My original plan was to make crockpot meals, thinking that since there would be a gap of time from the time I "prepared" the meal until the time I ate the meal. I cooked a yummy (wishful thinking!) roast with carrots and potatoes in the crockpot and let it cook all day. By 5 o'clock the smell was so strong that it made me sick, so Popeyes chicken it was. :(
Plan B....we will see how this works! Next week I am going to plan several soups for dinner. I am going to try the first one in the crockpot. I am thinking that since soups are not as strong smelling as roast is, hopefully it will be ok. If not, I will just have everything ready for Wes to cook the soups on the stove.
Beef Stew http://www.southernplate.com/2009/09/ground-beef-stew-with-a-secret.html
- 1-2 lbs ground beef, cooked and drained (I am going to use stew meat)
- Carrots, diced
- Onion, peeled and chopped
- 5-6 potatoes, peeled and diced
- 2-3 Cups frozen green beans
- 29 ounce can diced or crushed tomatoes
- 1-2 Cans Spicy Hot V-8 juice (I use two)
- 2 C water
- 4 Beef Boullion Cubes
- 1 tsp salt (more or less to taste)
Instructions
- Place everything in a pot except for ground beef. Bring to a boil and reduce heat to simmering. Cover and cook for an hour until vegetables are tender. Add ground beef, cook for another thirty minutes.
***I am going to cook mine in the crockpot (hopefully). I will brown the stew meat just a little and then add it into the soup with everything else so that it can continue to cook without getting too tough.
Potato Soup
- 1 block of cream cheese (regular not reduced fat. It makes a difference in the texture)
- 1 bag of diced frozen hash browns
- 1 can (16 oz) chicken broth
- 2 cans cream of chicken soup
Cook all ingredients in crockpot on low all day. Serve & top with real bacon bits, shredded cheese & chopped green onion.
***My kids LOVE this!
Puerto Rican Stew
- 1 T. Recaito cilantro cooking base
- 1 pkt of Sazon Goya
- Adobo Creolo to taste
- 1 lb stew beef seasoned with Adobo
- 1/2 onion, diced
- 1 can tomato sauce
- Carrots cut up
- Potatoes cut up
- 1 can light kidney beans
- 1/2 tsp vinegar
- 1 T. olive oil
Cook in pot for 1 hr (or crockpot all day). Serve over rice with cornbread. YUMMY!
