Cooking is like love. It should be entered into with abandon or not at all.
Harriet Van Horne
Oh how I love the quote above. It really does capture how I feel about cooking! On another note as I promised I was going to share a recipe that didn't have to do with oatmeal and boy do I have a great recipe to share.For those who don't know I teach a college age girls Bible study on Sunday mornings. I have about 18 girls and they are all amazing. They are so passionate about the word of God and really challenge me probably more than I challenge them. There is a girl in my class named Sarah, she's one of those fun outgoing girls who never seems to have a negative care in the world and she is so much fun to be around. This past Sunday the two of us got to talking about her cooking adventures lately. Apparently her family subscribed to the new cooking channel (sponsored by food network) and she loved it. I admit I'm quite jealous as I don't think I can convince the husband to pay extra for a cooking channel. She started to tell me about some of the recipes she had tried out but then mentioned that even though these were great they still weren't her favorite. When I asked what her favorite was she began to tell me a pot roast recipe involving A1 steak sauce, onion soup mix and cream of celery soup. I have to tell you, I don't like pot roast, never have and definitely never thought I would. To me pot roast always seemed to be fatty and swimming in some kind of brownish floury gravy. However, I knew my husband loved pot roast. He is definitely a meat kind of guy. While I'd prefer for something else to be the main course, he would get offended if meat was not the main course. So I asked her to send me the recipe and Monday evening I made this and it was delicious! I do have to tell you that I got center cut chuck roast instead of the typical rump roast and I really think that cut down on the "fatty" taste. So I knew I had to share. This one is made in the crockpot and really is a "visual" measuring technique in the beginning so this will be a step-by-step picture recipe. Sarah - thanks so much for making our day better with a great recipe!!!
Sara's Pot Roast:
Ingredients:
1 - 4lb center cut chuck roast
1 bottle of A1
1 package of lipton onion soup mix
2 cans of cream of mushroom soup (I used the heart healthy kind to cut down on salt and fat)
Place the chuck roast in a crock pot
Cover the top of the roast with enough A1 to just cover it
In a bowl mix together cream of mushroom soup (2 cans) and lipton soup mix
*the husband said there wasn't quite enough "gravy" so next time I think I would add 1 can of water to this
Pour soup mixture over the chuck roast with A1
Cook on low 10 hours or high 6 hours
Serve with brown rice (for me) or mashed potatoes (for the husband).
We ate this for dinner Monday, had leftovers on Tuesday, and my husband and his good guy friend had it for lunch on Wednesday so this will definitely make about 6-8 servings for around $15.
By the way, sorry for the awful iPhone pictures!
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