PEKING POT ROAST FOR NEW YEAR'S EVE

POT ROAST!  End of the year MEAL for New Year's Eve.  I'll need to travel to Manhattan, KS this afternoon to get a pot roast (chuck) to fix for New Year's EVE.  I'll marinade it tonight in the fridge with vinegar, garlic and onion then before cooking it on New Year's Eve I'll pour off the vinegar adding 2 cups strong coffee plus 2 cups water.  Heloise's PEKING POT ROAST. 

Before leaving, I'll check my refrigerated fruits and vegetables to make sure I'm stocked up for the new year to come.  Day one on January 1st I will need plenty of the correct foods to eat for the Daniel Diet.  I will eat legumes, seeds, nuts, fruits and vegetables.

A much earlier post shares about Heloise's PEKING POT ROAST.  Remember Heloise? https://homehavenministry.blogspot.com/2013/09/hello-heloise.html

SINCE I'll be on the Daniel Diet for at least 21 days, I believe a POT ROAST MEAL will be a good send off for me before I fast from meat, dairy, and grains.  I'll be staying away from restaurants and fast food restaurants.  I will need to detox from these and that means staying away from them as best I can.

The month of January has a granddaughter's birthday meal and a granddaughter's Baby Shower. How will I survive?  I can take a small salad for one, but how will I escape cake?  This will be a true test avoiding cake.  Hope they have a veggie tray.  Perhaps I'll take a baggy of raw veggies to snack on so I am eating when the other guest are.

I'm trying to avoid getting into this trap.

I'll be able to have SMOOTHIES made with ALMOND MILK instead of cow's milk and yogurt on this Daniel Diet.  

Substituting will be a part of this diet.

All these foods are doable while on the Daniel Diet.

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I want to take time out during this new year to watch videos about preparing meals I have no knowledge about that are leaning toward no carbs, no dairy, no sugars or grains.  Annette Reeder comes to mind.  

In the middle of January the Public Library is going to sponsor a 2 hour seminar about canning. I might go to this.  

I'll be checking into a grocery stores Nutritionalist and see what they have to say about nutrition. I'd really like to go to some health food stores presentations which are free.  I believe I need a refresher course of some type to improve my skills.

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On MONDAY, I had a YAG procedure on my right eye to hopefully fix the complications I have from the 2024 Cataract surgeries.  I've prayed this procedure improves my vision.  I was nervous, but think I got through it alright.  Afterwards I wore sunglasses and went to lunch with my driver, Hubby.  He wanted Chinese, so he got it.  Then we went to GOD'S STOREHOUSE.  Pick up a GAP vest jacket for Junior and two pairs of sweatpants.  Bargains.  A miniature doll was bought and a pair of earrings for oui.  TODAY, I've laundered the clothing for Junior and all washed up super.

On our way HOME, we stopped off at FLORENCE ADAMS in St. Marys for their CHRISTMAS sale.  Two beautiful CHRISTMAS greenery sprigs with pinecones, some red & white mailing string and a SPODE Christmas ornament for 50% off were my spoils for the day.  

HOMEWARD BOUND.  

Got HOME and rested.  Watched a very good movie, the 2023 drama THE LONG GAME with Dennis Quaid.  Super good movie with a good storyline based on a true story.  Well worth watching.  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Long_Game_(film)

Slept through the night and woke extremely tired.  I think the eye procedure wore me out.  I've got to get around and get on with this day.  Smile and seize the day.  Here's to LIFE.

To GOD be the glory, great things HE hath done,

~d 

 

AUTUMN POT ROAST and Christmas Decor

AUTUMN is so very pretty here on the prairie especially when I drive the countryside looking at nature.  BRILLIANT YELLOWS AND ORANGES warm the scenery.  OH  how I love it on most days.  This time of year the color theme has completely changed from the SUMMER GREENS that I long for each year.  After a very long WINTER, I lust for SPRING which passes by quickly into SUMMER.  AUTUMN is like another SPRING with the gorgeous color variants except I'm not fooled that the seasons will changed again just as quickly into a WINTER WONDERLAND.  I know I need to sit quietly each day and take it all in as time seems to pass way too fast.

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I BREWED A CUP OF BLACK COFFEE to pour over the Chuck Roast that marinated over night before placing it in my crockpot.  Olive oil and chopped white onions went in first covering the bottom of the pot.  I skipped the browning of the roast in a skillet to lock the flavor in before cooking.  I poured the coffee into the pot as well.

The roast browned in the pot for an hour before adding spring water and spices.  I was concerned that the roast would be tough because it didn't cook as long as I think it should have.  It would have been ideal if it had been 9 in the morning instead of noon starting the meal.  The carrots and potatoes went in around 1.  Cooked until 6:30 then we dished it up.

It tasted good.  Company did not think it was too tough.  Miracle.  No left overs for stew.

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ON THE HOME FRONT.  CEDAR CHEST MOVED TO IT'S NEW LOCATION across the room. Worked on the front bedroom.  Every thing we get done makes a dent in this project.  Some heavy boxes and I do mean way too heavy of boxes had to be moved out of the room. Bedding that was on the cedar chest was moved to the living room.  FLOOR AREA SWEPT.  

The cedar chest was moved across the room and placed against a different wall to hold the oversize TV.  SURPRISE SURPRISE...while I went to the store for spinach, HUBBY placed the TV on top of the cedar chest and returned the boxes and bedding back into the room.  Put a smile on my face.  Fantastic.  The TV is in the TV ROOM!  How's 'bout dat?

TODAY, I will go through more boxes and do SOMETHING with the contents.  That's my hope. That will be all I get done for the day.  Slowly but surely it will get done.  For sure.  I have to be realistic about this project as this is far more difficult than I want it to be.  

SAW THIS AND THOUGHT GOSH THESE ARE NEAT and they don't look too difficult to make.

   Made out of wood.

~d 

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POT ROAST IS ON

THE AROMA IN THE HOUSE SMELLS DELICIOUS.  Pot Roast is cooking in the Crock Pot.  I started preparing it about 10:30 this morning by pouring Extra Virgin Olive Oil in the Crock Pot.  Covering the bottom of the pot with EVOO is where it starts.  A TBSP. of minced garlic and sliced white onion were mixed together in the olive oil.  In goes the hunk of pot roast.  I let it cook for an hour then flipped the meat over adding 2 bottles of Spring Water.  The lid goes on.  Another hour passes before adding the veggies.  Organic celery.  The stalks went in whole after the ends were cut off.  Then Baby Carrots.

I sat while peeling the potatoes to save my back.  The potatoes were rinsed, peeled and sliced.  In they went.  Some salt.  Forgot the pepper.  It will cook all afternoon and be ready by 6.  Hubby went to work on the Bathroom floor laying gray tile.  I hope he gets to where he wants after working on it all day.  He's looking forward to having POT ROAST for SUPPER.  So am I.  Ketch-up will top my dish.  I am a KETCH-UP freak.  Such a fan, I cannot even begin to tell you how much I LOVE IT.  Better than Football.  Better than chocolate.

My day has been a restful one as I need these after a full day of being out and about.  Stay busy one day, rest the next.

Going through a fresh pile of loose papers.  Stapling articles together concerning health issues.  Into a box they go until I have moved and can file them in specific folders according to their subject matter.  Packed more everyday white dishes.  I have it pretty well figured where my Kitchen things will rest once they get over there.  

No Breakfast this morning as we ate a large salad with boiled eggs for protein and some chopped walnuts for BRUNCH.  It's important to get protein for a healthy body.  

~d  

     

DINING ON THE PRAIRIE: Grass Fed Pot Roast, Carrots and Two Types of Potatoes

HAVE MERCY...it was so good.  Kind of like Yankee Pot Roast in Kansas.  

THE POT ROAST was slow cooked in my crockpot for 7 and a half hours so the roast was very tender.  Beforehand I seared the roast, I poured some olive oil in the crock pot and cut up an onion to simmer in the olive oil while I seared the sides of the roast in oil.  I used a cast iron skillet on the range before transporting the roast to the crockpot.

For an hour I let the roast cook in the olive oil with onions then added spring water covering the roast.  After an hour in the water, I added carrots and potatoes.  

It turned out well.  Of course I love organic ketch-up so I topped it off with some.  Hubby made the gravy for the potatoes.  He's a gravy kind of guy.  Together we had a wonderful meal on a cold day.

Next, I'll make stew with the left overs by adding corn, green beans and stewed tomatoes.  Dining On The Prairie is delicious. 

Blessings,

🏠d 

 

Housecoat and Barefooted

MONDAY AGAIN.  The week-end was a buzz with the living room walls being primed and the woodwork painted.  Dear Hubby did the work and I did other stuff.  I went over to the cottage to do a couple loads of laundry and to prep a pot roast I hope to bake.  Our Kitchen is out of order and I can't bake a pot roast due to the mess.  The cottage has a working Kitchen.

I found myself relaxing 

amongst the mess in the cottage.

Box after box is stacked high in need of being gone through and getting organized.  I put a house coat on as I washed a load of bluejeans and the pair of jeans I was wearing.  Felt like being at HOME.  HOUSECOAT AND BAREFOOTED.  No curlers in hair this time.  My delicate soul went ahhhhhh.

The pot roast was thawed in the fridge and I had to pour white vinegar over it so it could rest 24 hours before baking.  This afternoon I'll add strong coffee and water to the roast then bake it.  While it bakes for an hour with onion I'll prep the potatoes and carrots.  Add them later.  

More laundry will be done on this Monday.
I had some thinking to do and while in the quiet of the cottage, I turned the radio and the lights off as I sat on a sofa putting my feet up.  The Lord hears me as I talk to HIM.  Times like this that I hear myself think.

So today I must go to the store to purchase some healthy carrots and admire the scenic drive from here to there.  The Kansas landscape is capturing the canvas of colour.  Cooler weather means the air conditioning is off and the windows open where I can hear the birds singing.  This is a pleasant time of year where gentle rains may occur.  

Off I go to busy myself to get this pot roast ready for supper dining.  Blessings to you out there in blogland.

Blessings,
d  

Hello Heloise

Heloise Bowles Cruse (born Eloise Bowles, May 14, 1919 - Dec 28, 1977)

The Newspaper Columnist 'Heloise' was writing long before I became a HOMEMAKER.  Her earthly career ended when she died from heart disease in 1977.  Her real life daughter with a double major in Business Administration, Mathematics, and Teacher's Certificate took over her newspaper column as Heloise 2, but first thought she was too educated to be the new Heloise.  She has been the new Heloise for over 30 years.

Heloise Bowles Cruse with daughter, Ponce Kiah Marchelle Heloise Cruse Evans.

Heloise's Daughter

heloise.com

http://heloise.com/heloise-gets-the-hints.html

By 1977 when I was a young momma with two little boys, I had a desire to be a successful Homemaker and Family WOMAN.  I craved my Husband's attention and approval.  I tried so terribly hard to be top notch at this.  I worked at it to the point you could have ate off of my spic n' span clean floors and couldn't find any wrinkles on the bedsheets, because... I ironed the sheets.   

g r i n s.  Do you iron your bedsheets?  This has since stopped.  Not sure if I will   e v a h   iron them again.     

In 1977 we qualified for living on a shoestring budget.  It never occurred to me to cook a cheaper cut of beef with a higher priced cut of beef in the same pan at the same time so the two juices can mingle together giving both cuts of meat a DELICIOUS TASTE.   Also I did not know that allowing the meat to marinade over night in vinegar would make the meat when cooked so TENDER it would fall apart...just like you want it to.  Did you know this VINEGAR TRICK?

Heloise's Housekeeping Hints was published in 1962.  In 1963 it became one of the TOP 10 Best selling hard cover books.  

In 1962 I was only 7 years old and had no idea that in the future I'd become a Homemaker, Wife and Momma.  I liked playing in the DIRT with dolls, dancing, singing, and coloring.  Could you ever tell I would give this all up to grow up and be a Homemaker?  It was a long shot.

Recently I came across a good copy of Housekeeping Hints at the Goodwill store and have thumbed through it to gather some helpful HINTS.

Heloise, I believe you'd be pleased as coffee punch if I talked about your secret for making cheap cuts of meat taste delicious and oooooh so tender when prepared with vinegar and coffee.   

~COFFEE POT ROAST~

Heloise called it Peking Roast

Starting with a 3 to 5 pound roast, use a large knife to cut slits completely through the meat so they look like little tunnels.  Insert slivers of garlic and onion into the slits.  Can do without garlic and onion.  

Put the beef in a bowl and pour one cup of vinegar over it making sure that the vinegar runs down into the slits.  Place this in your refrigerator for twenty-four to forty-eight hours.

When ready to cook the roast, discard the vinegar solution and place meat in a heavy pot (iron if possible) and brown in oil until nearly burned on both sides.  Then pour two cups of strong black coffee over the roast.  Add two cups of water and cover.  

If liquid boils down NEVER add more than one cup of additional water at a time.  Make sure the lid is on tight.

Cook this slowly at a simmer for six hours on top of stove.

Do NOT season with anything else until twenty minutes before serving and then add salt and pepper.  

That's it.

Now, I have to try this.  BUT I will probably use my crock pot. 

Blessings 2 u,
d

Colossians 3:23

And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;