BBQ Beef Brisket

1 Beef Roast
1 onion chopped
2 Tb. butter
2 cups ketchup
1 cup packed brown sugar
2 Tb. Worcestershire sauce
1/2 cup BBQ sauce

Put roast in crock pot on high until thawed then turn on low till meat falls apart. (At least 8 hours.) Remove all fat. Saute onions in skillet in butter and add to crock pot. Add remaining ingredients and leave on medium for an hour or two. Put meat on sandwich bread.

This is Melanie's recipe and it is soooo good. We make it up and it provides sandwiches for a week.

Slow-Cooker Beef Short Ribs with Smashed Red Potatoes & Cuke&Radish Slaw---------Olia

RIBS Mix - 1 cup water, 1/3 cup ketchup, 1.1-oz pkt beefy onion soup mix, 4 small halved garlic cloves and ½ tsp each thyme, rosemary and ground pepper in a 5-qt slow-cooker. Add 4 lb been short ribs; turn to coat. Cover; cook on low 10-12 hours. Remove ribs and skim off fat; thicken juices for gravy.

(Gravy - for each cup of juices whisk 2 Tbsp flour and 3 Tbsp cool water to blend. Whisk into juices; boil 2-3 min until thickened)

POTATOES Halve 1 ½ lb small red potatoes. Cook in water to cover 20 min or until tender. Drain; mash with ½ cup milk, 2 Tbsp butter and ½ tsp salt. Stir in chopped chives.

SLAW Mix 16-oz bag coleslaw mix with 1 ½ cups sliced cucumber, 1 cup sliced radishes, ½ cup creamy ranch dressing, 3 Tbsp cider vinegar and ½ tsp each salt and sugar.