks. (It will fall apart). Return meat to crock on "warm". Take a pile of corn tortillas (NOT flour ones) and put on a plate, cover with saran wrap and heat in the microwave. This makes them soft and yummy. Cut up limes into wedges and chop some cilantro. 1. tortilla. 2. meat. 3. squeeze of lime. 4. chopped cilantro. I dare you to eat less than five! Do not be tempted to add salsa to these, they are perfect just like this.