Basic Pot Roast

What You'll Need

• 2 cans Cream of Mushroom soup (10.75-oz each)
• 1 package dry onion soup mix (1-oz)
• 1 1/4 cup water
• 5 1/2 pounds pot roast
• 1/2 pound baby carrots
• 5 or 6  New Potatoes, scrubbed and quartered
• 1 onion, sliced

What To Do

1. Place the carrots, potatoes, onion, and pot roast in your slow cooker.
2. In a bowl mix together the cans of soup, dry soup mix, and water.
3. Pour soup mixture over pot roast and vegetables and cook on low for 8-9 hours.

Dish Info

This recipe will serve 12 hungry appetites and makes for great left-overs. This is adapted from this recipe found on AllRecipes.com

All-In-One Spaghetti

What You'll Need

• 1 lb ground beef or turkey
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 jar spaghetti sauce
• 1 can tomato paste (6-oz)
• 1 tsp Oregano
• 1/2 lb spaghetti
• 2 cans chicken broth (14-oz each)
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp sugar
• 1 1/2 tsp Chili Powder

What To Do

1. Cook your ground meat, onion, and garlic in a large sauce pan until meat is cooked through and drain if needed.
2. Stir the spaghetti sauce, tomato paste, chicken broth, Oregano, salt, sugar, and Chili Powder into sauce pan with cooked meat mixture and bring to a boil. Once boiling, cover, reduce the heat, and simmer for 15 minutes stirring often.
3.  Add your spaghetti to the pan. If needed, add additional water to cover, and simmer, stirring often, for 20 minutes or until noodles are tender.

Dish Info 

This recipe will serve 8 hungry appetites.

Meat Loaf

What You'll Need

• 1 lb ground beef or turkey
• 1 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp pepper
• 1/2 cup onion, chopped
• 1/2 cup green or red bell pepper, chopped
• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• 1 can diced tomatoes, undrained (8-oz)
• 1/2 cup quick cooking oats
• 1/3 cup Ketchup
• 2 tbsp brown sugar
• 1 tbsp yellow mustard

What To Do

1. Preheat your oven to 375 degrees.
2. Mix all of the ingredients except Ketchup, brown sugar, and yellow mustard, and place in a loaf pan.
3. Mix together, in a small bowl, the Ketchup, brown sugar, and yellow mustard, and spread over top the meat loaf.
4. Bake for 1 hour.

Dish Info

This recipe serves about 6, depending on your appetite. It is also from non other than Paul Dean; gotta give credit where credit is due!

Black Bean Chili

What You'll Need

• 3 cans of Black Beans, rinsed and drained (15-oz each)
• 1 large sweet onion, chopped
• 1 lb ground beef or turkey
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 4 tsp Chili Powder
• 1 tsp ground Cumin
• 1/2 tsp pepper
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 can of chicken broth (14-oz)
• 2 cans Rotel, undrained (15.4-oz each)

What To Do

1. Heat the olive oil in a large pot, and add your chopped onion and ground meat and saute until the meat is cooked through.
2. Stir into the pot the Chili Powder, ground Cumin, salt, and pepper and continue to saute for an additional minute.
3. Add the beans, chicken stock, and Rotel to the meat mixture and bring it to a boil. Cover your pot, reduce the heat to low and simmer for 10 minutes. 

*The long you allow the chili to simmer to spicier it will taste. Rob likes it best when it simmers for 30 minutes*

Dish Info

This recipe will serve about 8 people, depending on appetites.

Loaded Nachos

What You'll Need

• 1/2 lb ground beef or turkey
• 1 tsp chili powder
• 1/2 tsp Oregano
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 can diced tomatoes, undrained (14.5-oz)
• 1 garlic clove, crushed
• 1 can re fried beans (16-oz)
• 1 can green chilies (6-oz)
• 1 1/2 tbsp Cilantro, chopped
• 1 tbs green onion, sliced
• Jalapeno slices to taste
• Sour Cream to taste
• 1 1/2 cups shredded Mexican Blend cheese
• Tortilla Chips

What To Do

1. Preheat your oven to 475 degrees.
2. Brown the ground meat in a skillet and if there is excess fat, drain it off. Add the meat back to the pan and add in your chili powder, Oregano, salt, tomatoes, and garlic, cooking until reduced.
3. In a separate, small pan sprayed with cooking spray, warm the can of beans, green chilies, cilantro, and green onions.
4. Spread a few handfuls of tortilla chips over a foil-lined cooking sheet and evenly spoon the bean mixture over the chips, followed by the meat mix. Top your nachos with the cheese and bake for 10 minutes, or until the cheese is melted.
5. Once out of the oven add jalapenos, sour cream, and additional Cilantro and green onions to taste. 

Dish Info

This recipe serves 9, depending on your appetite.