WEIRD CROCK POT RECIPES: Some of the more unusual slow cooker creations around.

I am a recent inductee into the world of Crock Pot cooking. Even before I started playing around with my slow cooker I was aware of how popular slow cooking really is. The fans of the Rival Crock Pot are legion. After searching out some of the more basic or easy crock pot recipes available out there for me to start with, I started to come across some more unusual recipes out there. After coming across a number of these unusual crock pot recipes, I decided that maybe I should collect them simewhere so that they would all be together and easier to find on a moment;s notice. I decided on posting them here for two reasons: first, i am a very disorganised person at home and anything I write down I often easily misplace, so I figured they wouldn't be misplaced if they were online (even if my computer should crash!): second, by collecting them here I am making my observations available to a potential online audience that might feel curious enough to try one or more of them for themselves. (good luck with that)

I want to be clear about one thing: I am not claiming in any way that these are the strangest recipes ever devised for the humble Crock Pot, just that they are indeed strong contestants for consideration as some iof the strangest Crock Pot recipes out there

Crock Pot Pizza

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 lbs of hamburger
• 2/3 a box of rigatoni noodles
• 2 large bags of mozzarella cheese

• 1 can of mushrooms (either whole or sliced)
• 1 medium sized onion, diced
• 3 cans of pizza sauce
• 1 packageof pepperoni sliced up pizza topping style

Instuctions

Cook the rigatoni until it is just getting soft. The recipe I found suggested that you should try to make two to three layers depending on the size of your crock pot and that each layer should have some of each ingredient in it . Once this is done cook on high setting for 4 to 6 hours.

Crockpot Pumpkin Tea Bread

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup of oil
• 1/2 cup of sugar

• 1/2 cup of packed brown sugar

• 2 eggs (beaten)
• 1 can (16 oz.) of solid pack pumpkin

• 1 1/2 cup of sifted flour

• 1/4 tsp. of salt

• 1/2 tsp. of cinnamon

• 1/2 tsp. of pumpkin pie spice or nutmeg

• 1 tsp. of soda

• 1 cup of chopped walnuts

• 1/2 cup of cut up dates

Instructions

Blend the oil and both of the sugars into a large bowl. Next, stir in the beaten eggs and canned pumpkin. Add the dry ingredients and mix well. Stir in the nuts and the dates. Pour the resulting batter into a greased and floured 2 lb. coffee tin. Next, place the pan into a crock pot. Cover the top of the can with eight paper towels. Place the crock pot lid on top of the crockpot and bake on high 2 1/2 to 3-1/2 hours.