Slow cookin’ vegetarian succotash.  Mmmm!  This one got two thumbs up from both me and my hubby!  It’s vegan-friendly, though what you see pictured is the vegetarian version, which has cream in it (I had half a carton of whipping cream in the fridge leftover from the holidays, and hate to waste food).  I also used great northern beans instead of lima beans because my hubby can’t stand limas.

The recipe is from the book 125 Best Vegetarian Slow Cooker Recipes, a Christmas gift from my mom.  I’ve been using this cookbook a lot lately, and I’ve got two more of its recipes planned before the week is through.  I looooooove my crockpot.  It’s been my savior now that I’ve got a longer commute and less time to cook on weeknights.

As much as I love cooking with a crockpot, I’ll never be able to top the tremendous accomplishment of Stephanie over at A Year of Crockpotting.  She’s a crockpot whiz, having cooked a new slow cooker recipe everyday for an entire year!  How awesome is that?  I can’t wait to dig through her site and browse all the recipes she tried.  Well done, Stephanie!

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A sad note…. my crockpot died last night.   Was prepping what was supposed to be our dinner for tonight and I noticed a nice big crack down the side of the clay pot… after further investigation, it looks like it happened after baking the succotash.  It was too late to run out for a new one last night, but I think hubby and I have that on our to-do list for tonight.  I don’t think I could survive without my crockpot…. oh alright, I’d survive but I’d certainly be more bitchy! LOLOL