Tri-Tip Roast

When I asked the butcher for a tri-tip roast, he asked if I was from California. It seems the only people he met that even knew about a tri-tip were from California. Try it - it is very good.

Ingredients:

• 3-5 pound tri-tip roast
• 2 cups cream of mushroom soup
• 1 packet of dry onion soup mix
• fresh chopped garlic to taste
• 1 1/4 cups water

Directions:

1. Mix the soups and water in slow cooker.
2. Add the roast and coat it well with the soups/water.
3. Add as much garlic as you choose.
4. Cook for 8 hours on low or 4 hours on high.

The juices from the roast mix with the soups to make a delicious gravy.
No other seasoning is necessary (except for the garlic).

December

Tostados, refried beans, nachos
Minute Steaks and soup
Noodles ala Russe
Korean Short Ribs
Sausage casserole
Pork chops with muffin stuffing
Waikiki meatballs
Shepherd's pic
Ragu and spaghetti

November

Fish Steaks with pineapple
Muffin Melt
Stuffed Pork Chops
Sausage and Spanish Rice
Turkey Breast and sweet potatoes
Tostado Pizza
Italian Sausage and cheese
Franks and Corn casserole
Veal Steaks and spaghetti
Cabbage and pinto beans
Chuck Roast in Barbecue sauce

October

Beef Roast
Ham with cabbage pudding
Cincinnati Chili
Beef Steak Pie
No-Peep Chicken
Lobster Quiche
Lobster

September

Teriyaki Chuck Roast, carrot and water chestnuts
Swedish Meatballs, noodles, beets
Chili Spaghetti Bravissimo
Chili-corn on English Muffins
Nachos, Mexicali Hash, refried beans
Sausage Stuffed Spinach
Round Steak
Chinese Steamed Chicken with Green Onions
Curry of Chicken Breast Crepes and cauliflower
Burger Beef Tiara with mixed vegetables
Seafood Newburg

August

Turkey, dressing, gravy
Spaghetti and meatballs
Turkey ala king on toast
Shish-kabobs
German potato salad with sausage links
Hun-Tung Soup, chicken and green pepper
Grilled spareribs with black-eyed peas
Corned beef and cabbage
Guacamole, burritos and beans
Pork Chops and spanish rice
Pepper steak, rice
Manicotti

July

City Chickens broccoli crepes
Stuffed Cabbage
Beef Goulash and noodles
Pizza burgers and zuchinni
Kielbasa and cabbage
T Bone steak with baked potato
Ground Beef stuffed zuchinni
Quiche Loraine
Smoked Chops, Brats Kielbasa and sauerkraut
Stuffed Peppers
Reuben sandwiches
Marzetti

June

Sweet and Sour Pork, rice
Swiss Steak
Enchiladas with chili relenos
Baked Country Ham from KY, mashed potatoes and gravy
Trout with noodle pudding
Beef Stroganoff
Bacon wrapped franks with beans
Sukiyaki
Sausage and musroom pizza
Steak Diane
Veal Birds (note - we will NEVER have them again - don't recommend trying them)
Green salad with salmon
Sirloin Tip Roast with potatoes, carrots and gravy

May

Fried sole, macaroni and cheese
Beef fondue
Brats, corn casserole
Lasagna
Wiener Schnitzel
Barbecued chicken
Stew
Crabmeat and broccoli crepes
Empress chili and spaghetti
Cornish Hens with scalloped potatoes
Bacon Burger and french fries

April

Tuna casserole with asparagus
Fried chicken
Hamburger-corn casserole
Dried chipped beef on toast
Hamburgers with tater tots
New York Strip steak with baked potato
Pork Roast with baked sweet potatoes
Chicken Kiev with rice and broccoli
Beef and mushroom fondue
Sloppy Joes

March

Beef and mashed potato bake
Meatloaf, asparagus, green beans
Cucumber salad, chili
Cole slaw, salmon patties, macaroni and cheese, broccoli
Broiled chicken, baked sweet potatoes
Baked round steak, cauliflower, peas
Broiled pork chops, peas, brussel sprouts
Guacamole salad, tamale pie, hot tortillas
Ham steak, brussel sprouts, creamed corn
Boston Clam Chowder, grilled cheese
Salisbury steak, carrots, cabbage
Stewed chicken, dumplings, pinto beans
Egg Foo Yung, spinach
Veal Parmegianna, spaghetti
Hamburger/Corn casserole

February

Fish with peas and cornbread
Bouef Shuee (French) with cream corn
Western Bean Bake with beets
Chinese style beef stead
Pork Chops with mixed veggies
Frankfurter Crown with cole slaw
Chicken Oriental with egg rolls
Lox and bagels
Baked Chuck Roast with potatoes and carrots
Swordfish with green beans
Turkey soup with grilled cheese
Chicken goulash with peas and spiced peaches

Meals for a year - January

It was somewhere around 1978 in Chicago when Nita and I began talking about putting more variety into our meals and still staying within our budget. We did so by making sure we never duplicated a recipe for an entire year.

Here are our meals for January (recognize that we no longer eat pork products, but we did back then and that the larger meats were used for leftovers):

Duck with wild rice dressing
Ham with lima beans and potatoes
Ham ala king
Chop Suey with egg rolls
Veal Elegante
Chicken parisienne crepes
Chicken soup and childen salad
Grinders
Corned Beef with zuchinni and cucumbers
Lasagna Roma with garlic bread

Meat Loaf - Onion, Lamb and GB style

Ingredients:

• 1 lb. ground beef
• 1 lb. ground lamb
• 3/4 cup bread crumbs
• 1 envelope Lipton Dry Onion Soup
• 3/4 cup ketchup
• 2 eggs
• 3/4 cup water

Directions:

1. shape into loaf onto baking sheet or loaf pan (actually, I prefer to shape into 4 equal loaves of 1/4 pound each - easier to serve, to bake evenly and to freeze leftovers)
2. thickly dice 1/4 large onion and layer on top - poking into the loaf
3. cook in slow cooker on high 4 hours.
4. thickly dice 1/4 large onion and layer on top - poking into the loaf

Remove from slow cooker and serve. May add ketchup or BBQ sauce over the top of each loaf if you like.

Garlic Chicken

Easy Garlic Chicken:

Ingredients:

• 3 chicken breasts
• 1 cup of chicken broth
• one thickly sliced onion
• 7 red new potatoes
• 3 tsps of freeze dried garlic
• garlic pepper to taste
• garlic salt to taste

All cooked together in the slow cooker for 4 hrs. on high

We love garlic, if you only "like" it, you may need to cut back on some of it. Just make sure to get enough salt and pepper on the potatoes.