Nikujaga

Ingredients:

• 6 potatoes, peeled and cut
• 1 carrot, peeled and sliced
• 1 onion, peeled, sliced, then cut in half
• 1 lb hamburger or thinly sliced pork
• 2 tbsp. oil
• sugar, to taste
• soy sauce, to taste
• 1/2 to 1 cup water
  

Directions:

1. Brown meat.
2. Put oil into frying pan. Fry vegetables until tender. Remove from frying pan and put into big pot with meat.
3. Add sugar, soy sauce and water. Boil. Mix while cooking.

(Our Canto exchange students gave us this recipe.)

One-Pot Spagetti

Ingredients:

• 1 lb ground beef
• Jar Prego spagetti sauce (24 oz?)
  
• 2 c. water
• 1 tsp sugar
• Garlic, to taste
  
• Italian seasonings, to taste
• 8 oz. spagetti noodles
  

Directions:

1. Brown and drain the ground beef.
   
2. Add the jar of Prego, water, and seasonings. Add the spagetti noodles.
3. Cover and bring to a boil. Lower the heat and simmer for 20 minutes or until noodles are tender.
   

Crockpot Sauerbraten

Ingredients:

• 3 lbs roast
• 3 bay leaves
• 3/4 cup vinegar
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 14 oz. ketchup
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 1 tbsp. pickling spice
• 30 ginger snaps
  

Directions:

1. Place all ingredients in crockpot.
2. Add just enough water to cover the meat.
3. Cover and cook on low for 6 to 8 hours.
4. Remove meat and slice. Strain the gravy. Combine gravy and meat to serve.

I found this recipe online, and it became an immediate favorite. It isn't as good as the saurbrauten I remember gramma (Marion) making when I was a child, but it doesn't take as long, either!

Marlow's Meatballs

Ingredients:

• 12 oz bottle Chili Sauce
• 1/4 c. ketchup
• 1/4 c. grape jelly
• 1 1/2 c. brown sugar
• 1 tsp.lemon juice
• 1 small onion, finely chopped
• meatballs (frozen)
  

Directions:

1. Mix the first five (5) ingredients and warm until the sugar and jelly blobs melt.

2. Then add onion and frozen meatballs.

3. Cover and cook in crockpot on low for 4-6 hours or on high for 2-3 hours.

Tip: These are really good served at a potluck alone. They can also be “dinner” if you serve them over egg noodles.