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I'm excited to be working with Mirum again to bring you this recipe showing you how to cook a ham in a slow cooker using Maille® Honey Dijon Mustard and Maille® Old Style Mustard! It's really easy and all of the ingredients, you can buy them all at Walmart!

Maille Mustard is pronounced “My” Mustard. That’s cool, isn’t it?

I have always wanted to try to make a spiral cut ham in a slow cooker with a honey mustard glaze. Let me just say it turned out amazing!

I used Maille Honey Dijon Mustard and Maille Old Style Mustard. It was a perfect combination of the mustards along with the honey, melted butter, brown sugar and fresh thyme.

The sweet and salty from the honey dijon mustard and the crisp whole seeds from the old style mustard made both mustards essential to this recipe and of course it tastes great!

This Easter, make this crockpot ham recipe for your family and friends, they will LOVE it! Using Maille mustards in this recipe just elevates the whole dish and makes it so special.

(Scroll down to the bottom of this post because I share with you the perfect Easter menu too!)

And cooking it in the slow cooker made it so easy!

How to Cook a Ham in a Slow Cooker

First, take all of the ingredients except the ham and mix together in a small bowl.

It takes just a couple of minutes to make the glaze for this ham!

Add the Maille Honey Dijon Mustard.

Add Maille Old Style Mustard.

Whisk the ingredients together slowly.

It's that simple!

Take 1/3 of the glaze and place in a separate smaller bowl. Set aside.

Brush the glaze mixture onto the ham.

And in between the spiral cut slices.

Place ham into the slow cooker on high for 2 to 3 hours or on low for 4 to 5 hours.

After it's done in the slow cooker, remove it from the slow cooker and put it into an oven safe dish.

Add the remaining reserved glaze to the ham.

Place under broiler in your oven for 3 to 4 minutes.

It's really really easy to make, it comes together so quickly and tastes amazing! This slow cooker ham recipe using Maille Honey Dijon Mustard and Maille Old Style Mustard will be our new go to ham recipe for holidays like Easter and Christmas!

And I love using the leftovers to make ham fried rice!

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Slow Cooker Ham Recipe

Prep Time 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time 4 hours hours 5 minutes minutes

Ingredients

• 1 cup honey
• 1/3 cup light brown sugar
• 4 Tablespoons unsalted butter melted
• 4 Tablespoons Maille® Honey Dijon Mustard
• 2 Tablespoons Maille® Old Style Mustard
• 2 Tablespoons finely chopped fresh thyme
• 8 to 10 pound bone-in spiral cut ham

Instructions

• Take all of the ingredients except the ham and mix together in a small bowl. Take 1/3 of the glaze and place in a separate smaller bowl. Set aside.
• Take the rest of the glaze mixture and brush onto the ham and in between the spiral cut slices. Place ham into the slow cooker on high for 2 to 3 hours or on low for 4 to 5 hours. (If your ham is pretty big like mine, you might need to fold down the slices so the slow cooker lid fits.)
• Turn your oven broiler on. Remove from slow cooker and put into an oven-safe dish and add the remaining reserved glaze to the ham. Place under broiler in your oven for 3 to 4 minutes and then serve. (Be careful to not let your ham burn.)

Notes

I modified this recipe from Maille for the slow cooker.

Here's the perfect Easter menu for you!

This recipe for slow cooker ham (recipe above)
Three Cheese Scalloped Potatoes
Sauteed Green Beans
Yeast Rolls
Peanut Butter S'mores Cookie Bars

All of the ingredients for this menu, you can find at Walmart!

Making the ham in the slow cooker, frees your oven up!

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You know how much I love cooking in my slow cooker, Crockpot Whole Chicken to Slow Cooker Turkey, I'm so excited to share with you how to cook a turkey breast in a slow cooker today!

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It's really easy and it's perfect for Thanksgiving or any holiday!

Spices for Slow Cooker Turkey Breast with Vegetables

• salt
• ground black pepper
• ground white pepper
• garlic powder
• onion powder
• dried thyme
• paprika

I have a quick video for you to watch in this post and I know you'll find it really helpful!

How to Make Slow Cooker Turkey Breast

I mix all of the rub ingredients together first and then smash and peel the garlic. Cut up the vegetables and add them to the slow cooker. Pour the chicken broth on top.

Quarter the lemon.

Pat the turkey breast dry.

Rub the garlic all over the turkey breast.

Add the rub to the turkey.

And then I add the lemon to the opening in the turkey breast. I always use lemon when roasting a turkey or chicken. It keeps keep the meat moist and tender.

Put the turkey breast in the slow cooker on top of the veggies and chicken broth.

Cook on low for 3.5 to 5 hours. Remove the turkey breast from the slow cooker and place in a baking dish and broil for a few minutes to crisp up the skin.

I use the broth from the slow cooker to make a gravy in a skillet. I know you'll love this!

It's a no fuss way of making a turkey breast in the slow cooker and makes it easy for your holiday get together!

My favorite kitchen tools for this slow cooker turkey breast:

slow cooker
turkey lifters
baking dish (pictured above) or this one

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Slow Cooker Turkey Breast Recipe

Prep Time 20 minutes minutes

Cook Time 4 hours hours 10 minutes minutes

Total Time 5 hours hours 30 minutes minutes

Ingredients

• 1/2 large onion chopped
• 3 carrots ends cut off, cut into thirds
• 2 celery stalks ends cut off, cut into thirds
• one 15-ounce can low sodium chicken broth
• 4 to 5 pound turkey breast with the bone-in
• 4 garlic cloves smashed and peeled
• 1 lemon quartered

Rub Ingredients

• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon ground white pepper
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
• 1 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1 teaspoon paprika

Gravy Ingredients

• 3 Tablespoons unsalted butter
• 3 Tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme

Instructions

• Add the onion, carrots and celery and broth to the crockpot. Turn on low.
• Mix all of the rub ingredients together in a small bowl.
• Pat the turkey breast dry with paper towels. Rub smashed garlic on the skin. Add spice rub to turkey. Leftover spices put on top of vegetables.
• Add garlic and lemon to the inner cavity of the breast. Place the breast on top of the veggies.
• Cook on low for 3 1/2 to 5 hours, depending on the size of the breast. It should have an internal temperature of at least 160 degrees F.
• Remove the turkey breast using turkey lifters and place in a roasting pan or baking dish. Place in the oven on the broil setting to crisp up the skin, for about 3 to 4 minutes, watching carefully so it won’t burn.

Make the Gravy

• Strain the broth from the slow cooker (mine made about 1 1/3 cups)
• Add 3 tablespoons of butter to a sauce pan and melt. Add flour and mix well, allowing the flour to cook for 3 to 4 minutes.
• Slowly add the strained broth and mix, until desired consistency. Allow to simmer and thicken. Add water if needed to thin out the gravy (about 2 to 3 tablespoons).
• Add dried thyme and salt and pepper to taste. Serve with the turkey breast.

More recipes for you to check out!

Crockpot Whole Chicken
Cook a whole turkey in a slow cooker: Crockpot Turkey
Roast Turkey with Wine and Herbs
Slow Cooker Turkey Breast with Gravy
Use your leftovers to make this Turkey Tetrazzini or Turkey Stuffed Peppers

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I have had the same slow cooker for over six years. I have even bought it for family and friends as gifts.

I'm going to celebrate eight years of blogging next month! That means for 6 of the eight years, I have used the same Crock-Pot! I spent $30 on it. So that means, the slow cooker only cost me $5 a year! Wow!

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Why I love this slow cooker:

• It does the work.
• It cleans easily.
• I can put it in the dishwasher.

How can you tell a slow cooker recipe is good? It's specific with measurements and instructions. Sometimes, there is a little bit of prep work but it's so worth it.

Sometimes, I'll prep everything the night before and then the morning of, I will put everything into the crockpot and let it cook all day.

I'm telling you, you don’t need the bells and whistles. It’s fine to just have a manual slow cooker that does what it need to!

Here are some recipes I love making with my trusty manual slow cooker:

Whole chicken in a slow cooker – yes you can cook a whole chicken in a slow cooker. It's easy to prep and you can broil the skin in the broiler and it looks like it just came out of the oven, only the meat is much more tender!

Yes, you can totally cook a whole turkey in a slow cooker! This recipe was hugely popular this past Thanksgiving on The Little Kitchen. You have to try it!

This is the only way I make pot roast now. In the slow cooker!

I just have to say that I LOVE short ribs and this recipe is from America's Test Kitchen…it works and it's so so good!

Pulled pork sliders, that's all I need to say right?

You totally can make soup in your crockpot too! I make my friend, Gina, from skinnytaste's slow cooker lasagna soup!

This Irish beef stew is amazing! So comforting during the cold weather months. We love making this recipe!

I have even more slow cooker recipes for you to try!

My friend, Aggie, loves her Crock-Pot which lets her do stove top browning and then slow cook. So she doesn’t have to dirty any pots.

Check out her recipe for Barbecue Short Ribs too!

So again, my favorite slow cooker!! I bought it for $30! Right now, it costs only $24!

Also two cookbooks I HIGHLY recommend for amazing slow cooker recipes:

• Slow Cooker Revolution
• Skinnytaste Fast and Slow

Other recipes on my list to try:

• Beef, Tomato and Acini di Pepe Soup
• Slow Cooker Honey Soy Sriracha Pulled Chicken
• Slow Cooker Taco Soup
• Slow Cooker Apple Butter
• Slow Cooker Korean Tacos
• Slow Cooker Asian Chicken Lettuce Cups

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This slow cooker lasagna soup is so wonderful and perfect for fall and winter, as the weather is getting cooler, I will be making this recipe a bunch of times!

My friend, Gina's new cookbook was recently released called Skinnytaste Fast and Slow: Knockout Quick-Fix and Slow Cooker Recipes.

It's gorgeous!! It's a great resource: Gina shares 140 recipes that are quick and easy to make as well as slow cooker meals. I love slow cooker meals!

She has tons of tips on how to stock your pantry for fast and slow cooking as well as secrets for using your slow cooker!

Recipes in the Skinnytaste Fast and Slow cookbook that I want to make: Avocado Toast: 5 Ways, Pasta E Fagiloi, Cold Peanut-Sesame Chicken & Sprialized Cucumber Noodle Salad, Egg Roll Bowls (an egg roll in a bowl!), Pizza-Stuffed Chicken Roll-Ups, Perfect Medium-Rare Roast Beef in the Slow Cooker, Baked Fish and Chips, Banana Pudding Cups and Vanilla Bean Cheesecake Shooters. (Yes, this list is huge!)

Cook the chicken sausage along with onion and garlic.

Add the chicken, broth, water, marinara (I used store bought so I could make prep super easy), parsley, bay leaves and pepper.

Mix up ricotta and parmesan cheeses and the fresh parsley.

Refrigerate and this will be the topping for your soup!

Once the soup is mostly cooked up, you're going to add the spinach and the broken up lasagna noodles.

Let it cook for another 30 minutes.

Top with the cheese topping, more mozzarella cheese and freshly chopped basil!

This soup is soooo good! You will love it. It's so easy to make and the flavor, it's loaded. One of my new favorite soups, you guys!!!

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Slow Cooker Lasagna Soup

Servings 6

Ingredients

Topping

• 1/2 cup part-skim ricotta cheese
• 3 Tablespoons freshly grated Parmesan cheese
• 2 Tablespoons chopped fresh parsley

Soup

• Cooking spray or oil mister
• 14 ounces sweet Italian chicken sausage casings removed
• 1/2 onion chopped
• 2 garlic cloves chopped
• 3 cups reduced-sodium chicken broth
• 2 cups marinara sauce homemade (see Skinny Scoop) or store-bought
• 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
• 2 bay leaves
• Freshly ground black pepper
• 2 cups baby spinach chopped
• 6 ounces lasagna noodles broken into small pieces
• 6 Tablespoons shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
• 1/4 cup chopped fresh basil
• Freshly ground black pepper

Instructions

For the topping:

• In a medium bowl, combine the ricotta, Parmesan, and parsley. Refrigerate until the soup is ready.

For the Soup:

• Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat and coat with cooking spray. Add the sausage and cook, using a wooden spoon to bread the meat into small pieces as it browns, 3 to 4 minutes. Add the onion and garlic and cook, stirring, until soft, 3 to 4 minutes. Transfer to a slow cooker and add the broth, 2 1/4 cups water, the marinara sauce, parsley, bay leaves, and pepper to taste.
• Cover and cook on high for 4 hours or on low for 8 hours.
• About 30 minutes before the soup is ready, remove the bay leaves and add the spinach and broken pasta. Cover and cook on high until the pasta is cooked, about 30 minutes.
• Divide the soup among 6 bowls and top each with 2 tablespoons of the ricotta mixture, and sprinkle with the mozzarella, basil, and pepper to taste.

Notes

 Time-Saving Tip: Using a mini chopper or food processor saves time in the kitchen. I keep mine on my counter to slice and dice all my vegetables.

 

 

from Skinnytaste Fast and Slow: Knockout Quick-Fix and Slow Cooker Recipes by Gina Homolka with Heather K. Jones, R.D.

Disclosure: I received a copy of the cookbook from the publisher. All opinions are my own.

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This crockpot turkey is so easy to put together and what I love most about it is you free up your oven for sides and desserts! You'll love how easy it and tasty is it is to cook a whole turkey in a slow cooker!

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If you're looking to make turkey but want to make something smaller, you can always make my slow cooker turkey breast recipe!

Every year, at a company that I worked at for 8 years, we had a Thanksgiving luncheon. Everyone signed up to bring different things. Since there were so many of us, five to six people signed up for the stuffing, different veggies, the pie, and so on. We even had many turkeys! My former boss, BJ, always cooked his turkey in the slow cooker. He said his mom cooked it that way when he was growing up. The turkey always turned out moist.

I emailed him the other day because this year, we decided to cook our Thanksgiving dinner early- we enjoyed it on Sunday night and I wanted to try my hand at cooking the turkey in the slow cooker. He told me you can leave it in longer than the 6 to 8 hours but it starts to fall apart, which is totally fine! Just make sure the turkey you buy will fit in your slow cooker!

If you're running low on oven space or just want a low maintenance way to cook a turkey- the slow cooker is the way to go! This turkey version is a modified version of my popular crockpot whole chicken recipe that we LOVE to make all the time!

Prep the dry ingredients.

Cut up the vegetables and add them to the crockpot.

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Pat the turkey dry.

Fold back the wings and rub the turkey with garlic.

Add the rub to the inside of the turkey and all over it.

Tie the legs together with kitchen twine.

All ready to go into the slow cooker.

I put one of the garlic cloves and the rest of the dry ingredients I didn't use on top of the veggies.

Place the turkey on top of the vegetables and cover the crockpot. Cook for 6 to 8 hours.

Remove the turkey and place on an oven-safe baking dish. Broil the skin in your oven broiler for 4 to 5 minutes, watching it carefully so it doesn't burn. Allow the turkey to rest for 30 minutes before carving.

Skim the fat from the broth and save it for another recipe! I'm thinking turkey ramen noodle soup are in order for this week!

Once you carve the turkey, add some broth to the turkey to keep the meat moist.

We loved this and it made it less stressful in the kitchen since I was able to do all of my sides in the oven without them having to compete with the turkey. We'll definitely do this again!

Wishing you and yours a happy Thanksgiving and hoping that you have a lot to be thankful for! I know I do! Huge hugs!

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Whole Turkey in a Slow Cooker Recipe

Prep Time 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time 8 hours hours

Total Time 8 hours hours 15 minutes minutes

Ingredients

Rub Ingredients for the Turkey:

• 4 teaspoons salt
• 2 teaspoons paprika
• 1 teaspoon onion powder
• 2 teaspoons dried thyme
• 1 teaspoon ground white pepper
• 2 teaspoons garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon ground black pepper

For the Crockpot:

• 1/2 medium onion chopped
• 2 carrots scrubbed, no need to peel, chopped in halves or thirds
• 2 celery stalks cut in thirds
• 4 garlic cloves peeled and smashed
• 1 whole lemon quartered
• 8 to 9- pound whole turkey fresh, if frozen then defrosted

Instructions

• Combine salt, paprika, onion powder, dried thyme, white pepper, garlic powder and black pepper in a small bowl and set aside. Prep the vegetables and place inside the slow cooker (I use a 7 quart that's oval shaped but this one is an 8-Quart or this one).
• Remove turkey from packaging and remove neck and pouch with organs. Discard or save for use in another recipe. Optionally, rinse turkey with water. Pat dry with paper towels.
• Fold back the wings. Rub smashed garlic all over outside of the turkey. Put one garlic in the slow cooker and the rest inside the turkey. Put the rub all over the outside and inside the turkey. Add the quartered lemon to the inside of the turkey. Tie the legs with kitchen twine.
• Place turkey on top of the vegetables, you may need to move the veggies around depending on the size of your slow cooker. Cover slow cooker and cook turkey on low for 6-8 hours. (I used a 9.82-pound turkey, it took about 6 1/2 hours. The time will depend on the size of the turkey and your slow cooker.)
• Remove turkey and place in a 9×13 glass or ceramic baking dish. Place baking dish in the oven under the broiler for about 4-5 minutes but watch it carefully. It may take less time or a little longer, depending on the temperature of the broiler in your oven, you don’t want to burn your turkey.
• Allow turkey to rest after removing it from the broiler for 25 to 30 minutes.

Notes

Notes: No need to add water to the slow cooker. The turkey creates a broth while cooking.

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This recipe was originally published on July 27, 2011, I recently updated it along with the photos. We love this recipe and make it all the time during the winter months, I know you'll enjoy it!

I love my slow cooker. Lately, it's been my most favorite appliance because it's so nice to come home with dinner almost ready. On really busy nights and nights I work late, the slow cooker is my friend.

This French onion pot roast recipe is something I have been making for at least a couple of years now. I have adapted the original recipe and changed it up several times but this is how I make it now. My favorite cut of beef for this recipe is a boneless chuck roast that my grocery store calls a California roast. I love adding celery, carrots and onions and even using them as a side dish when serving it.

Add the vegetables to the bottom of your slow cooker.

This is what a California roast looks like. It's flat unlike the chuck roast. I trim some of the fat off from the edges and pat it dry with a paper towel.

Cover the roast in flour, salt and pepper.

Add to a dutch oven on  brown in a pan 2-4 minutes on each side at medium to medium high heat.

I use tongs to stand the roast on its ends to sear the ends too!

Place the roast in the slow cooker and add the french onion soup along with water. After 5 hours on high or 10 hours on low, you'll have a wonderfully moist and tender roast. I like to serve it in chunks and then shred it up on my plate. If you prefer, you can shred up the meat and put back into the slow cooker. I use the sauce from the slow cooker and serve it over the meat as well as my potatoes.

I'm a huge fan of comfort food, can you tell? This is a great dish for an easy Sunday dinner or just a quick weeknight meal and it's not too heavy for a summer dinner.

The original photo from when this post was published in July 2011.

Aren't these plates so lovely? They are from Ree (The Pioneer Woman's new collection). You can buy them here.

We love this recipe…our family and friends do too! I just love being able to have a little bit of prep and dinner is ready in the evening. When I make this French onion pot roast recipe…when Curtis comes home and opens the garage door, he can usually smell it all the way in the garage…he gets so excited!

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French Onion Pot Roast (Slow Cooker Recipe)

Prep Time 20 minutes minutes

Cook Time 9 hours hours

Total Time 9 hours hours 20 minutes minutes

Servings 6 to 8

Ingredients

• 3 celery stalks trimmed & cut into 3-inch pieces
• 4 large carrots washed, ends trimmed & cut into thirds (if really thick, cut in half length-wise)
• 1 large onion thinly sliced
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 3 to 4 pound boneless beef chuck roast also known as a California roast
• 3 Tablespoons unbleached all-purpose flour
• 1 to 2 Tablespoons vegetable or olive oil
• homemade or canned french onion soup if using condensed, use 10.5-ounce can or 3 cups non-condensed

Instructions

• Add carrots, celery and onions to the bottom of the slow cooker.
• Mix flour, salt and pepper together in a small bowl.
• (Optional) Trim any fat on the sides off of the roast and rinse with water.
• Pat the beef dry with paper towels. Using your fingers, add flour mixture to cover the roast. (My roast this time was taller than I usually get it and it was tied for me. You can tie yours with kitchen twine if you want.)
• Heat 1-2 tablespoons of oil in a large dutch oven on medium to medium high heat for  to 4 minutes. Add roast to heated pan and heat to sear for 2 to 4 minutes on each side. (Add more oil if needed and lower heat if necessary.) Use tongs to flip the roast and to hold the roast on its ends and sear for one minute.
• Add the seared beef roast on top of the vegetables. Add french onion soup to the slow cooker. (If using condensed soup, add 1 cup of water to the slow cooker.)
• Cook roast in slow cooker on low for 8 to 9 hours or high for 5 hours.
• Serve with vegetables from the slow cooker and mashed potatoes or noodles.

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