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Cooking 101: Quick roasts for
Sunday dinner
By Errin Stevenson
April 24, 2008 | Time is a huge factor in cooking.
Most of the time people do not have time to sit around
all day and cook. So, a quick and easy Sunday diner
is the way to do it!
Roast beef is one of my personal favorite Sunday dinners.
It can feed a lot and takes the same amount of work.
The trick to a fabulous roast is simply the pan you
use to cook your roast. A cast-iron pan is the best.
I have used crock-pots and the roast is not as tender
as it would be if you cooked your roast in a cast-iron
dish. You can find cast-iron pans at your local TJ Maxx
for a low price of $40 to $50. Believe me, it is worth
the spend.
The quick recipe to this fabulous roast is:
1 chuck roast without the bones (1/2 pd. per the average
person)
1 pkg. Lipton onion soup powder
1 bag whole carrots (not peeled, but washed and cut
in the size you want them) water
Simply put the thawed roast in your cast-iron pan.
Add water till it reaches 1ž2 inch up the sides of your
pan. Never pour the water directly on top of your roast.
Add your carrots around the sides of your roast. Then
last, but not least, pour your Lipton soup powder over
the top of your roast and carrots. Cook at 290 degrees
for 4-6 hours depending on your roast. A 21ž2 pound
roast would cook for 5 hrs. Once your roast is done,
simply take the roast out of the oven and put it onto
a serving plate. Place the carrots in a dish also.
Mashed potatoes are a great side for this dinner!
For gravy, just add 4-5 c. potato water to your drippings
and add 2 beef bouillon cubes. Then add a cornstarch
water mixture that consists of 1ž2 c. cornstarch and
1ž2 c. cold water.
Serve with either homemade or store bought rolls.
Setting up the table is quite easy to remember too!
My father-in-law taught me this simple rule of thumb.
Everything that is four letters long goes on your left
(left has four letters too!) So, your fork. Then, everything
that has five letters long goes on your right (right
has five letters too!) So, your spoon and knife. For
the cup, you just have to remember the convenient factor
for your guest and that is they will always pick it
up with their right hand. Just a quick way fun way to
always remember how to set a table.
ENJOY!
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