Meals for Monday - Recipe: Polish Ham Dinner

Mmmm....I made this Polish dish last weekend. Truth be told, I'm not actually sure this is a recipe folks would pass down in Poland, but I do know that generally sauerkraut and Polish generally go hand-in-hand. I got the idea for this recipe from Taste of Home. Regardless, if you're pressed for time, this is a wonderful autumnal crockpot recipe to try.

Polish Ham dinner

• 1 smoked ham hock
• 4 potatoes (red works best, but any variety will do)
• 1 onion, wedged
• 3 apples, sliced
• 2 cups sliced carrots (or ½ pkg frozen or 1 ~14oz can)
• 1 lb sausage (link or ground), optional
• 2 cups / 1 can (~14oz) sauerkraut
• 2 tsp caraway seeds (optional)
• 1 tsp pepper (black)
• 1 can (~12 oz) beer or ~1 ½ cups water

1. Add ingredients to a 3qt (or 6qt) crockpot in the order listed
2. Cook on ‘low’ for 6-8 hours (longer if ham hock was frozen)
• Can use a whole ham if serving more people, but the other ingredients should be adjusted accordingly (should also use ~6 qt crockpot).