Today was DGD’s saint day, which she’d no clue was a day worthy of gifts until recently, lol.
We spent the day together and then she went back to school this evening.
In her honor made meatballs and spaghetti, a green salad and a pear tart.
1 large meatloaf in the fridge, 3 small ones in the freezer. honey baked ham leftovers from the freezer have been prepped for eating (slice pieces), dibs and dabs and ham bones are at the ready for me to prep veg/soak split peas and make soup Tuesday. I haven't batch cooked in a long time-it takes me back to when dh and were both commuting to work and the kids were little. I used to pick a different dish every weekend to batch cook so we had easy to pull, defrost and heat meals during the work week (I had co-workers who could NOT fathom anyone cooking a turkey any other day of the year other than thanksgiving-it was in regular rotation at our house b/c it was so freaking easy and economical).
I love the convenience of the crockpot but often find the food bland. I don’t eat beef but would take any suggestions for non beef meals you make in your crockpot. Thanks!
Homemade Tomato Soup (Ree Drummond recipe) and a somewhat Swedish meatball dish. I made the meatballs for my red sauce and had some in the freezer (not in sauce) and picked up some of the Ikea cream sauce packets. Had it over egg noodles. Was quite good!
I love the convenience of the crockpot but often find the food bland. I don’t eat beef but would take any suggestions for non beef meals you make in your crockpot. Thanks!
the Yummly site has a wealth of tasty crockpot recipes that don't use beef. there's also the option of using some other ground meat (like pork) as a substitution for those that call for beef. there's a couple of great soup recipes there that you could substitute out the ground beef for ground sausage on-the stuffed bell pepper soup and the lasagna soup. I do up pork (butt or shoulder-whatever is on the best sale) in the crockpot using the soda method (put the roast in, pour a can of dark soda-let cook till shreddable), pull the roast and then shred it to put up in containers to season when i'm making a particular dish like pulled pork sandwiches or enchiladas (some seasoning and the appropriate sauce helps with the flavoring).
Smothered BBQ chicken on the grill(marinate chicken breasts in mayo, ranch dressing and BBQ seasoning all day, then grill and add BBQ sauce, thin sliced deli ham and cheese) , mashed potatoes, corn and homemade ciabatta bread.