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"Bacon Cheeseburger in a Pot" (3.5 quart pot)

~1/2 lb ground beef, browned
~1/2 t salt
~1/2 c green pepper, chopped
~3/4 c onion, chopped
~8 oz tomato sauce
~4 oz can green chilies
~1 T Worcestershire sauce
~1 T brown sugar
~1/4 c bacon crumbles
~1 lb Velveeta, cubed
~1 T paprika
~crushed red pepper to taste

Combine beef, salt, green peppers, onion, tomato sauce, Worcestershire sauce, brown sugar, and bacon  in crock pot.
Cover and cook on low for 3 hours.
During last hour, stir in cheese, paprika, and red pepper

Serve with...stuff. We had french baguette slices, Tostido bowls, broccoli, and cauliflower.

8 servings.

I love cheese. I thought nothing could be too cheesy.  I was wrong. It needed more beef to help balance it out. And more bacon. Bacon wasn't in the original recipe, so I didn't know how much it would need. The Velveeta totally drowned out everything else in the pot. Next time: Less cheese. Or maybe a different cheese. And more meat and bacon. It was good, but it could be so much better.






Dessert.

I had a pack of Peeps in the pantry begging me to put them in the crock pot. Along with their friend chocolate bunny. And their pals Cadbury caramel eggs.

"Easter Fondue" (6 quart pot)

~6 oz Cadbury milk chocolate bunny
~2 yellow Peeps
~2 Cadbury caramel eggs
~3 T milk

4 servings.

Cover and cook for...well...here's what I did:

I started with the bunny and one peep and crocked them covered and on low for about an hour. The wax eyes of the peep melted, but that was it. I increased it to high and let it go for an hour. The peep got soft. The bunny did, too, but it wasn't melting. Adding a few tablespoons of milk seemed to help. I added the caramel eggs. They melted. I added another peep. It melted. The bunny never really melted completely. There was still a chunk or two or 12 left when I gave up and decided to eat it as it was.

You can't really go wrong with chocolate fondue. Not even when the chocolate doesn't melt all of the way.

My tongue tastes like burning.