Hi all! Welcome to the second edition of vintage slow cooker recipe of the month. Every month I will be doing a vintage recipe that I have made in my slow cooker. This month’s recipe is Six Layer Dinner. I found this recipe in a old cookbook called: Amish Country Cookbook Volume 2. The recipe I found for Six Layer Dinner in this book was not a slow cooker recipe, but I thought it would do well in the slow cooker. It’s a fairly healthy recipe that is full of veggies.
I have some exciting news, I have started a YouTube channel! My first video on my channel is how to put together this Six Layer Dinner. It’s more of a slide show than video, but it sure was fun to make! I have to credit learning how to do this from Todd Coleman at IFBC (International Food Blogging Conference). Todd Coleman taught a class on stop motion photography. Though I have a long way to go on my skills, I’m glad I took the time to put this video together. Crock Pot meals are fun to showcase in this style of video, it shows just how easy crock pot meals can be.
Below is the book I found the recipe in. I LOVE old cookbooks! I order them on ebay, I find them in thrift stores, and used book stores. I must stop buying them!
Here are what the layers look like below. I did add seasonings to the cooked ground beef. After the meat is cooked, and the veggies chopped this meal is layered together in a jiffy! The last layer is a can of cream of celery, but use your favorite! Next time I am going to try cream of chicken with herbs.
I used my 6-quart oval crock pot for this recipe.
- 1 lb. ground beef
- ¼ tsp. salt
- ¼ tsp. pepper
- ¼ tsp. onion powder
- 1 cup sliced white onion
- 1 cup sliced celery
- 2 cups peeled and sliced carrots
- 2 cups sliced russet potatoes
- 1 (10.75-oz.) can cream of celery soup (do not add water)
- I used my 6-quart oval. But I do think this recipe would work in a 4-quart or larger slow cooker.
- Brown the ground beef in a skillet on the stove-top, drain. Add salt, pepper and onion powder to meat.
- Layer the ingredients as shown. Beginning with the hamburger and ending with the cream of celery.
- Cover and cook on LOW for 5 hours without opening the lid during the cooking time.
- Serve and enjoy!
You may also like: Slow Cooker Chicken Paprika (Last month’s vintage slow cooker recipe)
sandybrownjensen says
January 14, 2016 at 10:11 pmVery perfect post! And that old Rival looks like the one I just replaced! Great job on the stop motion video, too.
Shana Danae says
January 14, 2016 at 10:49 pmI really cannot wait to try this! It looks amazing!
Diane says
January 23, 2016 at 12:28 pmRecipe looks good. I may try this next week and also tell my daughter about the dish.
Jayne Behringer says
February 14, 2016 at 4:29 ammade this last week. it has now become my favorite slow cooker meal. delicious!
Elizabeth Mills says
April 19, 2016 at 10:38 amCampbell’s makes a creamy beefy mushroom soup that adds an amazing flavor to beef dishes; that’s what I’m going to try! This looks scrumptious!
Sarah Olson says
April 19, 2016 at 10:51 amthat sounds really good. I’ll have to look for that.
Debbie says
April 20, 2016 at 12:38 pmWatching my sodium, I would just use cream cheese or sour cream instead of the soup.
Andrea Pellerin says
September 17, 2016 at 1:00 pmJust turned the crock pot on filled with above recipe. Can’t wait to spoon cooked content in a bowl and enjoy. I did add some thyme and rosemary so we’ll see.
Lisa says
January 13, 2017 at 11:37 amI made this two days ago. Delicious!
Toryn says
December 10, 2017 at 3:47 pmThis is really good! Dimple & cheap & yummy. Next time i think i will add another Can of soup or something extra. My dish didn’t come out as wet looking & creamy as your pictures.
Claire Vericker says
February 24, 2018 at 2:28 pmMy kids grew up on this recipe. When my husband was home for this dinner, I substituted Campbell’s tomato soup and peeled the potatoes. So good. Thanks for the memories.