I always love easy to make slow cooker recipes. I love being able to throw together a few things in the morning, and then have supper ready for that evening. Like tonight, Bill was over an hour late, but the kids and I were able to eat.

1 cup beef broth
1/3 cup Italian dressing
1/4 cup BBQ sauce (I used Country Bob’s All Purpose Sauce)
1 tsp oregano leaves
1 lb beef stew meat
4 potatoes
1 bag baby carrots (16oz)
1 large onion, cut into chunks
3 tbsp tastefully Simple Bacon Bacon Seasoning (A couple pieces of chopped up bacon should work too)
3 tbsp flour
3 tbsp water

Mix broth, dressing, BBQ sauce, and oregano in a bowl. Put all remaining ingredients in the slow cooker except for the flour and water.  Pour bowl mixture over the ingredients in the slow cooker.  Cover and cook on low for 8 - 9 hours (or 4 - 5 hours on high).

Fifteen minutes before you want to serve, use a slotted spoon and transfer meat and veggies to a serving bowl.  Cover with foil.

In a bowl, mix the flour and water until well blended.  Stir into slow cooker.  Cover and cook on high for 15 minutes.  Spoon over meat and vegetables.

I have to remember that when I set up giveaways that I make sure I end them when I am home!  I apologize that I didn’t get a chance to do this drawing last night.  However, it is now done, and we have 3 very lucky winners!  I ended up with over 500 entries (including the extra entries).  So, without further ado, here are the winners:

And since that is super tiny — the winners are:

#291 — Corrin

#437 — Jaz

#506 — Michele

I will be emailing them all shortly, so make sure you head over to their blogs and congratulate them!

I love Pizza Hut.  When I heard they were coming out with the Premium Bacon Mac ‘n cheese Tuscani Pasta, I knew we had to try it. This did not disappoint.  The rotini pasta is covered with an awesome chedder cheese sauce.  That is then topped with more cheese and bacon.  An order of the Premium Bacon Mac ‘n cheese is about 3 pounds and should feed a family of four.  It also comes with 5 breadsticks.  This dinner is quite affordable too — it is only $12.99!  Everyone at my house truly like it.  I like how cheesy it was, my husband loved the bacon topping, Will (my one year old) could actually feed this to himself, and Madison (my four year old) just thought the whole thing was “super yummy in my tummy”.

Interested in trying this at your house?  I have been the opportunity to give not one, not two, but 3 certificates to my readers to try the Premium Bacon Mac ‘n cheese Tuscani Pasta.  What do you have to do to win this?

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Good luck!  This contest will end Sept. 17, 2008 at 8:00 PM CST and is for US residents only.

1/2 jar (8 oz) of Ragu cheese Creations! Double Cheddar Sauce
1 medium tomato chopped
5 slices of bacon crisp cooked and crumbled (you can also use tastefully Simple Bacon Bacon — it would be about 1/3 of a cup)
1 loaf of Italian bread

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Combine Ragu cheese Creations! Double Cheddar Sauce, tomato (as you can see from the picture, I did not use the tomato part of this recipe — Bill doesn’t really care for warm tomatoes — however they were still good without it), and bacon. On a baking sheet, arrange bread slices and top with sauce mixture. Bake 10 minutes or until sauce mixture is bubbling.

2 Tbsp. Bacon Bacon Dip Mix (this was bought from tastefully Simple)
1 Tbsp. Garlic Dip Mix (this was bought from tastefully Simple)
Seasoned Salt to taste
1 cup bread crumbs
3/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
4 - 6 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1/2 cup (1 stick) melted butter

Combine first 4 ingredients in resealable plastic bag. Shake until well mixed. Dip chicken breasts into melted butter; place in bag. Shake until coated. Place chicken breasts on greased baking sheet; bake at 375° for 30-40 minutes or until no longer pink. Makes 4-6 servings.