Crock-Pot VersaWare Pro Sausage Stuffed Baked Yams, New England Chuck Roast, Main Dishes, Serves

Sausage Stuffed Baked Yams

8 sweet potatoes or yams (medium to large in size) 4 tablespoons melted butter

2 tablespoons whole milk

2eggs

2teaspoons salt

1/2 teaspoon dried oregano

8 ounces sausage meat (removed form casings)

1/2 cup bacon bits

1.Wash and trim “eyes” off potatoes. Place potatoes in VersaWare® Pro stoneware, place in slow cooker heating base, cover, and cook on Low for 6-8 hours or on High for 2-4 hours until tender.

2.In a separate bowl, combine remaining ingredients and mix well. Set aside in refrigerator.

3.When yams are done, using an oven mitt to hold yam, remove one end, scoop out soft potato, and place in bowl with sausage mixture. Set hollow potatoes carefully aside.

4.Mix potato and sausage meat together and re-stuff yams with mixture. Place back in VersaWare® Pro stoneware, sprinkle with bacon bits and bake, uncovered, in oven at 400ºF for 20-25 minutes. Hold warm in slow cooker heating base until ready to serve.

Serves 8

Main Dishes

New England Chuck Roast

4-5 pounds beef chuck roast (string on)

2 teaspoons salt

1/4 teaspoon pepper

11/2 cups yellow onions (cut into quarters)

2 cups carrots (cut into 2-inch pieces)

2 stalks celery (cut into 1-inch pieces)

3 bay leaves (whole)

2 tablespoons white vinegar

1 head cabbage (cut into quarters or eighths)

2 tablespoons horseradish

4 cups water

4 tablespoons flour

2 tablespoons cornstarch Olive oil

1.Season roast with salt and pepper. Coat bottom of VersaWare® Pro stoneware with olive oil and heat on stovetop set to medium heat. Place roast in stoneware and brown on all sides; remove stoneware from stovetop, drain, and place in slow cooker heating base.

2.Add water, onions, carrot, celery, bay leaf, vinegar and horseradish. Cover and cook on Low for 5-7 hours or on High for 2-4 hours.

3.One hour before serving: Add cabbage to stoneware. Mix flour and cornstarch with 1/8 cup water, add to stoneware, cover and cook on High for remaining hour to thicken. Slice roast and serve.

Serves 8

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	MUST ALWAYS be used with the VersaWare® Pro stoneware.	MUST ALWAYS be used with the VersaWare® Pro stoneware.

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