Porcupine Balls

1/2 cup rice
1 pound ground beef
1 TBS onions minced
2 TBS green bell peppers finely chopped
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp celery salt
1 clove garlic
2 cups tomato juice
4 cloves
1/2 tsp oregano
2 TBS Worcestershire sauce

You can prepare the Porcupine Balls on the stove or in your crock pot.
Mix together tomato juice, cloves, oregano and Worcestershire sauce in
crock pot or skillet. Begin cooking on HIGH in crock pot or over MED heat in skillet.
In a large mixing bowl combine the rice, ground meat, onion, green pepper, salt, celery salt and garlic.
Shape into balls about 1 1/2 inches in diameter.
Add meatballs to sauce. Cover and cook 3 hours on HIGH or 5 hours on LOW in crock, or simmer for an hour on stove in the skillet.
Remove cloves before serving.

Serve as an appetiser or as main course for 4.

White Chili with Chicken - Crock Pot Cooking

1 lb bag dry white northern beans
5 1/4 cups chicken broth
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 large white onion, chopped
1 TBS ground white pepper
1 tsp salt
1 TBS dried oregano
1 TBS ground cumin
1/2 tsp ground cloves
1 7 oz can diced green chilies
3 cups diced cooked chicken breast
1 3/4 cups chicken broth
1 TBS diced jalapeno pepper

Soak beans in enough water to cover overnight then drain.
In slow cooker, combine beans, 5 1/4 cup chicken broth, garlic, onion, white pepper,
salt, oregano, cumin, cloves.
Simmer covered for at least 5 hours until beans are tender. Stir occasionally.
Stir in green chiles, jalapenos, chicken and 1 3/4 cups chicken broth.
For hotter tastes, add some more jalapenos.
Cover and simmer for 1 hour.
Serve with flour tortillas and condiments.

Additional Goodies to serve on the side:

• Flour tortillas
• Shredded Monterey Jack cheese
• Sliced black olives
• Chunky salsa
• Sour cream
• Diced avocados

Drunk Chuck - Crock Pot Cooking

2 lbs boneless chuck, cut into 1 inch cubes
1/2 cup flour
2 TBS butter
1 onion, sliced
1 clove garlic, minced
1/4 tsp pepper
2 bottles or cans beer
1 TBS butter
1/4 cup flour

Rice
Salad

Melt 2 TBS butter in crock pot set to HIGH.
Coat beef cubes with the 1/2 cup flour placing beef and flour in plastic bag and shaking. Add beef to crock and cook in melted butter stirring occasionally.
Slice onion and mince garlic. Add onion, pepper, garlic and beer to crock pot. Cover crock, set temperature to LOW and cook 5 hours until meat is tender.

Half hour before serving turn crock to HIGH. Melt remaining 1 TBS of butter in microwave and mix in the 1/4 cup flour. Stir butter/flour into meat mixture, cook on high 30 minutes stirring occasionally.

While the Drunk Chuck thickens, cook rice and prepare a tossed salad. In 4 QT sauce pan bring 3 cups of water, 1 1/2 cups rice, 1 TBS butter, pinch of salt to a boil, cover and simmer on low for 15 minutes. Prepare salad while Drunk Chuck and rice finish cooking.

Serve Drunk Chuck over rice and with the salad for a complete dinner.

P.S. It's OK to serve this to the kids, all the alcohol from the beer is cooked out.

Easy Sunday Supper - Swiss Chicken Casserole

This easy to prepare meal will put a delicious dinner for your family on the table while allowing you to relax enjoy the last of the weekend with your family. Add a green vegetable or salad and dinner is complete.

Swiss Chicken Casserole

6 chicken breasts, boneless and skinless
6 slices Swiss cheese
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1/2 cup milk
2 cups stuffing mix
1/4 cup butter or margarine, melted

Lightly grease crock pot or spray with cooking spray.
Layer chicken breasts in bottom of crock pot.
Top with cheese.
Combine soup and milk, stirring well. Spoon over cheese.
Sprinkle with stuffing mix.
Drizzle melted butter over stuffing mix.
Cook on low 6 hours or high 3 hours.
Serves 6.

Sweet Potato and Pineapple Pudding - Crock Pot Cooking

1 1/2 pounds sweet potatoes, peeled and shredded
1 can (8 oz.) crushed pineapple in unsweetened juice, undrained
1 small can evaporated milk
2/3 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
3 TBS margarine or butter, cut in cubes
1 lg (2 md) eggs, slightly beaten
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg

Lightly grease Crock Pot. In Crock Pot combine all ingredients.
Cover and cook on low 7-8 hours or on High 4 hours, stirring every 2 hours until the potatoes are tender.
Serve hot or at room temperature.
This dish may appear to be curdling, but it all comes together at the end of the cooking.
Makes 5-6 servings.