LOL! Oh, no! I'm so sorry... maybe you can try again?

Sorry it didn't work out ... great effort! :) I love your blog and check it out often - found it on Today's Creative Blog. Thanks for your comment on my blog! I'm still trying to figure out your sleuthing technique - how did you know I recommended your blog?? :)

LOL! Oh my! Well thanks for being brave and testing the waters when so many of us wouldn't have even tried!

i was getting all excited and then laughed when you said not to eat it, ;0), oh well try, try, again. i am so excited to find your site because i want to use the crockpot more and have dinner ready after a busy and rushed day at work. thanks for your committment to keep trying the crock everyday!!! i look forward to your adventures,failures and successes

SHUT UP! I was so looking for just this kind of recipe last night. All O could find were Quinoa and Barley recipes and I haven't any barley. So I went to bed and am enjoying a smoothie this morning.

Here's hoping you'll find a good recipe!

HEE!! HEE!! You totally had me laughing so hard!! I was reading the ingredients and method so carefully so I could try it, and then you said not to eat it :) I love your style of writing :) Thanks for the comment on my blog! How did you know I was 'stalking' you :) ?? joanne

Well good thing I read that one all the way through. I may have just looked at the top picture and the ingredients, and went to town! We all have to make some mistakes and throw stuff away--at least it wasn't an expensive cut of meat! Maybe you could find a way to make waffles in your crockpot :)?

Did you wash the quinoa really thoroughly? I hear it can taste like dirt if you don't rinse it a lot.

I have never heard that tip before about washing quinoa. I'll try that, thanks!

I can tell when people put links on their blog thanks to site meter. It's free and *highly* addictive. (or maybe I just have that problem..) ;-0
xxo
steph

Thanks for letting me link. :) I really was going to tell you I did it, just hadn't got around to it yet. :) This post was hilarious and I can't wait to try some of you good stuff.

Wow, I am sure glad I read through the whole recipe for your review. LOL I was all set to try this one....it sounded so healthy! I really enjoy reading your about your crockpotting adventures! Looking forward to trying the hot & sour soup for hubby when he gets home this weekend.

LOL...well, at least it looked pretty. I'm glad you are being a tester for all of us. :)

ha! looking forward to your do-over soon!

whew. it's nice to know not everything is perfect.

but dang. it sounded good.

Just stumbled upon your site. Look forward to checking it regularly. FYI - I have a great and super easy chicken tortilla soup recipe for the crock pot. Would be glad to e-mail it to you, but I didn't see a way to contact you (e-mail) on your blog. So, check it out here: http://gfrecipebox.blogspot.com/2007/11/crock-pot-chicken-tortilla-soup.html

Let me try again with the link:
http://gfrecipebox.blogspot.com/2007/11/
crock-pot-chicken-tortilla-soup.html

Tiffany, thank you! I did get the link (when it is sent through email for some reason it reads it like a hyperlink, but in the comments it doesn't. weird)

A Gluten Free Recipe Box Blog! How exciting! I've bookmarked it and can't wait to dive into your archives.

my email is crockpotlady AT gmail DOT com. ;-)

xxo
steph

I tried something similar for our Christmas morning breakfast.

I think I put in brown rice, those Irish oats (from the tin), wheat berries, dried apples, raisons, diced dried pineapple, chopped candied ginger, brown sugar, vanilla, and a whole mess of both water and milk.

Tasted like dirt at our house, too. Killed me to waste that food, but I couldn't even bribe anyone to eat it.

have you tried barley? I have a recipe for cooked barley with vanilla soy milk and some other stuff. It's not bad. My husband really likes it. I think it's a bit... chewy.

I've just added sitemeter to my blog now :) one more thing for me to get addicted to, lol

I love how you go through all the steps and then tell us not to eat it. You are truly committed.

that is so funny...what is quinoa..?

LOL! I was mentally making a shopping list before I came to the end of your post...

I set up the crock pot to make soup stock last night. I have to learn to "forget about it", it's harder than it seems. I woke up once at 1am and once at 4am to check how it was coming along!

LOL You crack me up! I've never bought your first three ingredients, don't even know what Quinoa is... I've got the high sugar content breakfast going! Bread Pudding made with Krispy Kreme donuts is more likely to be on my menu... and I have a minor in nutrition! LOL I know better.

But I do laugh my head off while reading your blog! You are so much fun! :)

HA! Hahahaha! I just popped over from somewhere or other, thinking "oooh, crockpot. Need to read that one!" now I will bookmark you, because crockpot tips + hilariousness= must read!

For breakfast in the crock I stick to steel cut oats with vanilla soy milk. thanks for reminding us to laugh at our mistakes; You're a wise one, crockpot lady!
Julie.

chortle, chuckle, guffaw! ya killed me! just found ya, better 20 days late than never! i bow down to you; one of my resolutions was to use my crockpot once a week and this will make it much easier and fun!

You had me cracking up too! Ha haa! Looking forward to more breakfast recipes, though. (Especially since I make breakfast every day!)

I just linked to you from my blog. I found it off another. I love it. So far I haven't tried anything yet (just becuase I haven't gotten through my origianl mealplan for the month yet) but certainly plan on trying several.
I was especially looking for breakfast ones, since I have 5 kids and 1 babysitting child. I also have quinoa on hand that I need to use in something. I did read that you have to rinse it really well. I hope you come up with something else to make in the crock-pot.
I am in the process of getting all sizes. Thanks for a great website. I plan on going back through the archives a little at a time.

Bummer! It all sounded sooo good and I have quinoa and brown rice and have done the steel cut oats in the crockpot before. Dirt, though, I can pass on.
Before I made quinoa for the first time a few weeks ago I had read about washing it first. It actually took a bunch of rinsings to get it edible. The trick seems to be to rinse and rinse and rinse until when you taste a bit (raw) it is no longer bitter. It's so stinkin' small though that I had quinoa EVERYWHERE!!!! A colander with really tiny holes helps. I've still got a bunch left and was looking for more recipes for it. Guess I'll keep looking?
Well, I'm off to stir my crockpot breakfast potatoes and head off to sleep. Hope they don't taste like dirt for the brunch tomorrow...

I'm thinking that it has to do with the quinoa. I like quinoa, but I think it might be persnicketdy and not crock pot friendly. I'm going to try a brown rice pudding sans quinoa in the crock pot and see how things go. I am also oddly obsessed with my crockpot, so I love your site (especially your writing style)!

This cracks me up because it looks really good. I hate throwing away food, too-it makes me sad! But it's better than eating it all yourself.

LMAO - I have tried SO hard to like quinoa - it's supposed to have all these enzymes and more protein than any other grain... but you're right, it tastes like dirt. I have tried toasting it, cooking it in broth, buying the Seeds of Change mixes hoping the experts would have it right... but I just don't like it. Thought this recipe might be the ticket - grateful for the warning at the end!

Yes, it was the Q. If you want to mix grains- next time try barley...the unhulled kind or oatmeal (not quik type) but keep the amount of brown rice as primary ingred. I do 1 cup rice to 1/2 of barley.
I use organic short grain brown rice as it poofs better & absorbs the milk than long grain which remains like little bullets! HA!

That is why the pudding made with white rice is so creamy- it soaks up that milk! Try again.....

PS I hope you fed that "dirt" to your dogs- it makes GREAT dog food- and they do not care it tastes like dirt! lol.

Yes, it was the Q. If you want to mix grains- next time try barley...the unhulled kind or oatmeal (not quik type) but keep the amount of brown rice as primary ingred. I do 1 cup rice to 1/2 of barley.
I use organic short grain brown rice as it poofs better & absorbs the milk than long grain which remains like little bullets! HA!

Hope you fed that "dirt" to your dogs- they love it! er...brown rice that tastes like dirt that is!

try again..

Site Meter?

Could I get you to try just a plain rice pudding recipe? I'm having great success in my 6 quarter with this:

2 cups short or medium grain white rice
12 cups milk
vanilla extract to taste (we've even used real vanilla beans - YUM!)
about 1 c. sugar -could use less
big pinch salt.

4-5 hours on low.

YUM. Serve warm or (better) cold with half and half & cinnamon.

Quinoa has something on it called saponin (I believe that's how it's spelled...too lazy to look up the correct spelling at the moment). You have to rinse it really well. The way I do it is I fill a bowl with warm water, add the quinoa, and swish it around a bit. Then drain it into a fine mesh sieve. Keep swishing in warm water until the water is pretty clear. It can take anywhere from 1-5 or 6 times. Once the saponin is rinsed off, most of that "bitter" taste will be gone.

Without rinsing, it will definitely taste like dirt though. I found a really yummy breakfast quinoa recipe in Vegetarian Times that I make in my rice cooker. It's a spiced quinoa with dried cranberries.

Wishing you better luck next time!

Did you rinse the quinoa? Very important step, you know.

The best breakfast still remains authentic scottish porridge:
About 6 cups water to 1 cup steel cut oats (in bulk or in packages as scots or irish oats... small and grainy, not like oatmeal)...
and low overnight... or high for
2 hours with stirring... or high for an hour then down to low for 5-6 hours.

wonder if you could have used it as part of an oatmeal cookie recipe instead of throwing it away. Looked good enough to eat! :o)

ha! This post is hilarious! I just ran across this blog tonight when I was looking for ways to make yogurt without a "yogurt maker". Thanks for all the info on this blog! Looking forward to reading more when I have more time!

Maybe you should try it with millet instead.

I wash AND soak the quiona for like 5 minutes.

I'm going to try this - except in my rice cooker. It sounds good. I'm going to add some cinnamon and cut out the white sugar. Hmmm ... this blog always has me thinking!

Without this Web site, my creativity would have died out long ago and I'd still be eating nothing but rice, so thank you!

I love, love, love that you have "other flops" listed at the bottom of this post. You are so funny, and this blog is always a delightful resource!

My favorite crockpot rice pudding recipe for breakfast: 2 C brown rice, 3-3 1/2 C water, 1 tsp cinnamon, 2 eggs, several splashes of maple syrup, dot with butter, and a handful of raisins to taste, cooked on low overnight.

Just ate Barley pudding with prunes. 400 grams whole Barley 5 times as much water and 800 grams prunes. Salt and a stick of cinnamon.Rinse Barley until water is clear.. Put all ingredients in slow cooker overnight on low. Enough portions for 12 persons. I am going to freeze what 's left.
Eat with honey and fresh tangerine or other fruit. It was good.

holy crap that is awesome. posting everything perfect for me to try but then saying BUT DONT DO IT...because it sucks. THANK you so much. too many recipes say they are awesome for whole grains and they taste like dirt big hugs