Mom's German meatballs: hearty egg-sized meatballs seasoned with celery seed, mustard seed, and garlic water, rolled in flour and pan-browned. Old-world German-American home cooking.
Overnight marinated pork ribs slow-grilled with tangy vinegar ketchup baste for fall-off-the-bone tenderness and smoky char on the grill.
Broiled cheddar-olive sandwiches loaded with sharp cheddar, olives, hard-boiled egg, and green pepper on toasted buns. A retro open-face sandwich that broils bubbly in minutes.
Onion meatloaf uses a packet of dry onion soup mix as the seasoning shortcut, topped with a tangy brown sugar, ketchup, and mustard glaze. Classic mid-century American comfort food.
Slow cooker tangy barbecue beef sandwiches with chuck roast braised in a vinegar-spiked sauce until fork-tender, then shredded and piled on buns.
Freezer mix goulash turns a frozen beef-tomato base into a quick weeknight dinner with paprika, mushrooms, ketchup, and egg noodles. Ready in about an hour.
Easy BBQ chicken simmered in a skillet with just ketchup and cola. Covered to cook, uncovered to reduce into a sticky, sweet-tangy glaze. Four ingredients total.
Oven-baked pork ribs in a peach barbecue sauce made with canned peach syrup, ketchup, Worcestershire, mustard, and cloves. Fruity, sticky, and fork-tender.
Slow cooker lemonade chicken simmers all day in a 4-ingredient glaze of frozen lemonade concentrate, brown sugar, ketchup, and vinegar, finished with a thickened citrus sauce.
Swiss steak braised low and slow with onions, garlic, and ketchup until fork-tender. A simple, old-fashioned beef dinner with just a handful of ingredients.
Ginger-glazed ribs baked low and slow in a Dutch oven with a sweet-tangy sauce of brown sugar, ketchup, vinegar, and Italian dressing mix. Basted every 30 minutes for sticky, fall-off-the-bone results.
Cola chicken slow-cooks with regular cola, ketchup, and onions into a sticky, fall-apart sweet-savory dump dinner. The classic crockpot shortcut Southern grandmas swear by.
Pinto bean burgers made from scratch with dried beans, oats, green chiles, and ketchup, dredged in cornmeal and pan-fried crispy. A Southwestern-style vegetarian burger that holds together.
Mom's oven bag brisket marinated overnight in soy sauce, white vinegar, ketchup, and a heavy coat of coarse black pepper. Low and slow in a cooking bag for fork-tender results.
Helen's Beef Bar-B-Que: a tangy-sweet shredded beef sandwich filling with celery, onions, mushrooms, and a brown sugar-mustard sauce. Crockpot-adaptable, makes 10 generous servings.
Golden Harvest beef brisket braised with yams, carrots, apples, and potatoes, finished with mandarin orange glaze. One-pot autumn Sunday dinner that feeds six.