Easy Taco Meat

Sorry my last recipe wasn't Quick and Easy!
I've been trying to do a lot of things in the crockpot lately and I've been looking for some good ideas for sauces to cook chicken in. Lately I have just been putting chicken in the crockpot and covering it with salsa - it cooks pretty fast so I just keep checking it - and then I shred it up and use it with mexican dishes. This last time I just did burritos but Ken and I like to put in quesadillas with beans and cheese and bake it in the oven so its golden and toasty, then we top it with lettuce, tomato and sour cream!

Spooky Eyeball Tacos

K we are getting in the 'fall' mode and definately have some Halloween on the mind ... Bay talks about dressing up as Dorothy EVERY day! So I found this really cute, quick and easy recipe on Kraft foods and thought I'd share :)

1 lb. ground beef
1 pkg. (1-1/4 oz.) Taco Seasoning Mix
12 Taco Shells
3/4 cup Thick 'N Chunky Salsa
3/4 cup Sour Cream
1 can (2-1/4 oz.) sliced pitted ripe olives

MIX meat and seasoning mix. Shape into 36 (1-inch) balls; place in 15x10x1-inch baking pan.

BAKE at 350°F for 15 to 20 minutes or until cooked through. Fill each taco shell with 1 meatball; drizzle with salsa. Top with 2 meatballs dipped in sour cream. Garnish with olives to make "eyeballs."

Sausage bake

1 lb sausage (ground turkey or chicken)
1 small can green chiles
Tortillas (wheat ones are really good for this:)
8 eggs
Milk
Cheese (mozerella is good if you have, or just cheddar works)
Chili powder
Salt & Pepper

In 9x13 pan, shred tortillas in long stripes and cover bottom of pan. Then layer; green chiles, sausage, and cheese. Then put another layer of tortillas on, try to get the strips close together, then do sausage and green chiles and cheese again. Mix 8 eggs with milk ( like your making scrambled eggs) if you like chili powder sprinkle a little in egg mixture, along with salt and pepper, then pour on the top. Bake @ 350 for about 20-22 minutes, every oven is diffrent mine kind of sucks:) you just want the eggs to be done. It's really good with sour cream and salsa. If you do it with chicken, its good to slice tomatoes and put on top of it before it goes in the oven.

Cafe Rio Sweet Pork

6 lb. pork roast
2 c brown sugar
1 1/2 cans coke (or 20 oz.)
16 oz. Pace Picante Sauce

Trim fat from roast, and cook in crock pot full of water for 6 hrs. (until tender) Remove roast and shred also remove any fat. Dump water out of crock pot and replace the shredded pork. Pour coke, brown sugar, and picante sauce over the meat. Slow cook for 3-4 hrs. ( I think you could get away with not using so much coke, everytime I've made it, it tends to be on the liquidy side.) Tastes SO GOOD!!

Tasty Spin on Lasagna

1 lb. lean ground beef
1 cup frozen diced onion, red and green bell pepper, and celery
3 garlic cloves, minced
1 Tbsp. chilli pwder
1 tsp chipotle seasoning blen
1 jar mild salsa
1 15oz. can dark red kidney beans, drained
1 10oz. can enchilada sauce
1 10oz. package frozen whole kernel corn, thawed
12 6in. corn tortillas (I used flour)
4 cups shredded Mexican 4-cheese blend

Toppings: sour crm, chopped tomatoes

Cook first 5 ingr. in a large skillet over medium heat, stirring often, until veg. are tender and beef is no longer pink.

Stir in salsa and next 3 ingredients. Cook 10 minutes to thouroughly heat.

Layer 1/3 beef mixture, 6 tortillas overlapping edges and 2 cups cheese in a lightly greased 9x13 pan. Repeat layer using the rest of the ingredients and top with remaining 2 cups cheese.

Bake covered @ 350 for 40 minutes, uncover and bake 10 more minutes
Let stand 10 minutes before serving.

Here's a great Steak Rub

1 Tblspn Garlic pwdr
2 tspns oregano
1 1/2 tspns black pepper
1 tspn sea salt
1 tspn lemon pepper

mix well

rub steaks w/ olive oil then sprinkle each side w/ rub and work it in
let marinate for 4 hours ~or overnight~