SAUERKRAUT & KIELBASA

Sauerkraut and Kielbasa

 

 Ingredients:

7 oz Tin sauerkraut
Garlic clove minced
½ Small onion chopped
1 Bay leaf
1 Potato blanched & cubed
1 Tsp Brown sugar
5 oz Kielbasa ½ inch slices

Combine the ingredients and turn on the coffeepot and let cook covered as below. The temperature got to 170 Fahrenheit which is a very safe for a 6 hour slow cooking method.

SAUSAGE & PEPPERS

Sausage and Peppers

 First step was to gather the ingredients.

can of tomatoes

bell pepper

onion

sausage link 

 poked the sausage with a fork and put it in the coffee pot and put 6 cups of water in the normal place and turned it on to blanch the sausage and remove some of the fat. The water was poured off with the excess fat and all the other raw ingredients chopped coarsely and put in the pot with the sausage and tomatoes where it cooked for a few hours. Sprinkle with a small amount of basil and oregano.

cook an hour, serve.

 

HAM & BLACK EYES PEAS

Ham and Black Eyed Peas

 

Ingredients:
Tablespoon olive oil
1 medium chopped up onion
2 cloves minced garlic
bay leaf
thin slice scotch bonnet pepper
½ tsp thyme
½ tsp paprika
2 Ham Hocks
6 oz dried black eyed peas soaked overnight
1 1 /2 can chicken broth
1 Tablespoon parsley

If you use Ham hocks and scotch bonnet pepper, additional Salt and Pepper is not necessary. Don’t even start this recipe unless are preparing on a minimum of 48 hours.  This time line includes soaking the beans overnight and an overnight chill to get rid of the fat.

 the onion, garlic and hot pepper are sauteed in the olive oil until onion and garlic are clear and soft.
For those who like precision, that’s about half an hour.

The beans are drained and added to the pot along with the rest of the ingredients and allowed to simmer for about five hours or until the meat on the ham hocks can be easily separated from the fat skin and cartilage. The pot is covered with aluminum foil.
The meat is returned to the pot and pot is placed in the refrigerator. This  step separates the fat from the meal.

 After Chilling Overnight overnight the fat is removed to the pot.

CHICKEN, RICE, & BEANS

Chicken, Rice and Beans

 

Chicken Thighs, – enough to feed the Family – Thighs work best in her Crockpot.
Kidney Beans – Enough to correspond to the number of Pieces of Chicken
I Sazon Packet per can of Kidney beans
I Tablespoon Sofrito per can of Kidney beans
Mix it up and cook until done

COLORFUL HASH

Colorful Hash

 

Ingredients:
1/2 Yam, cooked and cubed
1 carrot, coined
1T olive oil
1 piece Italian sausage remove meat from the casings
1 small onion, rough cut
1 bell pepper (red), diced
1 T garlic, minced
salt & pepper to taste

Method:
1. Pre-Cook Carrots and Yam. (Put coined carrots and cubed yam in coffeepot with tsp salt. Run water through coffeemaker to heat up and let drip on yam and carrots. When done dripping, cover with foil and cook for about one hour. Drain and remove from pot and hold for later.
2. Cook meat, onions and garlic in 1T of olive oil about 1 hour
3. Add peppers to the pot and cook covered for one hour
4. Add cooked carrots and yams to the pot, cook covered for 2 more hours.
5. mix well and season to taste