Crockpot Ragout

Jon is out of school for the summer! This means he will be home for dinner every night. Which of course means I must cook and not just heat up left overs! Three nights a week I work tell 6:30 and I am usually too starving to make much of anything healthy. So I turned my attention to the crock pot!

Recipe Try #1 Wish me Luck

CROCK POT RAGOUT – I love this simple dinner recipe from Sue Gregg. You simply saute 1 lb. ground turkey and then layer in crock pot with 1 onion, 6 carrots and 4 potatoes (all thinly sliced I use the food processor). You can also add green beans, corn, peas, all frozen. Throw in a little seasonings (garlic powder, salt, pepper) and 1/2 – 1 cup water you cook on low for 6 hours, or on high for 2 1/2-3 hours.

Cost? I buy turkey meat on sale 4 times a year for $1 per lb and vacuum pack it in our deep freeze. Everything else adds up to around $2.50 so dinner for 4-6 people less than $4

We are having it with a salad tonight!

I like to prechop the salad fixin's lettuce, radishes, carrots, celery,(tomatoes cucumbers onions in a rubber maid separate with the Italian dressing or they make the rest of the stuff go bad 3 times as fast) and store in a gallon size zip bag- you layer paper towels with the salad in the middle and suck out all the air. It stays fresh for 5-7 days One day of chopping and instant salad any night!