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Crocktober Challenge | 20 Slow Cooker Recipes in 20 Days
I am sooooooooo excited about this!!! This past Monday we started Passionate Penny Pincher's annual Crocktober Slow Cooking Series, and I just love how easy it feels to get dinner done every day. (Seriously, I started Crocktober here on PPP years ago, but every year it's like coming home to a happy home favorite.)
WOOHOOOOOOOOO!!! 🙂
(Can you tell I'm just a wee bit excited?)
Here's a peek at what we've made this week . . .
==> If you haven't joined us yet, get your Crocktober menu plan + 8 additional weeks of meals HERE! <==
Slow Cooker Italian Beef Sliders & Pumpkin Spice Cake
video of my hubby plating it ❤️
These pics are pretty pitiful, but I'd had a rough day and my sweet hubby tackled this one for me ~ he finished it up, brought it down to me, and even took the pictures. If that's not enough to convince you that Crocktober is awesome, I don't even know what is! ❤️
Slow Cooker Pesto & Ranch Chicken
Slow Cooker Teriyaki Pork Tenderloin
Slow Cooker French Onion Soup in Homemade Bread Bowls
video of my friend Cheree making it
Friday – Slow Cooker Chicken Cacciatore
Now . . . let's real fast talk about these Easy Bread Bowls I made to go with the French Onion Soup.
They're so simple to do at home, HERE to learn how to make this Easy Bread Bowl Recipe for just 20¢ per bowl, and totally made the French Onion Soup recipe perfection. Go (it was so much easier than you'd think ~ and your family will love this one because they'll walk into a home smelling like fresh warm baked bread. Success!
More about Crocktober . . .
Crock-tober is just two weeks away, but the weather is finally cooperating with fall and I am soooo ready to get started!🍁🍂
Starting Oct. 5th, I'm challenging you to join me and make dinner in Mrs. Potts (aka your crockpot or slow cooker) every single day Monday-Friday for 4 straight weeks – making slow cooker meals each day.
We'll be using all recipes from the Slow Cooker Meal Plan – Snag yours here! (Don't worry – if your recipe box doesn't arrive by the start of the challenge you can always use the Free Digital copy that's included) 🙂
Note: the challenge is for four-weeks, the menu plan includes a whopping 12-weeks of slow cooker meals & desserts!
I'll be going live on the main Passionate Penny Pincher Facebook Page each morning making dinner with you between 8 and 9:30 AM Eastern Time each day. (I'm shooting for 9AM Eastern time most days, but have to be a little flexible because of my family's schedule!)
Remember you can always watch the replays on Facebook later in the day as well if you miss me in the morning, and we'll also post all of the Crocktober videos updated right over HERE on Youtube too.
Here's what's on the menu plan for our Crocktober Challenge (we'll be following along with weeks 5-8 from the Slow Cooker Meal Plan HERE)
WEEK ONE – STARTING 10/5/20
- Slow Cooker Italian Beef Sliders (I call this “magic man food” around my house!)
- Slow Cooker Pesto & Ranch Chicken
- SLow Cooker Teriyaki Pork Tenderloin
- Slow Cooker French Onion Soup
- Slow Cooker Chicken Cacciatore
WEEK TWO – STARTING 10/12/20
- Slow Cooker Mississippi Chicken
- Slow Cooker Southwestern Stuffed Peppers
- Slow Cooker Barbecue Turkey Breast
- Skinny Slow Cooker Cheeseburger Soup
- Slow Cooker Salisbury Steak
WEEK THREE – STARTING 10/19/20
- Slow Cooker Jambalaya
- Slow Cooker King Ranch Chicken
- Slow Cooker Texas Pulled Pork
- Slow Cooker Beef Gyros
WEEK FOUR – STARTING 10/26/20
- Slow Cooker Cheesy Italian Torellini
- Slow Cooker Beef Stroganoff
- Slow Cooker Chicken Marsala
- Slow Cooker Meatloaf
- Slow Cooker Chicken Taco Chili
I can't wait to spend this month with you ~ we're going to have a fantastic time feeding our family well all month long! Go HERE to snag your menu plans, and leave a comment if you have any questions at all. I'm cheering for you!
Need a new slow cooker?
If you plan on making oodles of Crockpot Recipes with me – or just on your own time! – you might be looking to start with a new slow cooker.
A few summers ago I upgraded to the Crockpot 5-in 1 a Crockpot and I LOVE IT (although it does cook a little fast so be prepared for that!) ~ check out all the ones I like best!
If you're looking for a new Mrs. Potts (like I was this week) here are a few of my favorites . . .
Hamilton Beach 7-Quart Programmable Slow Cooker
Crockpot 2.5-Quart Mini Casserole Crock Slow Cooker
Instant Pot (Also does slow cooking)
I can't wait to spend this month with you ~ we're going to have a fantastic time feeding our family well all month long!
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Do you have a video for each recipe? Making my first recipe tonight.
Hi Shirley! We don’t have a video for every recipe in the menu plans, but we are cooking our way through this year’s 20 Crocktober recipes! You can catch the ones we’ve done so far in the video section of our Facebook page here! 🙂 Hope that helps, and happy cooking! –> https://bit.ly/37JlfAv
I love the slow cooker recipes!! I wish I had the dessert recipes, they weren’t in the slow cooker pdf I bought earlier this year.
So glad to hear you love the recipes Danielle! 🙂 Hmm, you should have gotten the dessert recipes already emailed to you last month (we did that as a thanks!), but if you don’t see them, you can email us at [email protected], and we can send them over again! 🙂 Enjoy!
i am actually doing week 6 this week.
Slow Cooker Jambalaya
Slow Cooker King Ranch Chicken
Slow Cooker Texas Pulled Pork
Slow Cooker Beef Gyros
Love that Jodi ~ YUM! 🙂
I bought you slow cooker box recently and am looking forward to starting. What I was wondering is if any of these meals are easy to freeze as there is just my husband and myself?
I think many of the recipes would also work well as freezer meals Sheila! (You can maybe just split them in half ~ put half the recipe in your slow cooker for that day’s meal, and half in a freezer bag to have for another time!) 🙂
I purchased the box of slow crooker recipes but they haven’t arrived yet how do I get the Crocktober menu plan for this coming week?
Hi Sandy! You should have received an email with all the recipes when you purchased your box (it might have gone to you spam folder!), but if you don’t see it, you can email us at [email protected] and we can send it to you again. 🙂 So glad you’ll be joining us!
I’m looking to get a new crockpot. What was it about the 5in 1 crockpot that won you over?
Here ya go Chrissy! https://amzn.to/33ptSOo
Are the recipes the same as in the past? I have purchased all three meal plans. Is there anything new this Crocktober? Lovin, the recipes and want to be sure we have them all!!!
These are the same as last Fall Vickie, however we DID add desserts this year! 🙂 (If you purchased the old set, you should have gotten an email with the new dessert recipes included (we did that as a thanks!), but if you’d like the physical cards for the desserts, we have that as an option to purchase as well. You can take a peek over here if you’d like ~ hope that helps! 🙂 –> https://shop.passionatepennypincher.com/
How come 4 meals week three rather than 5?
Just Curious
A bit disappointed that this years crocktober costs $39 to even get the recipes. I guess I will follow a previous years plan this year since there is no way we can afford $39 since I am out of work.
Hi Tabitha! You can definitely find some of the recipes below for free! Another option is to purchase the PDFs for just $16.95. Hope that helps!
https://passionatepennypincher.com/crocktober
https://shop.passionatepennypincher.com/collections/frontpage/products/slow-cooker-meal-plans-pdf-download
You refer to a previous years plan—I just want to make sure you know that these recipes are taken from the slow cooker meal plan and cards and PDFs that came out last year. So if you bought the 12-week plan tin or PDFs last year, this is weeks 5-8 of that same plan. I just wanted to make sure you didn’t think this was four “new” weeks of recipes and costs another $39.
Yes, that’s correct Jo ~ thanks so much for the clarification and reminder! 🙂