Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Double Duty Dinners

We had roast for dinner tonight.  I put the roast in my slow cooker with a can of broth, dried onion, and garlic powder and it cooked all day.  When we came home the house smelled SO GOOD!  This roast was huge and was about $9 at Winco, which isn't a steal but still lower than I've seen in awhile.  We ate half of it with some sliced potatoes cooked in a frying pan and I made my strawberry spinach salad with raspberry vinaigrette.  I cut up some of my Prudent Homemaker french bread and it was a fabulous dinner!

There was still half a roast left after we stuffed ourselves, so Ryan and I started brainstorming what to do with it.  We finally decided a beef stew sounded great so while he did all the dishes, I shredded the meat, filtered the drippings from the crockpot and added another 2 cans of broth, a can of water and cut big chunks of carrot, potato, and celery.  I added some various seasonings and put it in the fridge.  It will cook on low all day tomorrow.  I pulled out a loaf of french bread from the freezer to thaw which will go nicely with the stew.

So then I got to thinking, I need to do these double duty dinners a little more often, especially as I am getting into my busier time of year at work.

Here's some other ones I've done in the past:
Night 1: Slow cooker pork roast with potatoes and carrots in broth
Night 2: shredded leftover pork for enchiladas or tacos

Night 1: slow cooker chicken breasts (doubling what you would normally cook) in a can of broth, drain, shred and use for chicken pasta
Night 2: Mix leftover chicken with 1 cup BBQ sauce for BBQ chicken sandwiches or add vegetables, broth and spices for slow cooker chicken noodle soup (just add noodles an hour before serving)

What are some double duty dinners you like to do?

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