marigold

Can anyone give me an idea for a main food item for a quilters retreat?

susiequilt

How about a crock pot full of meatballs. Use for sandwiches or not.

Onebyone

I buy enough pulled pork or beef from a barbecue place to fill a crock pot. I keep it in zip lock bags in the fridge until the day needed. It's hassle free.

coopah

Stuffed shells? The large shells in the pasta aisle have the recipe on the back of the box. No meat involved.

mlt150

BBQ
Italian Beef
chicken salad
Ham
meat loaf
Soup
chicken and noodles
casseroles

Check out The Pioneer woman on the internet or Food Network. I love her chicken spaghetti...make ahead and put in crock pot to warm up. All the recipes I have tried are winners!

TexasSunshine

Chicken spaghetti, mexican-type casseroles or taco salad.

ladydukes

I have a great recipe for Tortilla Soup. It fills up one of those great big crock pots, so it goes a long way. If interested, send me a PM. Every time I've taken it anywhere, it was a hit.

Onebyone

I make this for pot lucks when I feel like I need to cook something. I take packages of small rolls to make sliders and don't have a drop left. Be sure and take many copies of the recipe with you.
It's so good and known by so many names it was given the name of The Roast.

The Roast
1 (4-5 lb) beef chuck roast
1 envelope ranch dressing mix
1 enveolope au jus mix
1/2 cup butter, cut into tablespoons
5 Pepperoncini peppers (comes in a jar like pickles)

Place roast in crock pot. Sprinkle with ranch and au jus mixes. Place butter on top. Add peppers. Cook on low for 8 hours or until meat is very tender.

I pre heat my crock pot with boiling water and use a slow cooker liner. Pre heating takes an hour off the cooking time.

marigold

Thank you for the great ideas!!!

Pennyhal

I'd make a chicken salad that can be served hot or cold.