Friday Foods: Delicious Crock Pot Roast

Wondering what to make for Sunday dinner? Adriana McEwen has got us covered! Check out this savory roast recipe she submitted!

Delicious Crock Pot Roast

Ingredients:

2-3 lb. Beef Roast (picnic roast or rump roast are two cuts that I use)

1 can Cream of Mushroom Soup

1 jar Franco American Beef Gravy

1 envelope Liptons Onion Soup Mix

1/2 C. Brown Sugar

3 T. White Vinegar

2 T. Worchestershire Sauce

1 T. Soy Sauce

Directions:

Poke holes in your roast with a large fork or knife and season as desired. Combine all your ingredients and poor over seasoned roast in crock pot. Set your crock pot for six to eight hours on low. 

** This recipe is awesome for a sunday dinner. Put it in the crock pot before you go to church and when you come home your house will smell like heaven and you barely have to lift a finger to make dinner. Enjoy!

Friday Foods: Eggplant Parmesan

This recipe was submitted by Emily Adams.

Full disclosure statement: This picture was not submitted by Emily.  I found it online so who knows if yours will end up looking like this. This picture was taken from this food blog. 

Eggplant Parmesan:

1 bottle Ragu Pasta sauce
Approximately 3 teaspoons Pesto
1 small to medium eggplant
 Bread Crumbs
2 eggs beaten
2 teaspoons basil

1. Preheat oven to 375
2. Peel the eggplant (the rind is very tough and bitter)
3. Thinly slice the eggplant, with slices as close to uniform as possible. There will be seeds. Don't worry, the seeds are edible.
4. Dip the eggplant into the beaten eggs, and then into the breadcrumbs. Lay them out on cookie sheets.
5. Put the breaded eggplant in the oven. Toast each side for five minutes.
6. In a 9X13 casserole dish, pour a thin layer of Ragu, mix in one teaspoon pesto. Sprinkle with Parmesan. Put a layer of eggplant on top of the Ragu/pesto mixture.
7. Continue the layering pattern until all the eggplant has been used. Finish with the ragu/pesto/Parmesan layer on top. Sprinkle with Basil.
8. Put in the oven (still at 375) and bake for 35 minutes. If the eggplant is not tender, put back in the oven for another few minutes.

Friday Foods: Crock Pot Mango Chicken

So my friends Friday Foods may be nearing its impending death. Not only because of my inability to actually post it on Friday but because very soon we will have a whole new recipe feature that may preclude Friday Foods! Until then I will be supplying you with delicious recipes submitted by the awesome ladies of our ward! Today our recipe was sent by Anna Hart. Her recipe is from one of her favorite recipe blogs ourrecipeclub.blogspot.com. Check out the original recipe here.

Crock Pot Mango Chicken
4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
2 cups tomato based mango salsa- i use the one with peach from Costco
2/3 cup brown sugar
1 TBSP salt

Put all ingredients in the crock pot on low for 8-10 hours or high for 4-6.  shred chicken.  Use in tacos, burritos, enchiladas, nachos, etc. 

Friday Foods: Baked Creamy Chicken Taquitos

So today the recipe is going to be submitted by me! This is one me and my husband's new favorite recipes! One of my best friends shared it with me and later I discovered it originated from one of my favorite recipe blogs "ourbestbites"! Ourbestbites is like magic. You can choose any recipe at random, follow it and waa laa your stuff turns out great! I got their cook book for my wedding and so far I have liked everything I have made out of there! So check out the recipe and their blog here

Baked Creamy Chicken Taquitos

Friday Foods: P.F. Chang's Lettuce Wraps

Ok so Friday Foods is not happening on Friday again and for the very same reason as last week. I have another day-long interview. Don't let the man keep ya down! I should return to our schedule as usual next week. Enough about me, let us talk about the food. This is a very exciting recipe. Who doesn't love the lettuce wraps from P.F. Chang's? I know I do! Kate Allen submitted this copy cat recipe so you can make your own lettuce wraps at home!
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Chicken Cashew Lettuce Wraps
Makes 6-8 lettuce wraps.

For stir fry sauce:
2 tablespoons soy sauce           
1 tablespoon rice vinegar
1 tablespoon brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon ground red pepper
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
1 teaspoon sesame oil


Mix all ingredients making sure to dissolve brown sugar. Set aside.

For Cashew Chicken:
2 chicken breasts (about 3/4 lb. total), diced
8 leaves of greenleaf or iceburg lettuce
3 tablespoons canola oil (or oil of choice)
1 cup onion, diced
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 teaspoon soy sauce
1/4 cup cashews, chopped
Salt and pepper to taste

Heat canola oil in pan over medium to medium high heat. Add diced chicken and brown (about 4-5 minutes). Remove chicken from oil. Add onions, garlic and 1 teaspoon soy sauce to pan; brown. When onions and garlic are brown and tender, add stir fry sauce, browned chicken, and cashews. Saute mixture for a few minutes and remove from heat.
Spoon chicken mixture into individual lettuce leaves. Add your favorite hot sauce, more cashews or basil.

*As some of you may know I am a couponer and I like to save while eating out as well. I found out about this deal a few weeks ago and if you love P.F. Chang's you should try it out!

Friday/Late Saturday Night Foods: CrockPot Beef Burritos

Friday Foods is happening on Saturday night because I had a crazy all-day interview on Friday. Please forgive me. The following recipe was submitted by Carly Cook.

CROCKPOT BEEF BURRITOS

2-3lbs. Top-round Steak or London Broil
1 or 2 cans of **Rotel original diced tomatoes and green chilies
1 pkg taco seasoning

(**Special brand--I use 2 cans with 3 lbs. of meat.  You could do 2 lbs. and 1 can)

Place all of this in crockpot on medium.  Cook 7-8 hours (depends on the strength and size of your crockpot. I would check at 6 hours.)

Shred meat with a fork and serve in tortillas with lettuce, cheese and salsa.

If you ask me it sounds delicious! But don't take my word for it! Go ahead and try it and come back to comment on how it went!

Friday Foods: Crock Pot Pork Loins

Hello ladies! So we are going to start a new feature here at our Relief Society Blog and as you can tell by the title it is Friday Foods! Each Friday I am going to post a recipe by a lovely lady in our ward just in time for weekly meal planning or for a Sunday dinner idea.

This week's recipe was submitted by Lauren Error. This is one of Lauren's go-to recipes because it is so easy and flavorful!

Crock Pot Pork Loins
1 pork loin (or substitute chicken breasts)
1 can of salsa (choose a flavorful one that isn't too spicy)
1 cup of brown sugar

Put the meat in a crock pot. Cover meat with salsa. Pour sugar on top. Cook on Medium for 4 hours. Best served with rice.

That is it people. So easy! When you try it make sure you come back and comment on this post and let us know how it went for you!

Keep your eye out for another post on Sunday!