This is a guy-pleasing dish that’s simple to prepare before everyone arrives to watch the game. Just quickly brown your sausage, throw the ingredients into the crock pot and forget about it until your friends are ready for a hearty meal.

If you haven’t tried Joe’s Market Marinara Sauce, this is the perfect opportunity. It’s made with San Marzano tomatoes straight from Italy and, unlike many other jarred pasta sauces on the market, it’s free of sugar or high-fructose corn syrup. Try some today in this or your favorite Italian recipe.

Easy Italian Sausage Hoagies
Prep Time: 10 minutes | Cook Time: 4 hours | Serves: 10

10 uncooked Italian pork sausages, hot or mild, or Joe’s Market Italian Chicken Sausages
2 Tbsps. Joe’s Market Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1 jar Joe’s Market Marinara Sauce
½ medium green pepper, sliced thin
½ medium red pepper, sliced thin
1 onion, sliced thin (optional)
½ cup water
¼ cup Joe’s Market Asiago Cheese, grated, plus more for garnishing
2 Tbsps. dried oregano
2 Tbsps. dried basil
10 Ukrop’s Bakery Hoagie Rolls

Heat oil in a skillet over medium heat; add sausage and brown, then drain. If you’re using Joe’s Market Italian Chicken Sausage you can skip this step because the sausage is pre-cooked. Place in crock pot. Add the rest of the ingredients except for the hoagie rolls and stir together. Cover and cook on low for 4 hours or until sausage is no longer pink. Fill each hoagie roll with sausage, peppers, onions and sauce. Top with additional Joe’s Market Asiago cheese. Serve with Joe’s Market Kettle Chips or your favorite Ukrop’s Kitchen pasta salad.

This chili may have an intimidating list of ingredients, but it’s actually simple to prepare. Just brown the beef, drain it and put it in the crockpot with the rest of the ingredients. Let it simmer all day, and voila, you’ve got savory chili for dinner. This recipe also works well when halved if you’re serving it to a smaller group. Try it this week with the 85% Lean Ground Round Ground Beef that’s on our 5 for $25 meat sale! Click here to see all the meat on our sale.

Easy Crockpot Chili
Prep Time: 10 minutes | Cook Time: 10 minutes | Crock Pot Time: 5 hours
Serves:12

1 pound ground round
2 cans dark red kidney beans
1 can light red kidney beans
2 cloves garlic, chopped
2 cans Food Club Italian Style Diced Tomatoes
1 medium onion, chopped
1 small stalk celery, chopped
2 jars Joe’s Market Marinara Sauce
½ tsp. garlic salt
1 Tbsp. chili powder
¼ tsp. pepper
¼ tsp. salt
5 dashes Tabasco (more or less according to taste)
2 tsp. ground cumin
1 tsp. dried oregano
1 bay leaf

Brown ground beef over medium-high heat. Drain. Combine beef and rest of ingredients in a crockpot. Mix well, cover and cook on high for an hour. Reduce heat to medium (or to a simmer) and cook for at least 4 more hours. Serve with grated cheese, tortilla chips, sour cream and scallions.