Oven Barbeque Beef Sandwich

Start to Finish: 2 Hours 10 minutes

Ingredients:
1 can (10-3/4 ounce) condensed cream of chicken or mushroom soup
1-1/4 cups bottled barbecue sauce
1 beef roast, such as boneless chuck (4-6 lb)
1 envelope (1 oz) dry onion soup mix
Onion buns or kaiser rolls, toasted

Directions:
1) In a roasting pan pour soup and barbecue sauce over roast. Sprinkle dry soup mix over roast. Bake, covered, in a 350 degree F oven about 2 hours or until tender enough to slice. (For shredded meat cook about 3 hours or until very tender).
2) Drain off fat and remove any bones from roast. Slice or shred the meat and serve on buns. Spoon sauce over meat.

Servings: 6-8

Notes: This was good and creamy. We've had this same barbecue beef sandwich with just beef and a bottle of barbecue sauce. This one had a more creamy texture and was quite good. Be careful to get the fat off the beef though; fat doesn't taste good.

Variations: I've become a fan of the crock pot. I just threw the ingredients in a crock pot on high for about four hours, shredded the meat, and it was good to go.

Estimated Price: $12.00

Cookbook: Better Homes and Gardens 500-Five Ingredient Recipes
Nutrition Facts per serving: 887 cal., 53 g total fat (20 g sat. fat), 179 mg chol., 1,446 mg sodium, 42 g. carbo., 2 g fiber, 56 g pro. Daily Values: 14% vit. A, 6% vit. C, 10% calcium, 45% iron

Meatballs

I had a recipe that called for frozen meatballs and after looking in the grocery store and deciding that I didn't want to spend $9 on something I probably had the ingredients to make at home I decided to look up a recipe online and try it out. I found this recipe on allrecipes.com and I liked how they turned out. We had some polish sausages left over from a barbecue so I just ground up that for the sausage.

Ingredients:
1 lb lean or extra lean ground beef
1/2 lb bulk Italian sausage
1/3 cup fine dry bread crumbs
3 med cloves garlic
1 scant tsp salt
1 tsp dried leaf basil
1 med onion, finely chopped
1 large egg
1/3 c grated Parmesan cheese
2 tablespoons water, or as needed
1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper

Directions:
1) Line a shallow baking pan with foil and oil the pan.
2) Mix ingredients and shape into 1-1/2 to 2 inch diameter meatballs.
3) Broil 8 inches away from heat for 10 minutes; turn over and broil for 10 minutes more.

Italian Pizza Burgers

Start to Finish: 25 minutes

Ingredients:

4 (3-3/4 oz) purchased uncooked hamburger patties

4 (3/4-inch) slices sourdough bread

1 cup purchased mushroom pasta sauce

1 cup shredded provolone or mozzarella cheese

2 tablespoons thinly sliced fresh basil

Directions:

1) Place patties on the unheated rack of a broiler pan. Broil 3 to 4 inches from heat for 10 to 12 minutes or until done (160 degrees F), turning once. Add the bread slices to broiler pan the last 2 to 3 minutes of broiling; turning once to toast evenly.

2) Meanwhile, in a medium saucepan cook pasta sauce over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until heated through. Place 1 patty on each bread slice. Spoon pasta sauce over patties; sprinkle with cheese. Broil for 1 to 2 minutes more or until cheese is melted. Top with basil.

Servings: 4

Notes: I really liked this. with all of the summer meals, this was a nice variation on a hamburger. Plus, we are huge fans of sourdough bread. Due to the sourdough bread and hamburger patties, it was a little more expensive, but well worth it.

Variations: You could use any type of cheese or pasta sauce, really. I think sauteed mushrooms would taste good on it as well, and I'm not a huge mushroom fan.

Estimated Price: $10.00

Cookbook: Better Homes and Gardens 500- Five Ingredient Recipes

Nutrition Facts per serving: 504 cal., 30 g total fat (13 g sat. fat), 96 mg chol., 815 mg sodium, 27 g carbo., 2 g fiber, 30 g pro., Daily Values: 18% vit. A, 13% vit. C, 26% calcium, 18% iron