Well after a week of being gone visiting family in Illinois and then another almost week of getting things straightened out at the office, I am finally back in the kitchen!!

Last night I made two new things. Chuck Dip Sandwiches - I actually did not use a recipe but after reviewing some recipes for chuck roast in the crock pot, I decided to try it. I used a 2 lb. frozen chuck roast, 2 packets of onion soup mix and 2 beers. I sprinkled the soup mix in the bottom of the crock and set the frozen roast on top of that. Then I poured the beers over the top of the meat and set the crock pot to cook on low for 8 hours. When I got home I removed the meat from the crock, cut thin slices and placed that on a fresh French roll. I dressed the roll with a horseradish-mayonaise. I then spooned out the juice into little bowls so that we could dip our sandwiches. They were really good. Hubby does not care for pot roast at all and he really liked this!

My next item was Napa Salad. We had this at a BBQ at cousin Elsa's while we were in Illinois.

Napa Salad recipe
2-pkg Ramen Noodles - Oriental, break up and sprinkle w/ seasnoing packet
1/4 - cup sunflower seeds
1/4 - cup slivered almonds
melt 1/2 stick of butter & toss all. Bake @350 in shallow pan for 20 min. One hour before serving - Toss 1 pkg Brococoli Slaw and 6 green onions chopped.
Dressing
1/2 cup oil
1/4 cup vinegar
1/3 cup sugar
1 Tblsp Soy sauce
Toss all together and serve

This was really good.

It was a great dinner!

Happy Eating!!