crockpot creamed asparagus

I washed the asparagus, broke off the "woody ends" and cut the asparagus into inch and a half pieces and put into the crockpot with some butter, salt and pepper, a bit of lemon juice and I sprayed on some garlic.  Cooked on high for 15 minutes and then switched to low.  When it was
almost done, I stirred in some flour to coat the pieces and then some milk, and continued cooking.
The liquid thickened up a bit.  Next time, I might add a can of mushrooms.

Tomato/Potato Soup

inspired by Sylvia Jorrin who wrote SYLVIA's FARM, I decided to try a new twist with potato soup, using a tomato sauce base instead of a milk/cream base.

A couple of potatoes cut into bit size pieces
Two carrots, sliced thin
a glob of butter
some minced garlic
A couple of small onions chopped
Two cans of Progresso Recipe Starter (fire roasted tomato)
one can of onion soup (Aldi's brand)
    and a half can of water
few tablespoons of sweet pepper relish

I let this cook all day in the crockpot
when I got home around four p.m. I
added a can of white northern beans and
some pancetta (one package, Aldi's brand) and
kept the crockpot on low for a couple more hours.
I took a couple of cups of the soup out and pureed it
in the blender and then added it back into the crockpot
(to thicken the broth a bit)

DELICIOUS!!!!!!

Spaghetti Pizza Casserole

Pizza Spaghetti Casserole !!

 1  lb. Ground meat (I like turkey)
 1 box uncooked spaghetti noodles (I did not use the whole  box, maybe 3/4)
 ½ teaspoon salt
 ½ teaspoon Oregano
 ½ teaspoon garlic powder (I stirred these into the sauce before adding to the casserole, and I also            put in some brown sugar to cut the acid in the tomatos
 One Cup Milk
 Two Eggs
2 ounces sliced pepperoni (I used more)
 1 (26 ounce) jar pasta sauce plus one extra cup of sauce
 can diced Italian  style tomatoes
 ¼ cup grated parmesan cheese (I used more, at least 1/3)
 1 (8 ounce) package shredded Italian cheese blend
 Any other pizza toppings, you can add like Black olives,
 sausage, onions, green peppers, etc... (I added fresh mushrooms)
Directions: Boil water & salt for Spaghetti noodles, once
it starts boiling, add noodles. Brown meat in a separate
frying pan. Once noodles are cooked, drain and put in a
casserole dish. In a separate bowl, combine milk & egg
& whisk. Poor over pasta & add jar of sauce, can of
tomatoes, garlic powder, & oregano. Mix all together well.
 On top of pasta mixture, layer the ground meat, then add a
 layer of pepperoni's. Sprinkle Parmesan cheese, & Italian
cheese. And layer more pepperoni. Bake in the oven at 350 for
 30 minutes.

Fruity Biscuits

I prepared eggs and hash and fried potatoes for lunch today, but then I realized I did not have any bread, so I could not make a piece of toast to go with it.  I decided to experiment with BisQuick and  a can of fruit cocktail

2 and 1/4 cups of bisquick
one can of fruit cocktail and a handful of dried cranberries
couple tbsp of brown sugar

this seemed a bit thick, so I added a bit of apple cider
to thin it a bit.

I baked the biscuits at a cooler oven than the BisQuick biscuit recipe calls for
probably 20 minutes at 350 degrees.  They did not really brown up on top, I
took them out of the oven when a toothpick inserted into them came out dry.

DELICIOUS!!!!
They did not even need jelly or butter on them.