Every week, as a family, we make a meal plan. Sometimes the kids get what they want (French Toast, mostly) but I have veto power and can nix anything. This week I added Slow Cooker Potatoes to the menu. The kids weren’t happy but it’s a quick, easy and cheap dinner.
To start, you need potatoes (I buy Russet) and foil.
Colin washed the potatoes for me and then set them on a towel to (mostly) dry. We came back a little later and he’d put one potato on a piece of foil for me. After I rolled the potato, he put it in the slow cooker.
Cook the foil-wrapped potatoes on low for 3-4 hours. Serve with whatever toppings you’d like.
Do you cook baked potatoes this way?
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Hmmm, I never thought to do potatoes this way. We love baked potatoes, but I don’t often have an hour to let them cook, and microwaved are just not the same. I’m giving this a try!
This is the second time this week that I’ve heard about slow cooker potatoes. It may be time for me to give them a try!
Thanks for stopping by The Magnolia Barn! We love potatoes around here. I’ve never tried them in a slow cooker though, but it sounds really easy and fun for kids!
I love slow cooker ANYTHING!!
he looks so cute scrubbing those potatoes 🙂
I asked him to help me make dinner, he told me no. I gave him puppy eyes so he said “FFFFIIIIIIIINNNNNNNEEEE.” He scrubbed the first potato, I asked if he wanted me to finish them and he said “NO! This is MY JOB!” So silly!
I’ve never done them this way but beats having to keep a very close eye on them in the stove. Going to have to try this once we have a house again.
Perfect idea for getting the little ones involved!
We’ve been eating baked potatoes a lot lately. I never heard of preparing them in the slow cooker. Thanks for the idea.
I’ve never thought of putting them in the slow cooker! I’ll have to try it! My kids don’t like potatoes…I think I may have eaten too many while I was pregnant!
My kids don’t LOVE them but they are slowly getting better! (It must be a kid thing?)
I’ve never cooked baked potatoes this way but I love the idea!!
Potatoes cooked in the crock pot are so Yummy!!!
we don’t do ours in a crock pot.
This is a great way to keep the kitchen cooler in the summer by not having the oven on. I’ve even taken my crock pot outside for cookouts with no problems.
I used to work in an office where we’d have a baked potato bar day, everyone would bring some kind of topping and we’d start the potatoes in the crock pot first thing and they were ready by lunchtime.
I love my slow cooker in the summer! We even do slow cooker meals for church picnics. Super easy – and like you said – done by lunch!