Slow Cooker Crock Pot

Adding some green beans to your slow cooker recipes goes a long way towards providing more flavoring and nourishment. Try out the dishes below and indulge in healthy food without sacrificing its flavor.

Squash with Green Beans

This vegetable meal requires apple juice (about a cup), melted butter (about 4 tablespoons), brown sugar (1/4 cup), a 4 lb butternut squash, green beans and half a teaspoon of cinnamon.

After you remove the stem and seeds from the butternut squash, take some of the apple juice and sprinkle into the slow cooker. Next use a small bowl and mix in the cinnamon, brown sugar and the butter. Now place the squash inside the crock pot, and spray some of the sugar/butter/cinnamon mix. Add the green beans.

Take the other half of the butternut squash on top, and sprinkle more of the sugar. Close the slow cooker and press “low”. After 7 hours, the dish will be cooked.

Spinach Soufflé

For this dish, a couple pounds of frozen spinach (drained), half a cup of mayonnaise, grated onion (1/4 cup), cream cheese (8 ounces), shredded cheese (half a cup), a couple of beaten eggs, green beans, white pepper, and some nutmeg.

Combine the spinach and onions, and add the eggs, nutmeg, cream cheese, cheese, green beans and the eggs; dash some of the pepper and salt into the mix. Pour everything into your slow cooker. Setting the crock pot to high will cook it in 3 hours.

Marmalade Carrots with Green Beans

The following are necessary: 32 oz of small carrots, a tablespoon of water, half a cup of marmalade, some green beans, a tablespoon of butter, brown sugar (2 tablespoons), nutmeg (1/4 teaspoon), half a teaspoon of cinnamon, cornstarch (1 tablespoon is enough), salt and pepper.

This slow cooker green bean recipe is prepared and cooked in a very straightforward manner: you simply take the marmalade, green beans, carrots, butter, brown sugar, nutmeg and the other ingredients and set inside the crock pot.

After 9 hours on the slow cooker (low), open the crock pot and add the cornstarch and water, stirring it well. After that, the dish is ready.

Green beans make an excellent addition to you recipe, adding unique flavorings to otherwise plain dishes. Even though some of these recipes are not usually served with them, there’s no reason why you shouldn’t give it a go.

It’s your slow cooker, so there’s nothing to stop you from deviating from the “traditional” recipes. Besides, why should you let your dishes mix in when it can be heads and shoulders above the rest?

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