I like to make hoppin' john (black-eyed peas and sausage) with some greens and cornbread. Black-eyed peas and greens are supposed to bring good fortune! I don't know if you'd like that type of food, but I think it would work pretty well in a crockpot.
The recipe I use calls for andouille sausage, which is definitely spicy. However, I don't see why you couldn't substitute a milder sausage. I will PM the recipe to you (no obligation to use it, of course, if you find something that interests you more!).
Dont laugh I am going to buy the jalapeno cornbred for me. They sell it already made here. I got your pm and will see if my husbnd wants sausage. I think he wants steak. My pms are full again.
Fair enough; important to keep your husband happy! (Seriously, though, I don't know what I'd do if my SO didn't like spicy food. I love it and love to make it!!)
My mom always made pork roast cooked in sauerkraut, which is definitely doable in a crockpot. And in later years she'd make me some veggie hotdogs in their own sauerkraut too.
I love sauerkraut....
Supposedly it's good luck because pigs push forward with their snouts, like moving forward into the new year or some nonsense like that.