Favorite One-Pot Meals

[The Ironic Chef]

1 lb of stew meat
2 tbls of olive oil
1 cup of a good red wine (cooking wine, Badddd)
2 cloves of garlic peeled and smashed
1 tbls of hot prepared horseradish
1 large onion rough choped
3 carrots, rough chopped
2 stalks of celery, rough chopped
3 cups of beef stock
3 potatoes cut into 1" cubes
a couple good splashes of worchestire sauce
3 tbls of cornstarch or flour. Slightly more flour may be needed.
Frozen peas and corn to your liking.
Seasonings to your taste. Salt, pepper, rosemary, thyme, bayleaf,dill,

Brown the meat in the oil over medium high heat and build up some good carmelization. Add the onion and garlic and cook till onion softens and picks up fond. Add the wine and reduce. Add the stock, half the chopped veggies, horseradish worchestire sauce and any spices you prefer like dill or bayleaf. Cover, bring up pressure and cook for 20 minutes. The meat will be fall appart tender. Remove from heat, reduce pressure. Add the potatoes and the rest of the veggies. Taste for seasonings and add what you feel is needed. Mix the cornstarch in about a 1/4 cup of water and stir into stew. Cook on low simmer for about 15-20 minutes stiring often. The longer the better, I like the potatoes to cook long and slow to take on the flavor of the stew.

This one pot meal can be taken a step farther with the dumplings.

[The Ironic Chef]

A large skillet with a lid.
1/2 lb of ground beef
1/2 lb of bulk Italian sausage
1 medium onion diced
1 bell pepper, seeded and diced
3 cups of water
1 16 oz can of chopped tomatoes
1/2 packette of Good Seasons Italian Seasoning (used for making salad dressing) Use more if you like it spicy.
1 lb of egg noodles or broken up lasagna noodles.
A small container of ricotta cheese
A half lb of mozzarella cheese

Brown the meat in a skillet and then drain of fat. Add the onion nand pepper and cook till soft.
Stir in the water, chopped tomatoes and the Italian Seasoning. Bring to a boil. Add the pasta, stir and cover. Reduce heat to medium and cook for 8 minutes. Remove the cover and allow the sauce to thicken to the consistancy that you like. Mix the ricotta cheese and the mozzarella cheese together. I like to mix some parm into this if it's to wet. Remove the pot from the heat and stir in the cheese mixture. Cover and let sit for 5 minutes before serving. If you want, add more cheese to the top and polace under the broiler to brown. Make sure your skillet can be used under a broiler. Non sticks can't be.

[CanMan]

This is a recipe great for lunch or traveling. Results go in to a wide-mouth Thermos.

Meal In a Mug

Serving Size : 8

1 pound ground beef
2 cups water
1 21 oz can pork and beans -- undrained
1 14 1/2 oz can tomatoes, canned -- with juice, cut up
1 envelope sloppy Joe Mix
1 cup elbow macaroni -- uncooked

In a large saucepan, brown ground beef; drain.
Add water, pork & beans, tomatoes and sloppy joe mix. Bring to a boil.
Add macaroni and reduce heat. Cover and simmer 10 minutes or until the macaroni is almost cooked. Pour into thermoses.

[Cook Chatty Cathy]

Gosh guys all good recipes, I thank you!