Beef Pot Roast

I haven't been updating for awhile: I've been gone for a week to the Dominican Republic to get over-stocked on Vitamin D and this whole week I've been doing taxes prep and prep to go to Spain in 2 days. Life is busy but as long as it stays interesting, it's still fun ^^

So, a 2-lb beef meat was on sale for less than $5, and I've decided to try doing pot roast  using this recipe just because I did not have 8 hours to tenderize the meat via slow-cooker:

Beef Pot Roast

The tweaks I've made will be captioned on the photos ^^
    <Browning all sides>
    <I don't have the dutch oven, so I used a regular saucepan pot thing. It came out pretty good ^^>

    <the garlic, onion, pepper and salt in the pan>

    <Oh yes, I actually used about 3 tablespoons of the Raspberry Smirnoff and poured it on the beef for a      
    fruity flavor ^^>

    <At the last half hour, I added 2 fresh tomatoes and cubed potatoes into the saucepan>

The meat turned really good and tender. It's worth a try for sure ^^

I rate this recipe 4.5YUMS! out of 5YUMS! ^^

Apple Pie Delish!

So, using the apple crust recipe, you can make 3 apple crusts, which means you can use one of the crust portions to make the lattice top ^^

I used this recipe for this marvelous pie:
Apple Pie

Tweaks:
- only 4 apples used, cut in 2 cm slices - just because I only have that many apples.
- about 5 large strawberries cut in cubes added.
- 2 handfuls of blueberries added.
 
    <Bottom crust, forked>

    <Half filled with apples, topped with the berries>

    <Cover with more apple slices>

    <Sugar butter mix>      

    <Top lattice done!>

   <Sugary butter sauce over the lattice. Pour slowly to let the sauce get into the holes!! When putting into the oven, please place the pie on a baking sheet; The juices will boil and drip out!!>

    <Woot woot! Let rest for 10 minutes, and consume! It can also be served cold ^^>

    <A peek!>

This is the 4th time I've used this recipe, so of course it's rated 5 x YUMS! ^^~ (out of 5 YUMS!)