Catching up

It's been a few days since I've written - mostly because I've been busy.

Dad has had a few really low days; but today, thank God, he was talkative (as much as he can be with mom and me in the room), ate a good lunch and was being whisked away for physical therapy when I left (about 1:30pm)

I've been in a cooking kind of mood with all of this rain. I made pot roast a couple of days ago, which was pretty good for a large piece of cow. I Cut up 2 potatoes, 2 carrots and half of a celery root (interesting new food for me). I actually cooked the meat and roasted the vegetables separately, which worked well (I can't stand soft & mushy vegetables). Set the oven to 250 and cooked it covered in the oven for 2 hours. Let it cool and put it in the fridge over night. Another good thing to do because the fat rises to the top and makes it easy to skim it off. Gak!

The following night, I added the roasted vegetables and put the pot in the oven until heated. I also cooked polenta (I cheated and bought those firm round logs of polenta - then sliced it about 1" thick) I used just enough flour to lightly coat the polenta circles and browned them in a hot frying pan with a bit of oil. Yes, it was olive oil. Is there any other kind?

I sprinkled the polenta with Parmesan cheese and served it next to the pot roast and vegetables.

Considering the fact that Rich and I don't eat red meet very often, I figured this was our cow for the month. I was wrong. Check out my next post to find out what I made last night.