Monkey Taters Recipes

Steps:

• Place roast in a 5-qt. slow cooker. Top with onion. Combine the ketchup, root beer, vinegar, Worcestershire, hot sauce, salt, pepper and mustard; pour over top. Cover and cook on low until meat is tender, 6-8 hours., Meanwhile, scrub and pierce potatoes. Bake at 400° until tender, 50-55 minutes., Remove pork; shred meat with two forks. Skim fat from cooking juices; transfer to a large saucepan. Bring liquid to a boil. Combine cornstarch and water until smooth; gradually stir into the pan. Bring to a boil; cook and stir until thickened, 2 minutes. Return meat to cooking juices; heat through., With a sharp knife, cut an "X" in each potato; fluff with a fork. Top each with butter and pork mixture; top with sour cream. Sprinkle with cheese and, if desired, green onions.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.
• Cook and stir ground beef, onion, garlic powder, salt, and black pepper in a skillet over medium heat until beef is browned and crumbly, 7 to 10 minutes. Spread beef into the bottom of the prepared baking dish.
• Stir cream of mushroom soup, potato nuggets, and Cheddar cheese together in a large bowl until potato nuggets are evenly coated in soup and cheese. Spread potato nugget mixture over beef mixture.
• Bake in the preheated oven until browned, about 45 minutes. Sprinkle paprika and parsley flakes over the top.

Steps:

• Mix the package of Original Ranch mix into the sour cream. (If this is made a day ahead, it gets even better!).
• Wash the potatoes, and cut them into halves if they are very large new potatoes.
• Boil the potatoes in salted water, until soft (about 10-15 minutes).
• When potatoes are soft, drain them in a colander.
• Put the potatoes back in the pot after draining, add the butter, the evaporated milk, salt and pepper to your taste, and stir together.
• Add in the sour cream mixture, and the chopped green onions.
• Cover and let sit for 10-15 minutes.
• Heat over a medium-low heat for about 3 minutes, stirring often, until all is hot again.
• Serve.

Steps:

• Place the milk, banana, malted milk powder and peanut butter in a blender. Cover and process for 10 seconds or until smooth. Add frozen yogurt. Cover and process 10 seconds longer or until blended. Stir if necessary., Pour into chilled glasses; garnish with whipped cream if desired. Serve immediately.

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a pan and sauté the onion until it is brown.
• Add in the mince and cook until well browned.
• Drain off the liquid.
• Add the carrots and oatmeal, mix well and pour in enough water to just cover.
• Crumble in the stock cubes, season and stir.
• Cover the pan and simmer the mince for about 20 minutes.
• Once the mince is cooked thicken the mince with about 3 teaspoons of gravy powder or cornstarch mixed with a little cold water.
• Serve the mince with boiled potatoes.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Mix together diced onion, sour cream and cream of chicken soup.
• Add partially thawed tater tots and mix well.
• Top with cheese.
• If tater tots are still frozen, cover with foil before baking. Check after 60 minutes and adjust the remainder of the cooking time as needed.
• Bake for approximately 45 minutes.
• Top with green onion before serving.