This slow-cooker recipe makes a busy girl appear to be one domestic diva!Things you will need for the slow cooker:
- 2 & 1/2 pounds pot roast (pork was used in this ... because the beef wasn't on sale this week!)
- 1/2 cup white wine (I pretty much cook everything with wine - but completely optional!) or you can substitute this with water too*
- 1 can of cream of mushroom soup
- 1 package of dry onion soup mix
- 1 teaspoon pepper*
- 2 clove minced garlic (optional)*
- 4 large potatoes
- Cut the potatoes into wedges leaving the skin on and place into the slow cooker
- Place the meat into the slow cooker
- In a bowl, combine the wine, mushroom soup, onion soup, pepper, and garlic until thoroughly mixed.
- Pour the mixture into the slow cooker over the potatoes and meat.
- Set the slow cooker on high for 4 hours or on low for 8 hours.
Potatoes: $1.00
meat: $6.73 ($2.69/lb.)
cream of mushroom soup: $1.00/10 oz. can
dry onion soup package: $.0.45 (sold in a package of two for $0.89)
Total: $10.18 - or a little over $2.50 per serving - how fabulous! This meal serves four but our household is only two - so I always cook enough to have leftovers for the next day!
*I did not include the ingredients that most people have around the house!
Suggested Sides:
Peas and carrots (frozen is great and only comes in at $1.25 per bag for the store brand! For two, only half the bag is used!) So easy to prepare, just add some water and microwave! Flavor with butter and salt/pepper or I use the buttery spray, Olivio, to help keep my saturated fats in check;)
Mashed Sweet Potatoes - I used three medium potatoes which came out to 1.89 (1.29/lb)
This will take more effort to prepare, but oh-sooooo worth it!
Instructions:
1 .Wash and dry the sweet potatoes. Peel the skin.
2. Cube the sweet potatoes so they are all the same size
3. Add this to boiling water - and cook until they are tender - 20-25 minutes (or until they can break apart with a fork!)
4. Drain the potatoes, then place in a bowl and with and electric mixer, mix until smooth.
5. In the pan that was cooking the potatoes, add 1 tbsp. of butter, 1/4 cup of coconut milk/milk/cream, 1 teaspoon of nutmeg, 1 teaspoon of cinnamon, and 3 tablespoons of stevia/sugar/Splenda. Cook until butter is melted and ingredients are combined.
6. Add this to the whipped potatoes!
So for less than $3.50** per person, serving up a well balanced, easy to prepare meal, you can express your love one dish at a time! Oh and that extra cash you save, can go to your Gucci fund... ;)
**These are estimates that include the cost of the additional seasonings. Market prices as you know vary by region. I live in a suburb about 12 miles outside of Boston. I typically shop at my local market - Shaws - which has very reasonable prices and I usually pick up the generic labels - it's usually the same difference, and those pennies you save really add up! Every week I look at the circular, and see what's on special too!
