French Dip Sandwich

2 cups beef broth
1 brown onion, halved and sliced
2 garlic cloves, pressed
2 tablespoons Worchestershire sauce
1 tablespoon flour
2 lbs beef brisket
salt and pepper to taste


1. Combine all  ingredients in crock pot and cook on low at least 7 hours.
2. Remove brisket and cut across grain.
3. In medium sauce pan, reduce crockpot drippings for 5 minutes.

Serve sliced brisket on french baguettes with onions. Serve with reduction sauce for dipping.

Beer-Braised Pork and Black Bean Soup

2 bottles of beer (I like a darker beer)
1 small can chopped chipotle chiles
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 medium brown onion, finely chopped
1 pound dried black beans, rinsed
boneless pork butt (about 2 lbs)
salt and pepper to taste

1. Put all ingredients in slow cooker on low for at least 7 hours.

Serve with sour cream, salsa, cheese, lime slices, fresh cilantro.

Garlic Chicken - Crock Pot

3 lbs chicken - I use boneless, skinless breasts
1 brown onion
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 teaspoons paprika
2 teaspoons salt
2 teaspoons black pepper
1 bulb garlic

1. Chop onion (I halve, then slice). Shell garlic but leave whole.
2. Place onion in crockpot first, then rest of ingredients. Give a quick toss and cook on low at least 7 hours.

Crock Pot Short Ribs

3 lbs beef short ribs
2 tablespoons packed brown sugar
3 cloves garlic, pressed
1/4 cup flour
1 can condensed French Onion soup
1 bottle dark beer

1. In crock pot, combine short ribs, brown sugar, garlic and flour. Add french onion soup and beer.

2. Cook on low at least 8 hours.

This is nice served with either mashed potatoes or steamed rice.

Corned Beef and Cabbage

1 Corned Beef Roast
1 head green cabbage
1 brown onion
1 cup baby carrots
4 red potatoes


1. Cut cabbage into eight pieces and onions into four pieces.
2. Put all ingredients in crockpot, including spice packet from corned beef. Turn on low for at least 8 hours.

**If you are home while this is cooking, I suggest putting the vegetables in about half way through. They will be less mushy, but still cooked all the way through.