Crockpot Italian Beef Sandwiches and Pudding Cake

My first post!!  So excited to start blogging my kitchen adventures.  I hope you enjoy my craziness or at least try to make your dinner better than mine! 

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Tonight is another Eat at Home recipe, since I've begun Tiffany's meal planner to get me started in the kitchen.  I'm on week 2, but I don't necessarily cook the meals in order.


I thought of making the blog AFTER I already had everything in the crock pot of course, so no how-to pictures for this one. I'll do better tomorrow.


Crockpot meals are really easy and perfect for people like me that are still quite scared of the kitchen.  This one is no different.  Chop a couple of things up, add some liquid, throw it all in and turn it on. Some hours later...voila..dinner is served!


Here's the recipe via Eat at Home Cooks


1 large roast (fat trimmed if needed)
1 package Good Seasons Italian dressing
1/4 cup vinegar
1 Tbs. sugar
1-2 cans chicken broth (I used 1)
1 tsp. garlic powder
1 package brown gravy mix (mixed with 1 cup water)
1 green pepper, sliced
1 small jar pepperoccinis with juice, sliced (I used half of a 16oz jar)


Poke the meat with a fork or knife and put it in the crockpot (I didn't do this because I put my roast in frozen). Mix all the ingredients and pour over the meat. Let it marinade overnight or cook it right away on low for 8-10 hours.  I didn't start mine until noon, so I cranked it up on high for 5 hours.
Shred the meat and serve on hoagie buns with the peppers and use the sauce for dipping.

Here's the plate of shredded meat.

I decided to add some Mozzarella cheese, so I put them under the broiler for a couple minutes to melt it.

And now its dinner time!!

Pudding Cake
via Eat at Home Cooks


For dessert...ta da!  Pudding cake..also from Eat at Home meal planner week 1. 


So so good.  I won't even mess around with this one.


1 Devil’s Food cake mix + the ingredients needed to make the batter
12 marshmallows, snipped in quarters or about a cup or so of mini marshmallows
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup cocoa
2 cups water


In a 13×9 pan, mix the brown sugar and cocoa together. Stir in 2 cups of water. Scatter the marshmallows over the top.  Mix up the cake batter and spoon it over the top of the mixture in the pan.  Be careful transferring the pan to the oven. It is very sloshy with all that water in the bottom. Bake at 350 degrees for 45-50 min.  Serve it warm with whipped cream or ice cream if you like. The pudding is on the bottom and I just drizzled it over the top of the pieces as I spooned them out of the pan.

Fresh out of the oven!

Yeah, I snuck a piece before dinner.  What? I made it.

About 30 seconds later.  I'm not even kidding.