Slow Cooker Swedish Meatballs

A few years ago, I had a serving of Swedish Meatballs and fell in love.

Sadly, I have never been able to find a recipe that replicates the flavors from that first experience with the wonderful comfort food.  Believe me, I have tried.  I will also admit to many failures.  If you haven't ever searched for a Swedish Meatball recipe, go ahead and do so now .  .  .

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didja do a search?

didja?

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Aren't there some weird combos in some of them?

Yes, I tried those combos.

But - let's get away from the failures.  Let's talk about this slow cooker success!

It may not be the Swedish Meatball recipe I'm still attempting to locate but it was a nice, easy and comforting meal.

Find the Slow Cooker Swedish Meatballs recipe here.

The substitutions . . . .

As you know, there are homemade "cream of" soups.  Canned is good in a pinch . . .

I had some gravy left over from the turkey we made a few days before  So, instead of the canned beef broth and a packet of gravy mix, I just dumped in approximately 2 1/2 cups gravy.

Miss Mia insisted she was going to hate this meal . . . . so adamant was she in this belief, that I was only permitted to serve her 1 (ONE!) meatball.  A few minutes later, I was sidetracked and looked up to see her at the counter . . . my little mule-headed mija was over at the slow cooker spooning out MORE meatballs AND MORE gravy!  By the end of the evening, she had consumed close to 8 (GASP!) meatballs. 

Thoughts for the future - make this again MUCH sooner (rather than later) as the family all enjoyed it!  I think I will also slice up around 4 mushrooms (or maybe 8 . . . . I LOVE my 'shrooms) and toss them in.  For the first attempt with the 'shrooms, they'll go in with everything else . . . . and if they're overcooked, I'll see about tossing them in around hour 4 . . . )

We served this over brown rice as I had a bit of that leftover as well.  With that, we had baked broccoli and a salad.