Crock Pot Chili With Turkey

I have many recipes for Crock Pot Chili, most with red beans and ground beef. In my attempt to try and prepare healthy meals for my family but still hang on to the cheap meals budget I tried this chili recipe with ground turkey and it was delicious. My family honestly thought this was better that any chili  I had prepared before.

I found that purchasing ground turkey could be cheaper that ground beef but you have to watch your local grocery store ads to get the cheaper price.

My local Kroger (Smith’s) grocery store ran a great special on ground turkey about a month ago and I was able to stock up for a fraction of the price I would normally pay.

Beside ground turkey you can also purchase frozen turkey patties. These are a great last minute dinner ideas you can pull from the freezer and throw on the George Foreman Grill. Frozen turkey patties are also cheaper than frozen ground beef patties and my kids love to eat them.

Crock Pot Chili With Turkey and Beans

Cook Time: 7 hours HIGH – Serves 4

Crock Pot Chili

Crock Pot Chili

Ingredients:

  • 2 cans (14oz) whole peeled tomatoes, drained
  • 2 cans (14oz) red kidney beans, rinsed and drained
  • 1 can (14oz) black beans, rinsed and drained
  • 1 can (12 oz) tomato sauce
  • 1 lb cooked ground turkey
  • 1 cup chopped onion
  • 1 cup chopped celery
  • 1 cup chopped carrot
  • 3 tbsp chili powder
  • 4 tsp ground cumin
  • 2 tsp ground red pepper
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
  • 1/2 cup Amaretto (optional)

Directions:

  1. Combine all ingredients in the crock-pot, cover and cook on HIGH for 7 hours
  2. Serve with some homemade corn muffins and a side salad to complete your family meal.

How’s that for an easy cheap meal!!

Here are so more great Chili Recipes you might like to try:

White Chicken Chili In The Crock Pot

Simple Ground Beef Chili Crock Pot Recipe

And my Hub Page : Using Crockpots To Make Chili

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September 3rd, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Best Crockpot Recipes, Healthy Meals | 3 comments

Crock Pot – Pot Roast – Yankee Pot Roast Recipe

A traditional family dilemma – no time – needs a modern solution – crock pot pot roast. I am the first to say with all the demands on my time, I find it difficult to get a healthy meal on the table.

This is the main reason I cook with the crock pot. I know that if I just hurry and get the meal done it is going to pay off tonight when I get home. If I haven’t convinced you yet then here we go again, CROCK POT COOKING is truly the most affordable way plan cheap meals for your family.

When I do make the time, it is usually spent finding free recipes and breaking them down to be cost effective cheap meals that are easy to prepare. But I do have a few old time favorites that I wouldn’t dare dream of converting. This traditional Yankee Pot Roast Recipe is one of those. I have prepared my Pot Roast Dinner with this exact recipe since, well the beginning of time – lol okay since I got married and decided I better learn to cook or at least make the attempt anyway. It’s a simple dinner recipe, the ingredients are basic and of course with crock pot cooking you can add and omit as to your preference but my recommendation would be to leave it alone, its that good.

And for those you need a little guidance with the homemade gravy recipe after the Yankee Pot Roast is done, I have just the article for you. I myself faced this dilemma with my first Pot Roast and Potato meal.

This is a great step-by-step guide on How To Make Gravy.

How to Make Gravy – Homemade Gravy Recipe That Is!

(just click the link, it will open in a new window)

Crock Pot Pot Roast – Yankee Pot Roast Recipe

Rival Crock Pot Recipes

Crock Pot - Pot Roast

Crock Pot - Pot Roast

Prep Time: 10 min
Cook Time: 8 1/2 to 9 hours on Low
Serves: 10-12

 

Cheap Cooking Ingredients:

  • 1 beef chuck roast (about 2 1/2 lbs.)
  • 3 unpeeled baking potatoes (about 1 lb.) cut into quarter
  • 2 large carrots, cut into 3/4 inch slices
  • 2 stalks celery, cut into 3/4 inch slices
  • 1 medium onion – sliced
  • 1 large parsnip, cut into 3/4 inch slices (optional but even better with it)
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1 tsp. dried rosemary
  • 1/2 tsp dried thyme
  • 1/2 cup beef broth*

Easy Dinner Directions:

  1. Trim excess fat from beef and discard, cut beef into serving size pieces and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
  2. Combine potato, carrot, celery, onion, parsnip, bay leaves, rosemary and thyme in crock pot.
  3. Place beef on top of vegetables and pour broth over beef.
  4. Cook on low 8 1/2 to 9 hours or until beef is fork tender.

*Use reduced sodium beef broth heart healthy crock pot recipe.

Looking for some different quick dinner recipes? Take a look at these:

7 Quick Dinner Recipes With Chicken

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February 16th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | Category: Best Crockpot Recipes, Dream Dinners Made Cheap | 5 comments

Chicken Recipes For Easy Dinner Ideas

I wanted to create a weeks worth of quick easy dinner ideas using my favorite chicken recipes.

As I have scanned the grocery ad’s the past few weeks, I have noticed the price of chicken per lb. is cheap.

I have seen it as low as $0.39 per lb. in my area.

I have been able to purchase family packs with 16-20 legs or thighs for about $2.00 a pkg., sometimes even less.

This is exactly the price I want and need when creating my quick easy dinner recipes for the month.

When it’s this low, I recommend stocking up, THIS IS CHEAP!!

Put that freezer to use just sitting in the garage.

Creating quick easy dinner recipes with chicken is so easy.

Whether you prefer crockpot chicken recipes, chicken casserole recipes or just simple chicken recipes it doesn’t matter because there are so many quick chicken recipes available and they are all free recipes – free is good!!

Lemon Chicken on Foodista

Here is just a few of my favorite quick easy dinner recipes using chicken:

Chicken Casserole Recipes

These are a few of my most popular chicken casserole recipes straight from the casserole kitchen.

(Just click on the link to open the recipe in a new window)

Chicken, Broccoli ‘n’ Cheese Casserole

Easy Chicken Pot Pie

Chicken Spaghetti

Chicken and Rice Bake

Crockpot Chicken Recipes

Crockpot Meals with chicken are easy and delicious with these simple crockpot chicken recipes.

(just click on the link to open the recipe in a new window)

Crockpot White Chicken Chili

Crockpot Lemon Chicken Recipe

Chicken Jambalaya Crockpot Meal

Cheap Quick Rice and Chicken – Crockpot Style

Quick Chicken Recipes

And best of all, or at least my favorite type of quick chicken recipes include fast 15 minute dinners from start to finish or simple mix in a pan and bake.

(just click on the link to open the recipe in a new window)

Chicken Pasta

There you have it, seven quick easy dinner recipes using chicken. I hope you take advantage of the cheap chicken prices and prepare those make ahead meals for cheap meals on a budget.

Want some variety with meat, I have a great weeks worth of cheap family menu ideas for less than $40.00:

A Cheap Family Menu For Less Than $40.00

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February 1st, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Dinner Recipes, Best Crockpot Recipes, Casserole Cooking, freezer meals recipes | 3 comments
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