Crock-pot Pizza Sandwiches

These pizza sandwiches are super easy to throw together, let cook all day and enjoy after a long day of work!!!

Ingredients:
1 lb of ground beef (I used beef sausage)
1 green pepper (chopped)
1 onion (chopped in long thin slices)
1 can of pizza sauce or spaghetti sauce (I used my homemade veggi spaghetti sauce which I'll share tomorrow)
and some Italian seasoning

Throw it all in the crock-pot on low for 6-8 hours or on high for 4 hours. Then serve on bread with shredded mozzarella cheese!! Easy to make, delicious and messy!!

Muffaletta

A Muffaletta is a New Orleans tradition that Jon really enjoys to eat! I went over to one of my high school volleyball players house and learned how to make them!

Need:

3 large garlic cloves, crushed

1 cup chopped green olives stuffed with pimientos

1 cup pitted and chopped “black-ripe” olives or Calamatas

1/2 cup roasted sweet red peppers, chopped

1 cup olive oil

3 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
2 tablespoons white wine vinegar
1/3 pound salami

1/2 pound provolone cheese

1/2 pound mild cheese

1/3 pound mortadella

1/3 pound prosciutto

Cook’s note: The roasted red peppers are Italian-style, available at many Italian delis.

Also, you can buy already made olive salad.

Directions:
Take one loaf fresh Italian bread (one big round for a traditional Muffaletta or individual sub loaves will do fine for smaller sandwiches). Cut the loaf ( or loaves) in half, and scoop out a little of the inside to make some room. Make the olive salad by combining the olives and roasted perrer, garlic and vinegar. Drizzle some of the olive oil and juice from the olive salad on each side of the open loaf — use plenty. On the bottom, place some salami, olive salad, provolone, mild cheese, and mortadella. Top with the other half loaf. Slice into wedges (or eat the individual loaves). Serve cold or if you like it warm, wrap in foil and put in 350 oven until cheese melts.

Black bean and corn quesadillas

I just made this up after watching Guy's Big bite the other day. I didn't have everything that he used but it still turned out yummy! Naomi loved the "quesadida" too!

I roasted some corn (I used frozen corn so basically I just warmed it up)

I also added some minced onions.

Add a can of drained and rinsed black beans and heat.

Put on corn tortillas.

Add shredded cheese.Put another tortilla on top.

Put in the oven for 12-15 minutes or until cheese is melted.

Cut, serve and enjoy. I served this with sour cream but I bet it would be good with salsa also. You can add many other things to this dish as well. Guy had added roasted red peppers too but I didn't have any on hand.

Enjoy!

Roast Beef with Cheddar and Blue Cheese Butter

My husband got a Grilled Cheese cookbook for Christmas and made us some right away. Can't wait to try more of these recipes in the future.

For the jam:
2 tablespoons of salted butter
1 medium onion (about 1/2 pound) thinly sliced
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon packed light brown sugar

2 ounces blue cheese
2 tablespoons salted butter
8 slices sourdough bread (1/4 inch thick)
1/4 pound cooked roast beef, thinly sliced
6 ounces sharp cheddar cheese, coarsely grated

To make the jam: in a large nonstick skillet, melt the salted butter over medium-high heat. Add the onions and cook, stirring occasionally, until they are lighly golden, about 6 minutes. Reduce heat to low and cook, stirring occasionally, until the onions are a deep golden color, 8 to 10 minutes. Add the salt and brown sugar, and stir until the sugar has dissolved and the onions look glazed, about 1 minute. Remove the onions from the pan and let cool. (The jam can be prepared up to 6 hours in advance and kept covered at room temperature.)

In a small bowl mash the butter and blue cheese together.

To assemble: Spread the blue cheese butter on one side of each slice of bread. Place 4 slices on your work surface, buttered side down. Distribute the roast beef evenly over the 4 slices, folowed by the cheddar cheese. Spoon on the jam, and top with the remaining 4 bread slices, buttered side up.

Make on the stove top or in a sandwich maker.

Enjoy!