Cowboy Food? hearty, beefy, & beany slow cooker fare

Published: Wed, 08/11/21

August 11, 2021

Hello there, Slow Cookerers!!

I got an email from a long time reader, Ivy, who owns a small ranch in rural Idaho that also runs a daycamp for kids.

She wrote in that over the summer the campers who come ride horses enjoy playing cowboy and so she feeds them "cowboy" food.

The awesome thing is that she uses her crockpots.

I love it! Sure, you can use a dutch oven and cook all this stuff over a wood fire or a stack of coals -- but if you have electricity, why not take advantage of it?

I love it!

Here are a few ideas for the hungry cowboys in your life.

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Cowboy Beans

(click thru for more photos)

a twist on chili with a great taste combination of Worcestershire sauce and apple cider vinegar

Barbecue Beef and Beans --

you can eat as-is in a bowl, stuff it into hoagie rolls, or even put it on rice cakes the way shown in the picture. ;-)

Tex Mex Pot Roast

seasoned with Ranch-style beans, corn, and Rotel. Use an inexpensive beef chuck roast or a pork butt/shoulder

Cowboy Stew

This recipe used canned potatoes -- which to my kids look like dinosaur eggs! You can make it super spicy by adding lots of jalapeños, or you can tone it down.

Alrighty! enjoy rustling up some grub with the cowboys in your life...

;-)

----> I couldn't resist and needed to find a way to get a cowboy hat onto a crockpot.....

;-)

and if you are in the mood --- I wrote an article over on the site about goal setting and making small tweaks for the better depending on your personality.

https://stephanieodea.com/2021/08/are-you-type-a-or-type-b/

I would classify myself as a "recovering" Type A.
;-)

How about you?

have a happy Wednesday -- consider yourself loved and hugged.
xoxo steph