slow cooker beef brocolli

Ingredients

• 1½ lb. boneless, beef chuck roast, sliced into thin strips
• 1 cup beef consumme or beef broth
• ½ cup low sodium soy sauce
• ⅓ cup dark brown sugar
• 1 tbsp. sesame oil
• 3 garlic cloves minced
• 2 tbsp cornstarch
• Frozen Broccoli Florets, about 3 cups (I used one 14 oz bag)
• White or brown rice, cooked

Instructions

1. In a mixing bowl, whisk together the beef consume, soy sauce, dark brown sugar, sesame oil, and garlic.
2. Lay the beef strips in the crockpot and pour the sauce over, tossing the strips to coat.
3. Turn the crockpot on low and cook for about 6 hours. Mine was ready at 5. You don't want to cook the beef too long or it will start to shred.
4. When it is just about done, take 4 Tbsp of the sauce and whisk it in a small bowl with the cornstarch. Slowly stir this into the crockpot. I added the broccoli in at this point so that it could get heated through. You want to let it cook an additional 30 minutes so that the sauce can thicken and frozen broccoli can cook. You don't want to add the broccoli until the very end or it will be mushy.
5. Serve over white rice.

Garlic Lo Mein

Ingredients

• 8 ounces lo mein noodles, or spaghetti noodles
• 3 cups broccoli florets
• 1 Tablespoon olive oil
• 8 ounce flank steak, sliced against the grain
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 medium carrot, shredded
• ¼ cup packed brown sugar
• ¼ cup reduced-sodium soy sauce
• 2 Tablespoons hoisen sauce
• 2 teaspoons sesame oil
• ¼ teaspoon ground ginger
• ¼ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• ¼ teaspoon pepper

Instructions

1. In a large pot with boiling water, cook the noodles according to package directions. Add the broccoli the last 5 minutes of cooking and let them cook until tender. Drain the noodles and broccoli.
2. While the pasta is cooking, add olive oil to a medium sized skillet. Cook the steak until no longer pink. Add the garlic, and carrots and cook for a minute more.
3. In a small bowl whisk together the brown sugar soy sauce, hoisin sauce, sesame oil, ginger, red pepper and pepper.
4. Add the spaghetti to the skillet and pour the sauce on top and toss until incorporated.

Bill Bailey Santa Maria Style Fully Marinated Sirloin Tri Tip Roast

Square-H Brands, Inc.

Santa Maria Style Slow-Cooked Stew

Hearty stew featuring the classic flavor of Bill Bailey's^® Santa Maria Style Fully Marinated Sirloin Tri Tip Roast

Ingredients

1 each	Bill Bailey's® Santa Maria Style Fully Marinated Sirloin Tri Tip Roast ( about 3 lbs. )
1/2 cup	Cornstarch - Separated in half
1/2 cup	Carrots minced
1/2 cup	Celery minced
1 each	Onion - medium - minced
8 oz	Carrots - fresh, peeled, baby-cut
1 cup	Peas - baby - frozen
2 cups	Potatoes - unpeeled and diced
3 cloves	Garlic - minced
2 cans	Beef broth - Two 12-oz. cans
6 tbspns	Vegetable Oil
1 pinch	Salt to taste
1 pinch	Pepper to taste

Instructions

1. Cut marinated tri-tip into 1” chunks and coat with one cornstarch half portion.
2. Preheat oil in a skillet and slightly brown the meat pieces.
3. Once all the meat has been browned, place in the slow cooker.
4. In the same skillet, put the minced onion, garlic, minced celery, and minced carrots.
5. Sauté the minced vegetables until onions are translucent and tender
6. Add the remaining cornstarch half portion and stir to combine with the minced vegetables.
7. Add one can of beef broth and stir to create gravy
8. Pour this mixture on top of the browned meat in the slow cooker.
9. Add the potatoes, peeled baby-cut carrots, and peas.
10. Pour the other can of beef broth into the slow cooker until all ingredients are covered with the broth
11. Cook on low setting for 8 to 12 hours.
12. Salt and pepper to taste.

https://www.squarehbrands.com/recipes/santa-maria-style-slow-cooked-stew/

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Salsa

Ingredients

• 1 (28 ounces) can 28-Ounce Whole Tomatoes (drained)
• 2 (10 ounces) cans 10-Ounce Rotel (diced Tomatoes And Green Chilies) Original or Mild
• ¼ cup chopped onion
• 1/2 -3/4 cup Cilantro finely chopped (more or less to taste)
• 1 1/2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
• 1 teaspoon minced garlic
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
• ¼ teaspoon Kosher Salt
• Pinch of sugar optional
• If you like your salsa a little spicy throw in:
• 1/2 to 1 Jalapeño chopped fine

Instructions

1. Combine all of the ingredients in a blender or food processor. Pulse a few times until you get a nice consistency. Taste, and add more spice as needed. Refrigerate salsa for at least an hour before serving to help marinate the flavors. Serve with tortilla chips or on top of your favorite Mexican dish.

Betty Theis Chicken in wine sauce over Angel Hair

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The sauce is merely low sodium chicken broth and white wine. A reduction sauce is simmered to reduce and concentrate the flavors. My favorite sauce over heavier gravies or red sauces.

First, salt & pepper chicken pieces, brown in a Teaspoon of oil. 
Remove chicken from pan, keep warm. 
In reserved drippings soften & lightly brown Sweet onion, red, yellow sweet peppers. 
Grate in lemon peel and minced garlic. 
Next, add chicken broth & wine. 
Low simmer until reduced by half, add more of both as necessary to have adequate sauce to pour over pasta. 
In the last five minutes of cooking, add 
quartered canned artichokes, 
chopped tomatoes, 
capers, 
chopped fresh basil and
juice of a half of lemon
Lemon is essential to the final flavor but don't add too much... 
You don't want to taste the lemon only compliment the wine reduction sauce. 
Serve topped with grated Parmesan cheese.

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Oven Roasted Smoked Sausage & Potatoes

Ingredients:

1 package of smoked sausage, sliced into rounds...
1 large onion, peeled and chopped
5 large potatoes, peeled and chopped into 1/2 inch cubes
olive oil
fine sea salt
freshly ground black pepper
sweet paprika
dried thyme
1 cup of grated sharp cheddar cheese

Directions:
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
Line a large baking tray (with sides) with several sheets of foil, and drizzle with a bit of oil.
Spread the oil out over the pan. Set aside.
Put the sausage rounds, onions and potatoes into a large bowl.
Drizzle with a couple tablespoons of olive oil and season to taste with salt, pepper, paprika and dried thyme.
Toss together with your hands until everything is evenly distributed.
Pour this out onto the baking tray, and spread it out as much as you can.
Place into the heated oven and roast for 45 minutes to an hour, stirring every 15 minutes or so, until the potatoes are golden brown and tender.
Turn off the oven.
Scatter the cheese over top of the cooked meat and potatoes,
Pop back into the oven a few minutes to melt the cheese.


Sounds tasty, probably not terribly heart healthy.

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