BBQ Beans and Kielbasa in a Pot

This was another easy recipe. Cooks in less than 20 minutes but leaves you satisfied as if it cooked all day!

Ingredients:

1/2 cup BBQ Sauce (Go for low sodium if possible)

1/2 cup water

1 T Molasses

2 T Tomato Paste

Fresh Ground Pepper

1 whole white onion, chopped

1 T Olive Oil

8 oz spinach or other leafy green

2 Kielbasa, halved lengthwise then sliced

2 15-oz cans navy beans

Directions

1. Whisk BBQ sauce, water, Molasses, tomato paste, and fresh ground pepper. Set aside.

2. Rinse and drain your beans. Set aside

3. Heat oil in a medium soup pot over medium high heat. 

4. Saute onion and spinach until wilted.

5. Add Kielbasa and cook 3 minutes

6. Add sauce and beans, cook 3 more minutes until heated through

Dish up and enjoy :)

Pulled BBQ Pork Sliders

We finally had our first holiday guests over for dinner. We got to use my holiday plates and enjoy a lit Christmas Tree, our first fire, and the joys of celebrating Christmas with others! Not that this dinner is "Christmas-y" at all- but it was blog worth for sure! A slow cooked, come home to it and serve it dinner!

Ingredients:

2 pounds of pork sirloin roast (lean roast)

1/2 small white onion, chopped

3 small cloves of garlic, minced

1 cup of BBQ Sauce (try to shop for lower sodium sauce)

1 tsp cumin

1/2 tsp salt

1/4 tsp fresh ground pepper

Directions:

Lay your pork in the center of the crock pot

Mix remaining ingredients together and pour over the meat

Cook on low 6-7 hours. 

When you come back to it, the meat will be done and the sauce will all be on the bottom of the pot. Take two forks and shred meat and constantly mix the sauce in until it is well combined.

Serve on rolls, toasted bread, or however you like it!

Enjoy :)

Tomato Bread Soup! For Warming Up!

This is a soup I've made for awhile and just realized today that it never made the blog! It's so easy, its so good, and its pretty cheap for your grocery bill! You'll have leftovers for the week, but you'll finish them off! Perfect for when the cold weather sets in!

Ingredients:

3 T Olive Oil

1 small-medium onion, finely diced

6 cloves of garlic, minced

32 oz crushed tomatoes

15 oz petite diced tomatoes

2 cans small white beans, drained (navy)

1 quart chicken broth

4 cups chopped stale bread (or torn)

Fresh ground pepper

Shredded or grated Parmesan/Parmesan Regiano

Fresh basil (optional- i left this out today)

Directions:

1. Heat a large soup pot over medium heat. Add oil to pan.

2. Saute onion and garlic for about 5-6 minutes until soft.

3. Add crushed and diced tomatoes.

4. Add chicken broth and bring to a boil.

5. Reduce heat and add bread and beans

6. Simmer until soup thickens to stew consistency and bread has really sucked up the soup.

7. Ladle into serving bowls and top with fresh ground pepper, cheese, and basil if you chose!

 

Enjoy :)