Tonight's Dinner - It's springtime, right?
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Nothing says "Spring" like pot roast, right?
I was looking for something simple, easy and flavorful, so I decided on "To Die For Pot Roast."
The basic recipe calls for a 3 lb chuck roast. Mix a packet of Italian seasoning salad mix, a packet of ranch dressing mix, and a packet of brown gravy mix. Put the packets together into a bowl and mix.
Put the roast with about 1 cup of water into a slow cooker and sprinkle the packet-mix over the roast and cook on slow for 6-8 hours.
When I've made it in the past, I've thrown in some quartered baby red potatoes, an onion, perhaps some carrots and pieces of celery.
It's always been pretty tasty.
Today, I did it in the Instant Pot, but I cooked the meat for about 50 minutes. It was a chuck roast that was a bit under a pound.
After 50 minutes, I added all the veggies and cooked for another 20 minutes.
It was pretty good but a bit saltier than I'd like. Any suggestions?
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Well, Rainman, WE had lightly pecan smoked Copper River salmon tonight, with a salad of oranges, blueberries, onions, fresh basil and spinach with a little lemon olive oil, salt and pepper. Delicious. Perfect weather to eat on the deck.
Opened a 2014 Walter Scott Clos Orsieux pinot I bought in Portland. Outstanding.
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Well, Rainman, WE had lightly pecan smoked Copper River salmon tonight, with a salad of oranges, blueberries, onions, fresh basil and spinach with a little lemon olive oil, salt and pepper. Delicious. Perfect weather to eat on the deck.
Opened a 2014 Walter Scott Clos Orsieux pinot I bought in Portland. Outstanding.
@Mik said in Tonight's Dinner - It's springtime, right?:
Well, Rainman, WE had lightly pecan smoked Copper River salmon tonight, with a salad of oranges, blueberries, onions, fresh basil and spinach with a little lemon olive oil, salt and pepper. Delicious. Perfect weather to eat on the deck.
Opened a 2014 Walter Scott Clos Orsieux pinot I bought in Portland. Outstanding.
Thank you, Mik.
You finally listed one dinner where I understood all the ingredients!
Makes me feel like I almost was there.
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We had chicken fajitas, generous guacamole and chili beans wrapped in warmed tortillas.
Only thing missing was tequila. I admit we don’t have any in the house. Made do with Mexican beer (sol cerveza).
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Pot roast with golden potatoes, carrots, some greens. Also homemade soda bread. Was thoroughly badass.
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I fast once per week. Tomorrow is no carbs, so I don't overdo the day-after-fasting day.
I'm not losing much weight but I've been doing this for a couple months now. I am down a little.
@Horace said in Tonight's Dinner - It's springtime, right?:
I fast once per week. Tomorrow is no carbs, so I don't overdo the day-after-fasting day.
I'm not losing much weight but I've been doing this for a couple months now. I am down a little.
I hate saying this because it's going to feed into a funny sort of narrative, but whatever:
I've been exercising heavily for about 4 months now. (It's helping a lot with the stress.) I've had a ton of progress but my weight hasn't changed at all. Not one pound. I don't care, I'm just very surprised. I thought my scale was broken.
About a week ago, I started drinking an assload of green tea, brewed the Taiwanese way. 5 cups a day where each cup is about 6 oz. I'm down 5 lbs. Slowing down somewhat, but consistently losing still. Google scholarship suggests that green tea does in fact help with weight loss. I guess it's true.
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I’ve been slowly losing weight through the pandemic, because I’m not going to the gym.
I bought some dumbbells which I should get better about using.
They’ll end up, after a lot of drama, with the same formula they use every time they have a trifecta: take away health care and food assistance from low income families and use the money to fund tax cuts for their donors.
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I’ve been slowly losing weight through the pandemic, because I’m not going to the gym.
I bought some dumbbells which I should get better about using.
