Stew

1-2 lbs stew meat (can use a roast or steak and cube it)
5 potatoes rinsed and cubed (can leave the skin off if you want)
4 carrots sliced (can just throw baby carrots in if wanted
4 celery stalks sliced
1 onion cut up into bigger cubes
4 Tbsp minute tapioca
10.75 oz can tomato soup
salt and pepper to taste

Place stew meat in bottom of crock pot, sprinkle with salt and pepper and 1 Tbsp tapioca. Layer starting with potatoes, then carrots, celery and onions. Between each layer add salt and pepper and tapioca. Then add the can of tomato soup on top and rinse can out with about 3/4 full of water and pour over the top. Cook in the crock pot on high for 1 hour and turn to low for another 3-4 hours.

Chocolate Frosting

1/2 pint whipping cream
1/2 cup sugar
2 tsp vanilla

whip together with hand mixer until stiff like cool whip then add:

8 oz. package cream cheese, softened
dash of salt
1/2 cup Hershey's cocoa

mix together until creamy and put on cooled cake

Cheese Ball

2  8oz packages cream cheese

4 radishes

4 carrots

1/4 red onion

2 garlic cloves

Place last four ingredients in a food processor and chop up really well. Let the cream cheese soften and mix all the ingredients together. Form into a ball and eat with any kind of cracker you prefer.

This is a very simple and yummy cheese ball. My friend Amy Hemsley gave me the recipe minus the garlic. I had to add the garlic to give it a better kick.