Cheese Stuffed Meatballs with Sauce FROM: Slow Cooker Comfort Food Cookbook/J Finlayson

1 pound lean grd beef     8 oz. grd pork    3/4 cup dry bread crumbs

1/4 cup grated parmesan    salt and pepper     1 egg, beaten

3 oz. Asiago cheese, cut into 12 cubes     1/4 cup flour      2 Tablsp oil

1 onion, diced fine     2 ribs celery, diced     2 carrots, peeled/diced

4 cloves garlic, minced     1 teasp dried thyme     1/2 teasp dried rosemary

28 oz. can tomatoes with juice, coarse chpd      1/4 cup tomato paste

Combine beef, pork, crumbs, parmesan, salt and pepper...add egg and mix,

then shape into 12 balls.  Stuff a cube of cheese into each one & enclose.

Roll in flour until coated.  Saute in hot oil on all sides, then put in slow cooker.

Combine remaining ingredients in skillet and heat to a boil, cook for a few minutes, add to crockpot cover and cook on low 6-8 hours.