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Useful Information
A reference page from the family cookbook — no fixed yield, just kitchen know-how and a menu index.
Recipes that adapt to a crockpot
- Chicken a la Hindu (reduce water amount by half)
- Hungarian Goulash (reduce water amount by half)
- Pot Roast with Gravy
- Stew with Wine
Put all ingredients into the crockpot, set on low, and cook all day. Potatoes and fresh vegetables do not cook well in a crockpot, so precook them if you want to use them in a crockpot recipe.
Easy desserts
- Lemon Jell-o Cheesecake
- Banana Nut Cake
- Oatmeal Cookies
- Cobbler
- Orange Julius
- Sand Tarts
- Magic Cookie Bars
- Bavarian Mints
Difficult desserts
- Pecan Pie (both recipes)
- Raspberry Ribbon Pie
- Lebkuchen Honey Cake
- Spritz (requires cookie press)
- Caramels (requires candy thermometer)
- Almond Joy Cake
- Sour Cream & Raisin Pie
Easy dinners
- Stew with Wine
- Pot Roast with Gravy
- Sticky Gravy and Rice
- Stew with Tomato Soup
- Taco Soup
- Corn Chowder
- Chicken and Spanish Rice Casserole
- Chicken Diablo
Easy side dishes
- Macaroni and Cheese
- Cheese-Garlic Biscuits
- Baked Rice
- Potato Casserole
- Mashed Potatoes
- Rice
Roasting temperatures
Transcribed from the family card exactly as written (“degrees”, no unit given) — they read as internal-doneness temperatures in °F. Check a current food-safety chart before relying on them.
- Turkey – 175 degrees
- Chicken – 175 degrees
- Pork – 165 degrees
Beef:
- Rare – 130 degrees
- Medium – 150 degrees
- Well – 170 degrees