Crock Pot Black Bean Soup

• 1 pound dried black beans
• 4 cups chicken broth (or vegetable for vegetarian)
• 2 cups chopped onion
• 1 cup water
• 1 Tbsp ground cumin
• 3 bay leaves
• 1 serrano chile or jalapeno, finely chopped
• 2 Tbsp fresh lime juice
• 1 tsp kosher salt
• chopped fresh cilantro
• sour cream

Sort and wash beans; place in a large bowl. Cover with water to 2 inches above beans; cover and let stand 8 hours. Drain.

Combine beans, broth, onion, water, cumin, bay leaves, and chile in the crock pot. Cover and cook on low 10 hours. Discard bay leaves. Stir in lime juice and salt. Ladle into bowls, top with chopped cilantro and sour cream.

Crock Pot Pulled Pork

• 1/2 cup ketchup
• 1/3 cup worcestershire
• 1/3 cup apple cider vinegar
• 1 Tbsp ground mustard
• 1 Tbsp garlic powder
• 1/2 tsp paprika
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• dash red pepper flakes
• pinch salt and pepper
• 1 medium onion, chopped (we chop into big chunks to remove after cooking)
• 3 pounds pork tenderloin
• Hamburger buns
• BBQ Sauce (optional)

Combine all ingredients except onion and pork into crock pot. Whisk until well blended. Place pork and onions into mixture, coating both sides of meat. Cook for 8-10 hours on low or 6 hours on high. After meat is cooked, shred with forks inside the crock pot and stir into the sauce. Serve on hamburger buns or rolls, or by itself on a plate, with optional bbq sauce to top.

Nacho Chicken and Rice Wraps

From the West End Community Church cookbook

• 2 cans cheddar cheese soup
• 1 cup water
• 2 cups salsa
• 1 1/4 cups minute rice (uncooked)
• 2 chicken breasts (cooked and cubed)
• 16 flour tortillas
• shredded cheese (optional)
• sour cream (optional)

Spray your crockpot with non-stick spray. Mix soup, water, salsa, uncooked rice, and chicken in your crockpot. Cover with lid and cook on low for 6-7 hours or until the rice is done. Fill flour tortillas with the mixture and top with cheese and sour cream if you like! This makes a lot of food and is very tasty. You can also use crunchy tortilla chips to make nachos with this mixture, or put it between two tortillas to make a quesadilla. Black Beans make a great side dish for this meal.

Italian Beef

• roast
• 1 jar pepperoncinis
• 1 packet italian dressing mix

Place roast in crock pot. Pour dressing mix and jar of pepperoncinis on top. Cook on low for 6-8 hours. Serve on rolls with provolone cheese.