Half Veggie, Half Meat - Meatballs

I have been trying to think of a way to infuse my kids food with more veggies then they normally eat every day. Since it's pulling teeth to get some of them to eat 2TBSP of green beans. I know ridiculous. So since last night I had to pull teeth to get the green beans eaten. Today I thought i'd hide the veggies. Of course, they eat spaghetti sauce, but not usually the diced tomatoes. So here is what I did. Also, I tried a meat ball before I put it in the spaghetti sauce and it was fabulous!

Ingredients:

2 veggie pucks (see recipe for veggie pucks)

1 onion minced

1 bell pepper minced

1/2 cup potato flakes

1/2 cup italian bread crumbs

1 lb ground beef

1 lb ground sausage - bulk

3 eggs

3 TBSP ketchup

1 pkg italian dressing dry mix

1 pkg au ju dry mix

2 Tbsp salt

1 Tbsp fresh ground pepper

Preheat oven to 400F. In a large mixing bowl, add all ingredients. blend well using hands, until all ingredients are incorporated. Spray a jelly roll pan with PAM. Then, using a scoop, take a scoop full of the mixture and place it on a jelly roll pan. Repeat until all the mixture are in balls on the jelly roll pan in a single layer. This made 47 meatballs for me. They can be touching that's fine. They shrink slightly as they cook. Place jelly roll pan with the meatballs in the 400F oven for 45 minutes. Then cool and remove. Add to spaghetti sauce and eat with pasta or on a hoagie roll.

These are so delicious and good for you, full of vitamins and veggies. It's a great way to get the veggies into those picky eaters, whether they be your husband or your kids or both.

I also, added to my 2 cans HUNTS traditional spaghetti sauce 2 veggie pucks, and two cans of diced tomatoes. To give further veggie factor. This is so yummy! Enjoy! The sauce and meatballs are simmering in the crock pot for a nice easy dinner tonight. The meatballs can be made a head of time cooled and placed in a ziploc freezer bag and used at a later time. They freeze well too!

Slow Cooker Smothered Pork Chops #2

Ok, Ok,... OK... I know I have another pork chop recipe for the crock pot. BUT.... this one is easy and just as yummy. Again, I'm using what I have in the house, and not necessarily following any directions or recipes. My brain is crazy that way. But I love it! So here's to another YUMMY dish my brain made up all by it's self! Now you know, it's good when my kids eat it all up, even the sauce! And yes, they did, even my husband said it was WAY YUMMY! Another GREAT compliment! So hold on to your hats ladies and Gents! It's so easy and delicious... you'll want it at least one night a week... I know I do :)

Ingredients

8 boneless pork chops

1 can progresso french onion soup

1 can cream of mushroom soup

1 stick of butter - unsalted

6 oz of cream cheese

2 tbsp corn starch mixed with cold water

1 pkg dry onion soup

Directions:

In a 4 Qt slow cooker, add the french onion soup, the cream of mushroom soup, the stick of butter and the pork chops. After that cooks on low all day... about 30 minutes before serving, add the cream cheese, dry onion soup mix and corn starch mixture... stir and let the cream cheese dissolve... if it doesn't dissolve take out the pork chops, and use your immersible blender and blend til smooth. Should thicken a little.

Then spoon over the pork chops and serve with rice or orzo.

DIG IN!

This was so yummy! We ate it all up, so fast that I couldn't get pictures... I thought about taking pictures when I was half way done and then thought you wouldn't want to see it half demolished and so I saved you from my partially eaten food. If you make it send me your picture... It's so YUMMY!