Crockpot Polska Kielbasa with Beer 'n Onions

My birthday was last week and my mother sent me a couple easy cookbooks to try recipes from, since we all know I'm still pretty new at this. One was recipes with only five ingredients and the other was a crockpot cookbook for five ingredients or less. Well, now that I've got Sunday nights mostly under control, Will has decided there are other nights I should cook. Since the public schools were out this week, I didn't have to teach yesterday (Tuesday), so I took it upon myself to make dinner. I consulted my new crockpot cookbook since I knew I'd be home in the middle of the day and then out and about for some errands, then back again for dinner. Using the crockpot seemed logical so I picked out an intriguing recipe called Polska Kielbasa with Beer 'n Onions. We had everything except the sausages on hand, so I figured it couldn't be so hard.

All this recipe involved was Will quartering the onion for me, then me mixing the honey mustard, brown sugar and beer together, plopping the sausage in and putting the onions on top and leaving it alone for five hours. I stirred it the couple times I looked at it, but otherwise just left it alone. Crockpots are awesome.

To go along with the kielbasa, I also made some grits from a specialty bag I picked up in Charleston at Christmas. Under Will's watchful eye, I made the grits and served everything. It was a pretty easy recipe with good flavor and a bit of a splurge because we don't eat sausage that often :)

Cooking Notes: I halved the recipe since it made a serving size for 6 yo 8 people, however I have listed the full recipe below.

Polska Kielbasa with Beer 'n Onions (adapted from Crock-Pot 5 Ingredients or Less; serves 4)

1/3 cup honey mustard

1/3 cup packed dark brown sugar

18 ounces brown ale or beer

2 kielbasa sausages (16 oz each) cut into 4 inch pieces

2 onions, quartered

Combine honey mustard and brown sugar in Crockpot slow cooker. Whisk in ale. Add sausage pieces. Top with onions. Cover, cook on low 4 to 5 hours, stirring occasionally.