Hello Slow Cooker!

I have two slow cookers, and I would have 2 more if I had a place to put them.  I love making a full meal with entree, side, and soup all with my slow cookers. 
This week, I am devoting my blog and recipes to slow cooking.  Seems like a lot of you are like me and don’t have a ton of time to stand at the stove making a meal.
So, stay tuned.  Tomorrow, I am making Minestrone soup. 
A trick that I use, is to prep everything at night after I put my girls to bed,   I get everything loaded in to my crock pot and stick the ceramic in the fridge.  Then, in morning, I can just pop it in the slow cooker shell and turn it on.  Sometimes, breakfast time is so busy that chopping veggies and cutting meat is not even going to happen.
See you all tomorrow for pictures, a recipe, and the review.
Here are all the ingredients you will need to make the 3 dinners this week that I will post
Forgotten Minestrone
1 lb beef stew meat
1 can (28oz) diced tomatoes
1 medium onion
2 Tbsp minced dried parsley
salt
pepper
1 1/2 tsp ground thyme
1 beef bouillon cube
1 medium zucchini
1 cups chopped cabbage
1 can (15 oz) garbanzo beans
1 cup elbow macaroni
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese

Slow Cooker Fajitas
1 each: green, red and yellow bell pepper
1 sweet yellow onion
2 lbs beef top sirloin steaks
2 Tbsp red wine vinegar
1 Tbsp lime juice
1 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp chili powder
salt & pepper
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
1 flour tortillas
salsa
cheddar cheese, shredded

Sweet and Sour meatballs
16 oz fully cooked meatballs
1/2 cup sugar
2 Tbsp + 2 tsp cornstarch
1/3 cup white vinegar
1 Tbsp soy sauce
1 green bell pepper
8 oz pineapple chunks
cooked brown or white rice