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Campbell’s Dinner Sauces

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Campbell's Dinner Sauces

K and I are always on the look-out for easy to prepare dinner ideas.  K is usually tired when she gets home from her long workday and commute.  I am also looking for easy dinner solutions when 5:00 rolls along after taking care of my two crazy boys all day.   We were recently asked to try Campbell’s line of skillet sauces and slow cooker sauces.  I was excited about the prospect of an easy dinner idea to add to our weekly menu!

Campbell’s has an entire line of skillet sauces, in addition to a line of slow cooker sauces.  They include:

Campbell’s Skillet Sauces

  • Marsala
  • Toasted Sesame
  • Scampi
  • Thai Green Curry

Campbell’s Slow Cooker Sauces

  • Tavern Style Pot Roast
  • Sweet Korean BBQ
  • Apple Bourbon BBQ
  • Hawaiian Luau
  • Mexican Red Chile Taco
  • Moroccan Spiced Stew

Campbell's Marsala Skillet Sauce

I decided to try the Campbell’s Marsala Skillet Sauce as I have not had chicken marsala in quite awhile.  It was extremely easy to pull together.  I heated up a little vegetable oil in my skillet, browned the chicken for a few minutes, added the Marsala Skillet Sauce, and then allowed the chicken to finish cooking in the sauce.  I paired it with steamed green beans and some egg noodles.  So easy!  I usually try to pull together dinner during the boys’ naptime, but this meal was easy enough to make with both of them up.

Campbell's Marsala Skillet Sauce

The final result: so delicious!  I’m so happy to have come across an easy and satisfying dinner option to feed our family.  Sometimes I feel such pressure to pull a nice dinner together and it’s nice to know that I will always have Campbell’s dinner sauces as an option in my back pocket.

I’m looking forward to trying more of the Campbell’s dinner sauces…next up I plan to try the Sweet Korean BBQ Slow Cooker Sauce.  The back of the pouch features Korean Tacos- shredded beef, cabbage, and spicy sour cream rolled up in a flour tortilla…sign me up!

Which of the  Campbell’s dinner sauces sound appealing to you?

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Slow Cooker Pork Ragù with Fresh Pasta

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I made this recipe for Slow Cooker Pork Ragù earlier this winter and my husband raved about it so much that I knew I had to make it again.  I served it with fresh linguine and I highly recommend serving the pork ragù with fresh pasta if it’s available at your grocery store (or I suppose you could make it yourself as well, but I have not been that ambitious on the culinary frontier yet.)  I usually make pulled pork when I use the slow cooker to cook up a pork shoulder or butt.  This pasta dish definitely puts a new spin on the usual pork dishes.

Slow Cooker Pork Ragu with Fresh Pasta

The pork ragù can be prepped in less than ten minutes.  If you don’t have time in the morning to pull this together, you could also prep everything the night before and just put the slow cooker insert with all the ingredients right in the fridge.  In the morning, just pop the insert into the slow cooker and set your timer for the day.  I love coming home to the aroma of dinner already cooked!

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Slow Cooker Pork Ragù with Fresh Pasta
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Ingredients
  • 1 carrot, chopped
  • 1 yellow onion, chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 2 tablespoons tomato paste
  • 1 14.5-ounce can diced tomatoes
  • 1 teaspoon dried thyme
  • 1 teaspoon dried oregano
  • kosher salt and black pepper
  • 2 pounds boneless pork shoulder or butt, trimmed
  • 1 pound linguine (use fresh pasta, if available)
  • grated Parmesan, for serving
Instructions
  1. Add the carrot, onion, garlic, tomato paste, diced tomatoes, thyme, oregano, ¾ teaspoon salt, and ¼ teaspoon pepper to a slow cooker and mix together. Add the trimmed pork and give everything another few stirs.
  2. Cover and on low for 7 to 8 hours or on high for 5 to 6 hours.
  3. Cook the linguine according to the package directions (fresh pasta usually only takes a couple of minutes to cook.) Meanwhile, shred the pork and stir in the shredded pieces with the rest of the vegetables and cooking liquid. Drain the pasta and add it to the ragù. Stir to combine. Serve with grated Parmesan if desired.

Source: Slightly adapted from Real Simple, January 2013

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Menu Plan {Tuesday}

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I sometimes post about my full meal plan for the week on Mondays, but yesterday’s holiday has thrown me off schedule a bit.  Speaking of yesterday, I hope you had a great long weekend!  We didn’t manage to finish all the projects I mentioned in Friday’s post, but we did get a chance to organize our entire basement.  It was a bit of a major undertaking as we still had boxes in place from our initial move that we had not even touched.  I’m very happy to report that after much throwing out, recycling, and re-organizing, it’s starting to look a lot less like a scene from Hoarders and much more like a nicely organized basement.

We went to Ikea on what must have been one of their busiest days of the year (apparently a lot of people were working on home projects this past weekend!)  At Ikea, we bought a pair of these GORM shelving units for the basement.  They were fairly easy to put together and look really nice.  For now, we are using them to organize paints, painting supplies, and household chemicals that we want to keep out of T’s reach.  I would highly recommend these shelves if you are looking for more secondary storage in your home.

Moving on to my menu for the week…most of this week’s meals were inspired by other food bloggers.  The sole exception is tonight’s meal, which comes from the now defunct Martha Stewart Everyday Food.  I loved that little magazine and am feeling a little sad it won’t be popping up in my mailbox this month.  Any other MSEF fans out there lamenting this loss?

This week’s menu plan:

What’s on your menu plan for the week?

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