TNT Tuesday - Crockpot Lasagna

OK, I know it is only Monday. However, since I been posting "TNT Tuesday" on Wednesday's or not at all, figured I'd at least be early this week! :o)

This is a crockpot recipe that my family enjoyed the first time I made it. I do not make this too often because it is not one of those recipes you can throw in the pot at 7 in the morning and cook for the 9-10 hours that I am away at work. This one only cooks for 6 hours......but it is good to fix on a weekend when I am around the house but don't feel like standing over the stove cooking for hours to have dinner on the table. I can throw this in at noon and be ready to eat at 6:00. I believe I found this recipe in a "Mr. Food" Cookbook.

Crockpot Lasagna

1 lb. ground meat

1 tsp. Italian Seasoning

1 jar (28 oz.) Spaghetti Sauce

1/3 cup water

8 lasagna noodles (uncooked)

15 oz. ricotta cheese

2 cup mozarella cheese (or more if you prefer!)

* Brown ground meat with Italian Seasoning, drain.

* Combine Spaghetti Sauce and water in a bowl and stir until mixed.

* Put 4 noodles in bottom of greased crockpot (you may have to break them to make them fit to cover bottom of crock.)

* Layer 1/2 of the meat on top of the noodles, then 1/2 of the sauce.

* Spread ricotta cheese over sauce, and then sprinkle with 1 cup mozarella.

* Then repeat with remaining noodles, then meat, sauce and mozarella cheese.

Cook on high for 1 hour and then switch to low and continue to cook for 5 hours.

Yummy!

Tina

TNT Tuesday - Scrumptious Beef

OK, I am going to try and start a new series (if I can remember each week to post it, LOL!) and post a TNT Recipe on Tuesdays. TNT means "Tried n' True" - - which in my house means I have cooked it and my family has actually asked me to cook it over and over again. If the family does not ask me for a particular dish again, that means they don't like it and I am never to cook it again.

So.....for this week's TNT Tuesday, I wanted to share the favorite dish of the youngest member of our family. If I ever ask him what to fix, this is the dish. I don't mind cooking it, because it is yet another Crockpot recipe which means dinner is just about on the table by the time I get home from work.

Scrumptious Beef

2 pounds Stew Meat, cut to bite size pieces
10 1/2 oz. can of Beef Broth
10 3/4 oz. Cream of Mushroom soup
Envelope of Onion Soup Mix (or simply about 3 T of dried onion)

* Combine all of the above items in a crockpot
* Cook on low for 7-8 hours (or even up to 10 hours is usually fine, especially if meat was frozen)
* Serve over cooked rice.

Yummy!

I hope you enjoy this. Do you have a TNT Recipe that you would like to share?

Enjoy!

Tina

Recipe - Shredded Pork in the Crockpot

Good morning ladies. As I told you the other day, Bi Lo has their Boston Butts on sale for 99 cents per pound. This is a pretty good price. Every once in a while they will get as low as 79 cents per pound but 99 cents is still a good deal. Anytime they are on sale for this price, I stock up on at least 2 or 3 as my family LOVES when I cook BBQ and we have it a couple times a month usually.

So, since Boston Butts are on sale this week and some of you don't know what to do with a Boston Butt, thought I would share my recipe with you today. My goal is to share at least one recipe per week that is a "tried and true" recipe that my family loves that incorporates at least one item that is on sale for that week. I hope you enjoy it as much as we do.

BBQ Shredded Pork (Provided to me years ago by my good friend Joette C.)

3 lb or larger Boston Butt
1/2 cup white vinegar
1/2 cup water
BBQ sauce of choice (my family prefers I use a mustard base sauce)

* Place the Boston Butt in your crockpot and pour the vinegar and water over the top of the roast.
* You can salt and pepper the meat, along with any other "spices" your family like at this point. However, my family always prefers it when I cook it "plain".
* Cook on low in your crockpot for 8-10 hours (I have been known to leave them in the crockpot overnight and until the next afternoon when I come home from work and it still cooks up wonderfully and never overcooks).
* When ready, drain the liquid from the crockpot and use two forks to shred the meat.
* Add your favorite bottle of bbq sauce, stir and enjoy. (Sometimes I leave it "plain" in the crockpot and let everyone use the sauce on the side as well, especially if company is coming that may prefer a "red" bbq sauce.) Good served on hamburger buns as well!

That is it!!! I know - you are thinking "That is awfully plain and it ain't going to be good." But I assure you, try it and you will like it. I cooked 30 pounds of boston butt for a party I had a couple months ago and everyone that came raved about it and said it was the best they have had, including any from the "famous BBQ spots" in town!

I hope you enjoy!

Happy Cooking!
Tina