Pair them with a side of cornbread or creamy mashed potatoes to soak up ... rinse them under cool water. In the slow cooker, add the trimmed green beans, sausage chunks, pork hock, bacon pieces ...

Serve with some green veg if you like – broccoli, cabbage, green beans or frozen peas ... add the carrots, potatoes and chopped tomatoes to the slow cooker. Mix the hot stock with the tomato ...

In a large skillet, cook the Italian sausage and ground beef over medium ... then place the meat mixture in the slow cooker. Add the tomatoes, pasta, wine, celery, carrots, mushrooms, garlic ...