Good 'ol Sunday Pot Roast in the Crock Pot

Time for a pot roast post. Say that ten times fast, I triple dog dare ya! I'm posting this on a Saturday so that, if you happen to be reading this now, you have time to make it tomorrow.

Ingredients:
Onion
Potatoes
Carrots
Celery
2 Garlic Cloves
Pork Loin
Seasonings (Mrs. Dash, Lemon Pepper, Garlic Salt, S&P)
1/2 to 1 cup Water


I didn't list how much of each ingredient to use because it really depends on the size of crowd/family you'll be feeding. Since it generally is just me, hunnybun, and the goobs, I chose a small pork loin out of the freezer, 5 potatoes, and a handful of leftover carrots and celery from the relish container that needed using up. It also depends on the size of your crock pot.

Defrost the pork loin in the microwave, if needed, while you prep/cut up the vegetables.


Layer about half of the potatoes, carrots, celery, and onion on the bottom of the pot. Add a little seasoning.


Place the pork loin on top and surround it with the rest of the vegetables. Add the water. Season with your choice of seasons. Put the lid on and turn the crock pot on to high for four hours or low for eight hours. (I generally choose high depending on the time of day.)


Cut into the middle to check for doneness (is that even a word?). If you like gravy, take some (or all) of the drippings left in the pot and mix with a packet of gravy (yup, I cheat sometimes, but that's okay).

Now, who wants to come over for dinner and do my dishes? :P


P.S. Did I miss anything? Let me know in the comments.

Baked Potato Soup

Today was a rainy/snowy day. Poor Goobs has had a "poopy" day and dear hubby, the Biological Engineer, may be coming down for a cold. So it seemed like a good day for me, the Domestic Engineer, to try making a soup that isn't from a can.



This recipe I found on one of my favorite cooking blogs, Eat At Home, but left out the bacon because I didn't feel like getting frostbitten fingers searching for it in the freezer. I also added broccoli because my husband loves it on his baked potatoes. So put whatever you usually like on baked potatoes!

4-6 baked potatoes
1 onion, chopped
2/3 cup butter
6 cups milk
2/3 cup flour
1-2 cups cheese
Steamed Broccoli
Seasonings

Bake potatoes and scoop out the pulp. I got tired halfway through and just ended up cutting the rest into chunks instead.
Melt butter and saute onion, add milk, WHISK in flour. DO NOT BOIL!
Add potatoes, cheese, broccoli.
Season to taste with what you generally like to put on baked potatoes. We like Mrs. Dash, garlic salt, and pepper.



Mmmmm, this soup is tasty! I don't know how healthy it may be but I don't always care about that. Bad me!