Hawaiian Meatballs

This is a nice change from the typical meatballs you make for dinner with spaghetti, or the Italian meatballs you make as an appetizer.

This dinner is a nice little trip to paradise in your mouth. It only has a couple ingredients and doesn't have to cook as long as most dinners that you put in the crock pot.

Serve it over rice (I used brown rice, because I LOVE it) or just eat it plain, either way it's delicious. The sauce is so flavorful and takes no effort at all to make.

Definitely an easy weekday dinner to make!

Hawaiian Meatballs

Ingredients:
-32 oz package of precooked, frozen meatballs
-13.5 oz can of unsweetened pineapple chucks (put juice aside)
-1 large green pepper, diced (I cut mine into bigger chunks so they wouldn't get that "soggy" texture)
-1 cup brown sugar
-2T cornstarch
-2/3 cup vinegar
-2T soy sauce

Place meatballs in crock pot and top with green pepper and drained pineapple chunks. In a separate bowl, mix reserved pineapple juice, brown sugar, cornstarch, vinegar, and soy sauce. Pour sauce over meatballs, pineapple and green peppers. Cook on low for 3-4 hours.

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