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Here is one of my favorite crock-pot meals.

Pork Ribs and Kraut

Brown desired amount of pork spareribs in a frying pan over medium heat; season with seasoning salt and place in crock-pot. Stir sauerkraut juice into the pan you browned the ribs in and stir with a fork to loosen brown bits. Add this juice to the crock-pot along with desired amount of sauerkraut. Set crock-pot to low and cook 6-8 hours.

For a side dish to this meal, I make homemade rolls using the bread machine to make dough, or I just serve plain old bread and butter. A crusty loaf of French bread would be good too.

Chunky Applesauce

This would make a great side dish to the meal above. Peel and cut desired amount of apples into 1/2 - 1 inch chunks. Place the chunks in your crock-pot and add about 1/2 cup water. Set the crock-pot to low and cook 4-6 hours or until the apple chunks are very soft. Mash with a potato masher to desired consistency and add sugar to taste if desired.

If you need crock-pot recipes, the Internet can be a wonderful resource! You can do a search on a search engine for `crock-pot' and that should give you a lot of websites to visit to look for crock-pot recipes. Or you can sign up for a crock-pot e-mail list. This is a list that e-mails you and everyone else on the list messages from other members that will be recipes or information about rock-pots. Another place to find crock-pot recipes is in books. These can be found at thrift stores, yard sales or, brand new from bookstores.

I hope this article brings you the inspiration to dust off your crock-pot!

Copyright 2001 Monica Resinger

Monica Resinger is a freelance writer, auction seller and Editor of Creative Home Ezine.