Dinner · December 28, 2020

Roast Beef, Sauerkraut and the Last Week of the Year!

So, it’s the last week of the year 2020. I feel so hopeful that 2021 will be a little easier. The week between Christmas and New Year’s is a favourite with me since I’ve become and adult. January first means a new start, and I really like a new start…don’t you?

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Our family has been eating so much rich food this past week. Some of us haven’t been feeling very well because of it. This leads me to think maybe we need a reboot in January with what we choose to put on our plates. We generally eat fairly healthy food most of the year, but I think there is improvement to be had, for sure. Which led me to finally pick up some jars, fermentation springs and a special lid, and a cabbage to get us started.

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My mom and dad often made sauerkraut at home, so I had seen it done in the past. Mom would make a large crock of it, letting it ferment in the laundry room. It wasn’t until I saw Farmhouse on Boone’s recipe that I felt I could tackle a project like sauerkraut for our family. You can make just a few jars at a time, if you want, and I thought, “I can handle that!”

So, this next week I’ll be making sauerkraut! It’s a delicious and nutritious side dish that goes with almost every meal. Easy to pull out of the fridge, cheap and is good for the gut.

I need to tell you about making a roast in the

Put one cup of water or broth in the bottom of your Instant Pot. Place the browned roast in the Pot, and close the lid. I often add onion or garlic cloves or both when I feel crazy! Close the lid, and make sure your steam release valve is closed, too. Set the Instant Pot to “pressure cook”, and the number of minutes to about 45-50. I would go 50-60 if you don’t like a pink centre. Wait for ten or twenty minutes before manually releasing the pressure. I always put a dish cloth over the pressure release valve to make it safer. Roasts come out crazy good and tender when cooked this way. Plus, you get a delicious broth on the bottom to use in a soup or whatnot.

Hopefully you’ll try this beef recipe. It’s delicious, and a good excuse to take that pressure cooker out of the box, eh?;)

Stay tuned to see how my sauerkraut turns out.

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