Showing posts with label food. Show all posts
Showing posts with label food. Show all posts
Sunday, March 11, 2012
Success
So a few months ago my sister Tami called and asked if I had a good Pot Roast recipe. I laughed! No, I told her, I am not good at making roasts. I have tried and tried and every recipe I use seems to come out dry. I have fond memories of Rochelle and Chris Castle inviting us over for Sunday Pot Roast when we were first married. She made an excellent roast. Winslow LOVES to have Roast so I kept trying. Today we had SUCCESS!
I decided I would try using the technique we use with the pulled pork for Cafe Rio. So I put a roast with 1 cup of water, 2Tbs beef bullion, 1 envelope dry onion soup mix, and 1 can cream of mushroom in the Crock pot LAST NIGHT. I cooked it on low ALL NIGHT. Then this morning I got up and shredded the meat (which is something I think defines a good roast, if you can't shred it, it's not what you're looking for.) left the meat in the juice added 1lb of baby carrots and left it on low until 1:30pm when we got home from church (and the other food was ready.) It was SO GOOD! My family was in Heaven. Abby and I made homemade mashed potatoes, threw together a salad, and busted out with the rolls I made last night (yes, from scratch.....although I was SORELY tempted to buy some Rhodes Rolls at the store this week.)
The second success we had today with food was home made Cream of Wheat. I admit, I was skeptical. But my kids eat pretty much anything. I was afraid it would be like flour paste. I was pleasantly surprised. Thank you Kara for giving me the courage to try it!
Here is the recipe.
2 cups red wheat coarsely ground (I used the coarsest setting on my wheat grinder mill...still looked like flour)
4 cups milk (you can use water, milk just makes it SOOO CREAMY!)
1 Tbs -2 Tbs Butter
1/4 cup sugar
Bring the milk almost to a boil
Add ground wheat, butter, and sugar.
Whisk and turn down heat to low.
I cooked mine about 5 minutes before serving it.
(keep in mind this in not the exact texture of the Cream of Wheat you buy in the store. It is smoother. I have some real issues with texture and breakfast, so I only gave myself a little. I was happy to find I really liked it!) I got the recipe here
The other thing I made recently from Scratch is PITA BREAD. SOOOO Yummy. I got the recipe from the Frugal Girl.
I used a baking stone from pampered chef to cook them on. Also don't roll them out to thin or they don't puff up. We filled them with chicken salad. YUM!!! See photos below!
I decided I would try using the technique we use with the pulled pork for Cafe Rio. So I put a roast with 1 cup of water, 2Tbs beef bullion, 1 envelope dry onion soup mix, and 1 can cream of mushroom in the Crock pot LAST NIGHT. I cooked it on low ALL NIGHT. Then this morning I got up and shredded the meat (which is something I think defines a good roast, if you can't shred it, it's not what you're looking for.) left the meat in the juice added 1lb of baby carrots and left it on low until 1:30pm when we got home from church (and the other food was ready.) It was SO GOOD! My family was in Heaven. Abby and I made homemade mashed potatoes, threw together a salad, and busted out with the rolls I made last night (yes, from scratch.....although I was SORELY tempted to buy some Rhodes Rolls at the store this week.)
The second success we had today with food was home made Cream of Wheat. I admit, I was skeptical. But my kids eat pretty much anything. I was afraid it would be like flour paste. I was pleasantly surprised. Thank you Kara for giving me the courage to try it!
Here is the recipe.
2 cups red wheat coarsely ground (I used the coarsest setting on my wheat grinder mill...still looked like flour)
4 cups milk (you can use water, milk just makes it SOOO CREAMY!)
1 Tbs -2 Tbs Butter
1/4 cup sugar
Bring the milk almost to a boil
Add ground wheat, butter, and sugar.
Whisk and turn down heat to low.
I cooked mine about 5 minutes before serving it.
(keep in mind this in not the exact texture of the Cream of Wheat you buy in the store. It is smoother. I have some real issues with texture and breakfast, so I only gave myself a little. I was happy to find I really liked it!) I got the recipe here
The other thing I made recently from Scratch is PITA BREAD. SOOOO Yummy. I got the recipe from the Frugal Girl.
I used a baking stone from pampered chef to cook them on. Also don't roll them out to thin or they don't puff up. We filled them with chicken salad. YUM!!! See photos below!
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Nostalgia
Winslow and I are "training" to "run" the Battle For Brigham . Which in a way is hilarious. Jacob wants to "run" too. Well, I think I'll probably end up the walker with the runners. HA HA HA. So I am eating healthier and exercising and trying to get ready to do this so I don't totally die. :) It's only a 5k, yeah, I'm a wimp. This morning I am eating a grapefruit (and cereal) for breakfast.
So of course it brings to mind being a child and watching my dad eat grapefruit and thinking he was CRAZY! I didn't develop a love for grapefruit until we lived in Dallas and I had RUBY RED's.
My Grandma Minson had a grapefruit tree in her yard in Gilbert, AZ. She would send us home with an armful when we would visit.
She would tell us the story of feeding grapefruit to Grandpa, like you would eat an Orange, on long trips.
I love Remembering!
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