Crock Pot French Rice Pudding

I have to admit I've never been a big fan of rice pudding. The texture of it just isn't very appealing to me. However, I have a feeling my toddler will love it & I know that my hubby loves it. But my hubby AND my toddler can't have dairy. I chose to make this vegan by using rice milk, but you can certainly use cow milk if you prefer. I made this this past weekend & my hubby loved it & ate the whole thing. My toddler, however, has been sick & his appetite hasnt been good, so he didn't even want to taste it. Once his appetite returns I will make it again.

Crock Pot French Rice Pudding

6 cups milk (I used rice milk)
2/3 cup arborio rice (the kind used in paella & risottos)
2/3 cup sugar
1teaspoon ground cinammon OR 1 small cinammon stick
1/2 teaspoon salt

*lightly oil crock insert
*combine all ingredients in crock pot & cook on LOW 6-8 hours

Crock-Pot Blueberry Cobbler

Along with the same theme of the last entry, this is an IC safe dessert also, since it's blueberry.  It's very yummy  :)

CROCK-POT BLUEBERRY COBBLER

1 Cup flour
1 1/2 Cup sugar, divided
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon cinammon
2 eggs, beaten (or vegan egg replacer)
2 Tablespoon milk (I use rice milk)
2 Tablespoon oil
4 Cup fresh blueberries
1/2 Cup water

*Combine flour, 1/4 Cup sugar, baking powder, & cinammon
*in another bowl combine eggs, milk, & oil
*add wet ingredients to dry ingredients, stir until moist
*spread over bottom of crock
*in saucepan combine berries, water, & remaining sugar
*pour into crock
*cover, cook on HIGH for 2 hours

Crock-Pot Maple-Sauced Pears

I recently learned that I have interstitial cystitis & the only "safe" fruits for me now are pears & blueberries.  So I came up with this as a fruity dessert for myself & it is phenomenal!  My hubby is not a big pear fan, but he is soooo in love with these!

CROCK-POT MAPLE-SAUCED PEARS

6 pears
1/2 Cup brown sugar
1/3 Cup maple sugar
1 Tablespoon butter, melted (or vegan butter)
1 teaspoon orange peel
1 Tablespoon cornstarch
2 Tablespoons juice (pear is best but can be hard to find, orange works ok if you can't get pear)

*peel pears, core from bottom, leaves stems intact; stand upright in crock
*mix ingredients (except cornstarch & juice) & pour over pears
*cook on HIGH 2-2 1/2 hours or until tender
*remove pears & place upright in serving dish
*mix cornstarch & juice, stir into sauce in crock
*cook on HIGH 10 more minutes, spoon over pears, & serve

Crockpot-Chocolate Chip Blondies

This is soooo phenomenally good!  It's also very easy to make.  It's sort of like a giant cookie, kinda like the pazookies you get at BJs, if you've ever had one.  I definitely recommend giving it a try.

Crockpot-Chocolate Chip Blondies

Just my personal touches: I doubled the vanilla & halved the amount of chocolate chips.  I also used our regular table sugar (which is organic evaporated cane juice) instead of brown sugar, only because we didn't have brown sugar in the house.  I don't use crock pot liners, I don't think they're healthy, but I did lay a piece of parchment paper across the bottom of the crock pot.  I did use the paper towels across the top to keep the condensation from making it soggy & did cook it for 3 hours.  I can't recommend it highly enough.  Try it, I promise you won't be disappointed.  I would even say go buy a crock pot just so you can make THIS!! 

Crock-Pot Hot Lemon Blueberry Cake

I have always liked blueberry.  And I have always liked lemon, especially lemon desserts.  But when you combine the two together I LOOOOVE the results.  For a long time I thought this was just my personal heaven, but lately I see the combination everywhere, so I certainly can't be alone. 

This is also a great moment for me because I have finally pulled out my 6 quart crock pot & was able to use it for this recipe.  I use my 3 quart far more, but there are some things, this recipe included, that call for a 5-7 quart crock pot. 

There is a little prep work involved, but it really wasn't hard or time consuming.  I hope you enjoy this.  While it turned out good, it was really a "just ok" recipe for me.  There really was no "pudding" texture, but the "cake" turned out nice, like a sponge cake.  The aroma in the house was sublime & the flavors are very nice, I'm just not sold on the texture.  If you try it please let me know how it turned out & how you liked it.

Crock-Pot Hot Lemon Blueberry Cake

1 Cup fresh blueberries
4 large eggs, separated
Grated zest of 1 lemon
1/3 cup fresh lemon juice
4 Tablespoons butter, at room temperature
1 2/3 Cup milk
1 Cup sugar
1/3 Cup all purpose flour
1/8 teaspoon salt

*oil the inside of a 5-7 quart crock pot
*spread blueberries over bottom of crock pot
*beat egg whites until soft peaks form & set aside
*whisk egg yolks, add zest, juice, butter, & milk; whisk until blended
*stir together sugar, flour, & salt & add to egg yolk mixture; beat until smooth
*fold egg yolk mixutre into egg whites
*transfer batter to crock pot; cover & cook on high for 2 1/2 hours
*allow cake to cool slightly before serving

Crock-Pot Bananas Fosters

This is super, super yummy.  It's also very easy, & considering it's in a crock-pot, it's quite quick.

You are supposed to serve this on top of vanilla ice cream.  Of course my hubby can't have dairy, so we just eat it as is.  And it's still yummy, although I'm sure it would be wonderful over vanilla ice cream.  I must say that even my toddler loves this!

CROCK-POT BANANAS FOSTERS

1/2 Cup butter (1 stick)
1/4 Cup brown sugar
6 bananas, sliced 1 inch thick
1/4 Cup rum OR 1 teaspoon rum extract
2-3 Cups vanilla ice cream

*melt butter in crock-pot on low
*after completely melted, add sugar & rum (or extract) & stir to mix
*add bananas & stir to coat (CAREFULLY--don't break them up)
*cook on low for 1 hour
*scoop 1/2 Cup ice cream into bowl & serve bananas over it