Over at Passionate Homemaking they’re hosting a Nourishing Crockpot Carnival!  Go there to join in, or leave a comment here with your own Crockpot recipes!

Life can be busy, and schedules are rushed and sometimes you need to use your crockpot in order to make sure you eat a healthy dinner, but in a timely manner!  I have two amazing soup recipes that I want to share that are perfect for quick assembly and delicious when you come home at night.  Don’t forget to make some homemade bread to enjoy with them!  

 This will help solve your problems for what to eat on a night where you know you’ll be rushed.

Corn Chowder:

10 slices of bacon (fry until crisp and chop), 1 medium chopped onion, 1 red pepper chopped, 1 cup diced potatoes and/or carrots, black pepper and salt to taste, 1 can of cream of corn, 1 can of mushroom soup (or any creamed soup), 1 cup of milk.

Fry the onions and then add the potatoes (only if fresh), red pepper, salt and pepper.  Cook all until tender.  Add cream corn, soup and milk.  Simmer for 1/2 hour or put in crock pot on low.  Can be left for several hours.  Serves 4. 

Squash Soup: 

2 tbsp. butter or coconut oil, 1 cup chopped onion, 2 cups chicken stock, 2 cups yellow squash mashed, 4.5 oz. apple sauce, 1/2 tsp. salt, 1/8 tsp. pepper, sour cream or plain yogurt for garnish.

Put butter or oil into saucepan.  Saute onion until soft and clear.  Add remaining ingredients.  Run through blender and put into crockpot.  Simmer on low for several hours.  Garnish with a dab of sour cream or yogurt to serve.

Curried Squash Soup: Add 1 tsp. curry powder.  Simmer gently before serving.