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I love this easy pulled barbecue chicken recipe: http://www.food.com/recipe/slow-cooker-barbecue-chicken-136013
Just be careful that the pot is pretty full and don't let it cook TOO long because all the sugar in the sauce will burn.

Beef and butternut squash stew: http://www.self.com/fooddiet/recipes/2009/11/beef-stew-with-butternut-squash
This one always comes out SO good. It's not written as a crock pot recipe, but I brown the meat first, then toss everything, including the meat, into the crock pot and cook on low for 8+ hours.

Turkey White Bean Pumpkin Chili: http://www.skinnytaste.com/2011/10/crockpot-turkey-white-bean-pumpkin.html
SO good. Doesn't taste super pumpkin-y, but if you don't like pumpkin it would probably only be OK. I love pumpkin and I love this.

Also super simple, a bunch of chicken breasts, thighs, or combo, and a jar of salsa, and 8 hours later you have perfectly cooked, easily shredded flavorful chicken. You can get the cheapest salsa there is, it comes out pretty much the same as if you use fancy.
AND, I like to cook a whole chicken in the slow cooker. As long as it all fits in, you literally just put it in and cook it on low all day. It comes apart as you take it out, so it won't be pretty like a roast chicken, but it's super tender, then you can throw everything back in with 6-8 cups of water, cook it on low overnight, and have fresh stock in the morning.

Those are my faves! I'll be following this for more!

@Foodnerd81: We do the chicken and salsa as well and love it! Makes good soft tacos.

I'm kind of lazy with the crockpot and use a lot of the McCormick packets. I love their pot roast seasoning packet. I also make mac and cheese in the crockpot.

16 oz noodles (cook and drain)
1 stick of butter or margarine
1 large can of evaporated milk
1 1/2 cups of fresh milk
2 1/2 cups of shredded cheese (I use sharp most of the time - it just depends on what you like)
2 eggs beaten
Salt and Pepper to taste

Cook noodles, drain, put in crock pot (don't forget to spray pot first), add butter and stir until melted. Add 2 cups cheese and stir well.
Add milk and stir, add can milk and eggs, salt and pepper and stir.
Add rest of cheese on top of macaroni. Cook 3 hours on low.

awesome ideas! I'm kind of afraid of my crockpot...to be honest. Favorite-ing this thread!

We'll be without a stove for a while so def following this!

@pelikila: Mmm I've been looking for a good chicken tortilla soup recipe in the slow cooker.
I see a ton of pork recipes in the slow cooker but pork makes me sick. It sucks, because so many of the recipes look so good!

@boiledpnut: I never heard of mac and cheese in a slow cooker. Does the cheese on top get a skin, like when you microwave it? Or is it more like stove top mac n cheese?

@Foodnerd81: it's nothing like the boxed stuff. It's a lot like baked mac and cheese (popular in the South).

Our favorites are either chicken with any sort of marinade/BBQ sauce - throw in, shred chicken, voila!

Another favorite: http://crockpot365.blogspot.com/2008/02/original-taco-soup-crockpot-recipe.html

@Foodnerd81: mmm I think I might try that turkey, white bean, pumpkin chili this week! We have everything already