Oven Stew

12 medium potatoes
8 large carrots
2 can cream of mushroom soup
2 small cans tomato sauce
2 can cream of celery soup
2 packages Lipton onion soup mix
3 pounds stew meat. 

Put ingredients together, pour mixture into a roasting pan.  From a thawed state, bake at 325 degrees for about 2 hours.  Stir occasionally.  
*I think you could also put this into a crock pot and have good results. 

Sweet & Savory Apple Butter Pork Chops

Recipe by Our Best Bites. (I increased the recipe to serve six, but this is the original)
4 boneless pork chops (either buy chops or get a sirloin and cut your own)
¼ c. all-purpose flour
½ tsp. kosher salt
½ tsp. black pepper
½ tsp. garlic powder
1 c. high-quality apple cider (cloudy rather than clear)
¼ c. apple butter
1 tbsp. water
1 ½ tbsp Creole or coarsely ground mustard
1 tsp. pressed garlic
1 onion (sliced thin and caramelized)

Combine the flour, salt, pepper, and garlic powder together in a small bowl. In a large skillet, heat 1 tbsp of olive oil over medium high heat. Dredge the pork chops in the flour mixture and then brown the pork chops for 2-3 minutes on each side or until they’re brown and crispy. While the pork chops are browning, combine the apple cider, apple butter, water, garlic, and mustard. Add the cider mixture to the pan and cook for 1-2 minutes or until the sauce begins to evaporate and thicken. Transfer the pork chops and sauce to a 9×13″ disposable aluminum pan. Evenly distribute the caramelized onions over the pork chops. Cover the pan tightly with heavy-duty aluminum foil and freeze. When ready to cook, preheat oven to 350. Bake, covered, for 1 hour or until the pork chops are tender. Serve with rice and a green salad or veggies.

3 Packet Pot Roast

1 3lb. pot roast
1 Packet Dry Ranch Dressing
1 Packet Dry Italian Dressing
1 Packet of Beef Gravy or Au Jus
3 cups of water


Place 1 cup of water and all three packets in the crock pot and stir. Then place Pot Roast in and cook on low for 8 hours. (can be cooked on high for 4-5 hours) 20-30 minutes before eating add 2 more cups of warm water and flip to high.
Label: Thaw in fridge. Place pot roast in slow cooker and cook on low for 8 hours. 20 to 30 minutes before eating add 2 more cups of water and flip to high.

Pesto

*  1 cup of grated Parmesan or Romano cheese ( a 5oz triangle of Romano is good amount.)
*  1 1/4 cup of a shelled nut.  (Pine nuts are my favorite, but Pistacios, Walnuts, or even Almonds  work well too.)
*  2 to 3 cloves of garlic
*  about 1 1/2 oz of Basil. Picked off the main stem (2 of the fresh packs of basil works well.)
* 3/4 cup of Olive Oil.

Put the shelled nuts, garlic cloves, and basil in a food processor.  Start adding olive oil until large lump forms.  Add the cheese, and finish adding the olive oil until smooth texture forms.  Add salt and pepper to taste.   Serve over hot pasta.

Ham and Hash Brown Casserole

8 eggs
4 C. hash brown potatoes
12 oz. evaporated milk
2 C. shredded cheddar cheese
1 tsp. salt
½ t pepper
1/8 tsp. cayenne pepper
1 C. diced ham
1 C. diced Onion (optional)
1 ½ C. diced green Pepper (or red and green) (optional)
Mix eggs and milk together in a bowl. Add eggs and the remaining of the above ingredients into a one gallon freezer zip lock bag and seal the bag, removing all excess air and freeze. Put cheese in separate bag and freeze. Thaw both bags completely in refrigerator and put into a greased 9 x 13 dish. Just before you are ready to put the egg mixture into the dish, dump the cheese in and mix it up in the zip lock, then put it all into the dish. Bake uncovered in 350 degree oven for 45-50 minutes or until a knife inserted comes clean.

Lasagna Casserole

1 Box Penne Noodles
1 lb ground beef (or sausage)
8 oz sour cream
8 oz cottage cheese
1 14 oz can tomato sauce
1 cup cheese

Boil noodles. Brown meat. Combine tomato sauce, cottage cheese, sour cream into bowl. Add cooked meat, stir until all ingredients are blended together. Pour noodles in 13x9 pan. Add meat sauce on top of the noodles. Mix together in the 13x9 pan until all noodles are covered with the sauce. Add cheese to top of the combined dish. Cook for 30 minutes at 350 degrees.