INGREDIENTS
- 3 eggs
- 1 (16ounce)can solid-pack pumpkin
- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon grated nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
- 3 tablespoons sweet sherry
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 2 cups milk
- 3 cups packed 3/4 inch cubes Italian bread or French bread or sourdough bread
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
- heavy cream
DIRECTIONS
- In a large bowl, whisk the eggs until smooth.
- Whisk in the pumpkin, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves until well mixed.
- Whisk in the sherry, sugar, and milk until smooth.
- Stir in the bread cubes and nuts.
- Turn the mixture into a 3 1/2-quart electric slow cooker.
- Cover and cook on the high heat setting 2 1/4 to 2 1/2 hours, or until puffed (do not cook on the low heat setting for a longer time).
- Remove the lid and continue cooking on high 20 to 30 minutes longer.
- Serve warm or at room temperature, topped with heavy cream.
INGREDIENTS
- 3-4 lbsboneless pork butt (shoulder)
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 1 large yellow onion
- salt and pepper
- any other dry seasoning , your family likes (i use season salt, lemon pepper, garlic powder, onion powder and cayenne pepper)
- 1/2 cup water
DIRECTIONS
- Season both sides of pork roast with your choice of dry seasonings.
- In a shallow roasting pan brown the roast under the broiler about 5 minutes on each side or you can brown on top the stove in a cast iron skillet with a touch of oil.
- This step enhances the flavor and seals the juices in the meat, and renders any excess fat from the roast.
- While roast is browning, slice large onion into thick slices and separate into rings.
- Place 1/2 of the rings in the bottom of the crock pot.
- Take the browned pork roast and place on top of the onion rings in the crock pot then cover with the other half of the onion rings.
- Pour the 1/4 cup soy sauce over the top of roast, then pour the 1/2 cup water on sides of roast.
- Cook on low for 8-10 hours or on high for 5 hours.
- You may have leftovers depending on family size and is great for sandwiches!
- Meat should be falling apart.
INGREDIENTS
- 5 slices bacon
- 1/2 lbsliced mushrooms
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1/3 cup flour
- 1 teaspoon thyme leaves
- 1 1/2 cups Burgundy wine
- 12 small whole white onions
- 1/4 cup parsley
- 3 1/2 lbs beef chuck, cubed
- 2 garlic cloves, crushed
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 4 whole cloves
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 lb carrots, sliced(optional)
- 11 ouncesfrozen peas(optional)
DIRECTIONS
- Fry bacon; remove.
- Saute beef in bacon drippings.
- Remove beef from fat and put beef in crock pot.
- Add garlic, salt and pepper to beef.
- Sprinkle flour over beef and stir to blend.
- Put cloves, thyme and bay leaf in cheesecloth packet; add to pot.
- Add wine and parsley; mix.
- Crumble bacon and add to pot.
- Add carrots and onions.
- Cover and cook on low 8-9 hours.
- Saute mushrooms, then add the peas and mushrooms to pot and cook another 3 to 5 minutes.



