Cake:
4 cups peeled and chopped apple (granny smith)
1/2 cup oil
2 unbeaten eggs
2 cups sugar
2 cups flour
2 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. salt
2 tsp. soda
Combine first four ingredients, then add: 1 tsp vanilla and 1 1/2 cups chopped nuts. Add sifted dry ingredients and mix well. (Batter will be stiff). Put into rectangular cake pan. Bake 40-45 minutes at 350 degrees.
Topping:
1/4 cup butter
2 T. milk
1/2 cup brown sugar
Bring to a boil all topping ingredients. cook one minute and pour over cake. Serve warm with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.
2 lb. ground beef, cooked and drained
1 can (46 oz.) tomato juice
1 can (15 oz.) tomato sauce
1 can (8 oz.) mushroom stems and pieces, drained
2 T. dried minced onion or use 1/2 cup fresh, chopped
2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. garlic powder
1 tsp. ground mustard
1 pkg dry spaghetti sauce mix
1 pkg (7 oz.) spaghetti, broken in half
In a 5-quart slow cooker, combine cooked beef, tomato juice, tomato sauce, mushrooms, and seasonings. cover and cook on HIGH for 4 hours. Stir in spaghetti. Cover and cook on HIGH 1 hour longer, or until the spaghetti is tender. Makes 8-10 serivings.
1 lb ground beef or turkey
2 carrots chopped
1 small onion chopped
1 stalk celery chopped
1 cup white, brown, or wild rice
fresh chopped herbs or dried (basil, oregano, or rosemary)
dash of salt and pepper
Mix all together and form a ball. Place in crockpot with 1/2 cup water. Cook on LOW for 8 hours. Easy to make and great to come home to!
3 lbs. beef
2 cup soy sauce
2 cup sugar
3 cloves garlic
1 onion
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
pinch cloves
Brown 2-3 lbs of cubed stew meat with a chopped onion and garlic. Transfer to crockpot. Add your soy sauce, sugar, nutmeg and cloves. The meat should be completely submerged. Add water or more soy sauce if needed (equal parts sugar and soy sauce). Cook on LOW for 3-4 hours until tender. Serve over rice.
6 boneless chicken breasts
1 pkg. dry Italian dressing mix
1 (10 3/4 oz.) can cream of chicken soup
1/4 cup butter
1 (8 oz.) pkg cream cheese
1 (14 oz.) can chicken broth
Place chicken, seasoning mix, soup, butter, and broth into crockpot. Cook 6 hours on LOW if chicken is frozen, 3 hours if chicken is thawed. Take chicken out and cut up. Return to crockpot and add cream cheese. Heat through. Serve over rice or noodles.
For Freezer Meal:
put all ingredients except cream cheese in large freezer bag. Have cream cheese on hand in freezer. Thaw and prepare as directed.
Place pie filling in greased slow cooker. Combine dry cake mix and butter (mixture will be crumbly). Sprinkle over filling. Sprinkle with almonds. Cover and cook on LOW for 4 hours or on HIGH for 2 hours. Allow to cool, then serve in bowls with ice cream.
