Buffet Meatballs

Super Simple Meatballs

It can't get any easier than this!

1 bag of Italian style meatballs
1 lg jar of Medium Pace Picante Sauce

Place meatballs in crock pot and pour sauce over top. Cook in crock pot for 2-3 hours.

These are great for pot luck dinners and can be served on bun as a meatball sandwich. Top with cheese and place under broiler for a few minutes.

Cola Chicken

Super Easy Crock pot Recipe

4-6 boneless skinless chicken breasts
1 can of soda, preferably coke and not diet
1 Cup of ketchup
1 onion finely chopped
dash of Worcestershire sauce
1 tsp of garlic powder or 3 cloves finely chopped garlic

Mix all ingredients together in bottom of crock pot, add chicken (can be frozen) and set crock pot to high for 4 hours if thawed chicken is used or 6 hours if frozen.

After chicken is cooked removed and shred with two forks. Put shredded chicken back in crock pot and allow to stew for about 30 minutes. Serve on hamburger buns. This is kinda like a BBQ chicken.

Potato Soup

* 7 cups water
*(2) 8oz. things of cream cheese, softened
* 7 teaspoons of chicken bullion
* 1 teaspoon of garlic powder
* 2 teaspoons of dill
* bag of diced ham
*bag of cubed hash browns

Bring the water to a boil and add the softened cream cheese. It will look clumpy for a little while but I promise it will eventually mix together. Add you bullion, dill and garlic powder. Then once it is all hot add you hash browns and ham. Heat about 30 minutes or until the hash browns are done!!

It is way easy and VERY yummy!! Michele Ward made it for us right before Layton was born. I have to be honest I am not a huge potato soup fan but this one is amazing!! Even my picky husband likes it!! I hope you all enjoy!

Chicken Spaghetti

1 fryer chicken, boiled to tender and then remove meat from bone (save broth)
3 or 4 Tbsp. cooking oil
1 medium onion chopped
1/2 bell pepper chopped
1 can Rotel
1 lb. velveeta cheese
1 box of uncooked spaghetti

Let onions and bell peppers fry in oil in frying pan until tender. Add 1 cup of broth from cooking the chicken and the can of Rotel. Let it all simmer a few minutes until not quite all of the juice is evaporated. While it is simmering, cook spaghetti in another pot until almost tender. Add the velveeta cheese to the onions/peppers/Rotel mixture BEFORE adding spaghetti. When cheese is melted, add chicken pieces, then add spaghetti. If it seems to be sticking, add a little water.
*CLARIFICATION* I make the onion/pepper/Rotel/cheese/chicken mixture in the frying pan. I cook the spaghetti in my biggest pot (I broiled the chicken in this pot first, dumped out unused broth, added new water, and cooked spaghetti) and then pour mixture from frying pan into the big pot. That way you make sure the pot is big enough to hold everything. Hope that helps!


My grandma and mom make this (I request it nearly every year for my birthday dinner), and it is DELICIOUS! I have made it once or twice, and I make enough to have about a 4 dinners off of it. Feel free to ask any questions if the directions don't make sense. Enjoy!
Melissa

BBQ Brisket

10-15 lb brisket
1 bottle liquid smoke (there are several brands and I am not partial to any of them . I usually buy the cheapest)
1 cup of water
1 disposable baking bag
1 large bottle of Sweet Baby Rays BBQ sauce or 2 small bottles
roaster

Place the bag in the roaster
Place brisket in baking bag with the fat side on top
Pour in the whole bottle of liquid smoke and water all over the brisket
Cut 2-3 slits in the bag on the top
Tie up the bag and place in oven on 300 degrees for 4-5 hours. This is a wait and see type of situation. I have done this at night on 200 degrees for 8 hours.

Let the brisket cool for a while so that you can handle the meat. Slice it up into chunks and discard all the fat. Place into a crock pot and pour the BBQ sauce all over it. Stir and set the crock pot on low for 1 hour.

This is super yummy and tender. I usually serve it with my sister's potato salad (hint-hint) at family gatherings and holidays.

Meatballs and gravy

This is something I always made my mom make when I would go home! I NEVER thought I could do it. Turns out I can and it is easy. I hop everyone enjoys!

You will need:
*Hamburger meat ( I use about 2 1/2 lbs., my husband can eat!)
*1 egg
*flour
* beef bullion (granules are easiest)
*salt and pepper

First mix you hamburger meat with the egg, salt and pepper to taste. Once that is mixed together well add your flour, you will want to add enough to make the meat stick together. I don't know exactly how much but i would start with about 1/2 a cup. Then you will roll meat mixture into little meatballs, I usually use a tablespoon to measure the amount.(You can make them larger or smaller) once you have rolled the balls you will put them into a skillet, an electric one if you have it, let them brown in their own grease until all sides are brown. You will need to make sure and turn them often so they don't stick! Once all sides are browned good remove them from the grease leaving only enough to mix some flour with. Mix some flour and some beef bullion together and add water. Again I would start with about 1/2 a cup of flour, you may need to add more to thicken or add more water to thin it out! Add the beef bullion to taste. Once you have the gravy the way you like it, add back in the meat balls cover and simmer for about 30 min. Make sure to check on them so that the gravy won't get too thick.If the gravy does get too thick just add a little more water!!
This is a great comfort food for me! I like to serve it with mashed potatoes and a vegetable. I am sorry that I don't have exact measurements but like most family recipes nobody has ever actually measured the ingredients! I hope you all enjoy, and feel free to ask any questions!!