Saturday, October 29, 2011

Pretty Good Asian Dipping sauce

Mix to taste:

About 1/2 cup Simply Fruit Apricot Jam
About 1 TBS Red Wine Vinegar
Red Pepper Flakes
A little mayo if you like it creamy

Mix it all up and use for dipping battered shrimp, spring rolls, crispy wontons, etc.

Sunday, October 23, 2011

Crock Pot Pot Roast

2 lb Pot Roast
2 cans cream of mushroom soup
1 envelope dry onion soup mix
4 large carrots peeled and quartered
1 1/2 cups good red wine
1 cup beef broth
2 bay leaves
1 tsp star anise seed ground in coffee grinder with 1 tsp dried thyme
1 shallot sliced
2 cloves garlic minced
1 tbsp Kitchen Bouquet


Brown roast in dutch oven. Mix everything together in crock pot, put roast in and cook on low for 6 hours.