5 crockpot tips Recipes

beef stew meat , sirloin tips or chuck steak chunks, olive or other oil for browning, au jus mix , low sodium if available, brown gravy mix , low sodium if available, your favorite seasonings (no salt ), water, divided, wide egg noodles or other choice of starch to serve

beef roast (tri-tip, cross-rib, anything will work), carrots, with greens, greens and carrots, chopped, onions, chopped, celery ribs, chopped, potato, canned chipotle peppers , depending on taste, vegetable juice (or something tomato based), red wine (cheap stuff!), chicken stock or 1/2 cup beef stock or 1/2 cup water, worcestershire sauce, ground cinnamon, unsweetened cocoa powder, salt and pepper

extra-lean beef tips (cubed for stew), chili powder, ground cumin, onion powder, garlic powder, salt and pepper, mexican-style stewed tomatoes (or regular stewed tomatoes plus 1/2 tsp. additional cumin and garlic powder)

sirloin tips, extra virgin olive oil, seasoned salt, garlic pepper, unseasoned meat tenderizer, worcestershire sauce, montreal steak seasoning, dry beefy onion soup mix (or onion), minced onion, sliced musrooms, drained, mushroom soup, soup cans water (or, 1 soup can beef stock and 1 soup can water), sour cream, cornstarch, water, minute rice or egg noodles, (cooked according to directions, for six servings)