Here is something that I do pretty often, because it’s very versatile and easy.

It’s basically meat and potatoes and I have another crockpot that I put a green vegetable in to go with it.

Wash and chop, in chunks, potatoes. I don’t peel them but scrub them with a vegetable brush. I also use different kinds of potatoes, depending on what I have or what’s on sale. I put those in the bottom of the crock pot, lined with a liner. The amount of potatoes depends on how many people are going to be eating, but you want enough to make a good layer in the bottom of the crockpot.

I season the potatoes with salt, pepper and garlic salt. Sometimes I add some frozen chopped onions and bell peppers for flavor and color.

You can put any kind of meat with/on top of the potatoes. I’ve used a pork loin, chicken, roast and cut up link sausage in chunks in the middle of the potatoes.

Sprinkle a package of dry ranch dressing mix and a package of dry Italian dressing mix over the potatoes and meat. Cut up a stick of butter in pads and place them in top of the potatoes.

It cooks on high for about 5 hours and low for about 7 hours, depending on the meat you are using.

If I’m using a pork loin, I like to season it and cover it with bacon so it doesn’t dry out. Whole chickens work great with the dressing powders presses in. Just was and pat dry and rub some olive oil on it before you sprinkle the dressing powders on. I cook the chicken breast side up.

I hope that’s not confusing! I don’t have a “recipe” for it, it’s just something easy that I wanted to share.