Faith, Food and Family

One of my favorite meals is at a place called Huck Finn's in Pigeon Forge, TN. I love the "vittles" they bring out to you, served family style all you can eat. White beans, cole slaw, hush puppies, pickles and onions. I love their catfish as well. I haven't been there in a long time. Yesterday I decided to make white beans, coleslaw and corn cakes (instead of hushpuppies). I served it with dill pickles and sliced tomatoes. It was a frugal yet yummy meal! I hadn't cooked beans in the crockpot before but I looked a bit online and it seemed easy enough. This is what I did. Crockpot white beans 2 16 oz bags of white beans water bacon paste (from Soupbase.com) 1 packet of onion soup mix (I only used 1/2 and it definitely could have used a whole pack if not more) salt Look through beans and discard any stones, broken beans, etc. Rinse beans and place in crockpot. Add water (go about 2-3 inches above beans), bacon paste (I used about 2 tsp, you could use more or use so...

I forgot to take the picture before I cut the roast up so this is after I've already cut it into peieces. :) Here's what I did: Beef Pot Roast 2.5 pound sirloin roast a few red and gold potatoes (I was kind of using up what I had left in the bags) about 1 pound of carrots 1 can of french onion soup (this one was not condensed it said not to add water) 1/2 can of water (to make sure I have enough juice, we like a lot) salt and pepper to taste I just sliced the poatatoes and carrots and put them in the bottom. Then salted it. I actually didn't use pepper because my 5 year old doesn't really like it. Then I sat the roast on top. I poured the soup and water and a bit of salt on top. Then covered and baked at 350 for about 2.5-3 hours. I just kept checking it every so often after 2 hours to see when it was nice and tender. If I had any I would have added some beef base to this but I am out. I can't wait to get my soup bases delivered. They will probably be here early nex...

I just wanted to share this with you as something that works for me. I get soup bases from Soupbase.com . This stuff is amazing. And I think I figured that the chicken base that makes 5 gallons works out to about .15 a cup! That's a great savings even over store brands. I usually try to order several things of it at once to save on shipping. They have a email list you can join to receive specials and such. This is restaurant quality stuff. I love having this in the freezer ready to go. It keeps longer in the freezer than the fridge. I used the bacon base the other day in my green beans to make them all yummy with southerny goodness. :) You have to cook them an hour or two as well. I'm not affilated with them in any way but absolutely love their products! I have used the bacon base, beef base, chicken base, and vegetable base. So these soup bases definitely work for me! I've decided to join What Works for Me Wednesday today! To see what works for others go to We Are THAT Fam...