Thursday Thoughts

"Part of the secret of success in life is to eat what you like and
let the food fight it out inside." Mark Twain

Monday, Cold Monday - Pot Roast day

From the view of a person who works from their home, this was one icky Monday in SW Ohio.  Cold & gray when I arose, but fortunately husband had started the pellet stove. Took a bit to warm up, but then it was good. Took Oscar on 2 golf cart rides to wear him out, them came home and started cooking.  I had a very tough sirloin tip that I got from my Father's  (full freezer till it runs out than no more). The reason, my Mother died last August and they had always ordered meat from a farm by where she grew up.  Too many memories for my Father & I to do that again (I am and always will be an only child).

Anyway, did not want to to do the fast and semi raw way which is the only way you can do it if you do not braise it, so I went Internet shopping.  Found an old recipe from Emeril (garlic studded sirloin roast) so took that to the kitchen, along with the computer now that I have wireless in the house.

You sear the roast in a skillet, arrange beautiful carrots, onion, celery on the bottom and then place the roast on top, adding the liquid from the skillet.  Lord it smelled good in this cold weather.  Baked it the 3 hours as directed, basting as it cooked.  It was wonderful.  Different texture, different taste (thank you to:eggplanttogo.blogspot.com for the tomato paste difference.

Hopefully  I will get better at this and take photos & have a good as blog as my friends! Help, Help!!!!