Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Cooking in the New Kitchen

OK, so we have the 'new' kitchen put back together - sort of.  We needed to get a new dishwasher and have it installed like NOW because when the 3 tiles in front of it are 'cemented' down, the dishwasher is in place FOREVER.  Would you believe we found one - at a GREAT discounted rate.  Now I am all about savings.  Especially when it's a high dollar purchase (i.e., DISHWASHER).  So tomorrow we will attempt to pull out the old one and put this new one in.  The old one is washing dishes right now.  Dishes we used when we had this mouth-watering grilled chuck roast.  Grilled, you say?  Yep....grilled.  Took the roast, pierced it and inserted slivers of fresh garlic.  Rubbed it with salt and pepper and sprinkled a smattering of Montreal Steak Seasoning.  We put that puppy on the grill, and roasted it - slowly - for about 45 minutes.  On the side burner, we threw a handful of mushrooms, some garlic salt, pepper, a half stick of unsalted butter and a splash of merlot.  They simmered while the roast grilled.  Oh My Gosh was it good.  Add steamed fresh green beans with wedges of russet potatoes on top (steamed with bacon grease in the water)....and you have a meal fit for a KING (or a QUEEN).  My friend brought dessert - a dump cake with peaches and apples - with this awesome cake we had steaming mugs of chocolate cappuccino coffee.  Not bad for a weeknight, eh?

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