Saturday afternoon football needs something that can be fixed ahead of time and eaten when everyone gets hungry. At least in this house it does. Which is why cooking in a crockpot on Saturdays in football season is a must.
Who has time to get up and cook dinner when the score is tied in the fourth quarter? I sure don’t and you couldn’t budge my husband from his chair for the world no matter how hungry he is.
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Tags: beer, Crockpot, meatballs, recipes, Slow Cooker 
Comments OffA couple of months ago my husband decided he was going to make pork sausage. That in itself is a great idea. He bought so much pork that we will be eating it for some time to come. He decided he would only make a half recipe as he wasn’t sure if we were going to like it or not. As it turned out it was a good idea to make only half as it was not a great first effort on his part as all you could taste was a very strong pork. God love him he ate it all as the rest of us had a hard time with it. Although to give our kids credit they never told him how bad it tasted.
I am not really sure where I got this recipe, it could be from one of the 400 cookbooks lying around this house. But the family loves it when I make it. This is the basic recipe I usually add carrots or some peas to round it out then I serve it over egg noodles as my family doesn’t really care for rice all that much.
2-3 lbs. boneless chuck, cut into 1 inch cubes
1/2 c. flour
1/4 c. butter
1 onion, sliced
1 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. pepper
1 clove garlic, minced
2 c. beer
1/4 c. flour
I started this stew earlier today, and have been getting more hungry as the day goes on. It is a little chilly here in Michigan today, and Michigan Football is on, both Michigan State and University of Michigan. Red Wings are playing after they are finished so this is a great meal to start and eat when the excitement wear off.
RECIPE INGREDIENTS:
2 pounds lean round or stew beef, cut into 1-inch cubes
Salt to taste
2 large red onions, halved and thinly sliced
1/3 cup olive oil
4-5 potatoes cubed
3-4 carrots cubed
2 teaspoons brown sugar
3 tablespoons flour
2 cups beer (preferably dark, but light or nonalcoholic
beer is fine too)
1 cup beef stock
3 bay leaves
1 teaspoon dried thyme
1 teaspoon dried sage, crumbled
2 cloves of garlic minced
