One Pot favorites.

Tomorrow night, since I am having "surgery", the kids are eating fish sticks and tater tots. Ahhh, the classic easy-fix foods. Tonight, however, we are having a one-pot comfort food. It's rather simple and can be adapted to suit your personal tastes. Remember when I said that I tend to follow the intentions of recipes if not the specific rules. Well, this is one of those kinds of recipes. Experimenting with flavor combinations is easy if you stop to think about it. What are some of your favorite foods, what's in them? When you come across recipes later that have similar ingredients you can come up with all sorts of different ways to change things up.

Pork Potatoes in a Pot:

pork steaks or roast cut into steaks (I prefer boneless)
canned tomatoes
onions
potatoes
seasoning
oil or butter

1. In a large pot drizzle oil or plop in some butter.
2. Place pork into pan and turn on medium heat.
3. While the pork is starting to brown a bit thickly slice potatoes (I leave skins on but you can peel if you're picky). Add potatoes as you slice them. I usually use 4-5 large potatoes.
4. Thickly slice onions. I leave them in rings so I can pick them out and omit them easily. The kids don't like onions. If everyone likes onions you can chop roughly or even dice depending on your taste. Separate rings and toss these on top of the potatoes.
5. Dump in 2 or 3 cans of stewed tomatoes. I use diced but whole or even crushed tomatoes would work fine.
6. Salt and season (I normally use Lawry's Season Salt) and give it a stir.
7. Add a can of water to keep the bottom from burning and to provide steam. The potatoes will cook much faster this way.
8. Cook until potatoes are soft and meat is cooked through, typically about 30 minutes. If you turn the heat down you can slow cook this for hours which is very delicious. I did this once but couldn't stand the wait. It smells delicious.
9 Serve with a slotted spoon to reduce the amount of liquid or serve in a bowl like a very chunky soup. Sour cream is a delicious add-in if eating as a soup.

Delicious every time, fast, and inexpensive. The meat for this recipe was $8, the potatoes about $1, the onions about $1 and the tomatoes about $2. This will feed all 6 of us with leftovers making it about $2/person. Can't beat that. Alternatives and add ins might be spinach, green chilies, corn, carrots, black beans, other meats, serve over rice. The possibilities are literally endless and this makes a great "little-of-this-little-of-that" dish for using up leftover bits of the week's meals.