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.

Santa Fe Soup or Chili- Sheia

This one is for you Sara-glad you liked it!

1-1 ½ lb. Ground beef
Brown with a medium size onion-diced
2 small cans shoe-pegged corn (drained)
1 can red kidney beans (don’t drain)
1 can black beans (don’t drain)
1 other can of beans (or 2 of one of the above beans)
1 envelope taco seasoning mix
2 envelopes ranch dressing mix
1 large can whole tomatoes (can chop or puree)

Dump everything into a crock pot and cook for approximately 2 hours.

Serve with sour cream, grated cheese and Frito scoops, or corn bread.

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.

Crockpot Tomato Ranch Chicken-Sheia Korth

4 to 6 Chicken Breasts (can be frozen to start)
1 onion sliced into rings
1/4 cup melted butter
1 pkg Ranch Dressing mix
2 cloves minced garlic (optional)
1 large can diced tomatoes(drain for thicker sauce)
or 2 or 3 fresh diced tomatoes
1 can cream of chicken or cream of mushroom soup
salt and pepper to taste
Rice

Layer onion and chicken breasts in crock pot. Melt butter and mix in Ranch Dressing mix, and garlic(optional). Pour over top of chicken. Set on low if you have all day to cook, or high for 1/2 day (turn down to low once chicken is thawed and starting to cook if it started frozen). Let cook for several hours before adding tomatoes on top.

About 1/2 hour before eating, remove chicken (wrap to keep warm) and put tomato and onions into a bowl. Whisk soup mix in with the juices in the crock pot and warm- this becomes your sauce.

Place chicken breast on a bed of rice. Spoon on tomatoes and onions and top with sauce. Salt and pepper to taste. Enjoy!

**I just had a thought-add some crumbled bacon on top!