Well we have four days off for Easter and I’m still feeling crook. I thought I’d feel better if I spent some time cooking. Tonight I made slowly roasted beef with vegetables.
I should start at the beginning. I woke up feeling worse than the previous few days mainly because I coughed all night and just felt stupidly tired. Given it’s the beginning of a four day long weekend I thought I should make an effort for breakfast so I cooked bacon and eggs with toast.
After breakfast I went back to bed and dozed for a bit. I stayed there until about midday and figured I should get out, shower shave and think about what to do for the day.
I had a blade roast in the refrigerator and thought a slowly roasted beef recipe was in order.
I also had some beef bones and thought the fatty juicy goodness from them would make a good cooking soup for the blade roast. So I started by cooking them and ate the fatty meat for lunch while reserving the juices for the roast.
Given the protein and fat load I needed something sweet for afternoon tea so I ended up having a teaspoon of Nutella and a teaspoon of crunchy peanut paste.
- 1.5 kg beef bones
- 1.5 kg blade roast
- Quinoa
- Carrot
- Onion
- Celery
- Potato
- Bay leaves
- Red wine
- Water
- In a casserole place the beef bones and cook in a slow oven (150 °C) for 2 hours
- Remove the cooked bones and keep to eat for lunch
- In the bottom of the casserole with the beef bone juices add some carrot, onion and celery
- Add 1 cup of red wine
- Add ½ cup water
- Place the blade roast in the middle on top of the vegetables
- Add a couple of potatoes and some bay leaves
- Cover the casserole and put into the oven at 150 °C for 3 hours
- Remove the casserole and take out the meat to rest for 30 minutes
- Prepare a plate with the vegetables and slice some of the beef
- Pour over a little of the fatty juices from the casserole instead of beef gravy
- If you have Hollandaise you could serve that too
- Shoot a photograph
- Eat the meal
- Wash the dishes
- Write the recipe
- Blog (verb)
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Sorry to hear you’ve been unwell, Gary, hope it passes soon. You certainly haven’t lost your appetite, which is a good thing : )
Thanks Liz, I hope I’m on the mend but I often end up with a prolonged cough and headache.
I rarely lose my appetite 😉
Sorry to read you’re under the weather. Keep eating as yummy as you do to get well soon.
That beef looks yummy but my favorite favorite favorite of this post is your nutella-peanut butter combo. It’s a heavenly combination. 🙂
Hehe, thanks, I love that peanut paste Nutella treat. Soo good 🙂
Oh so sorry to hear that you’re still sick Gary! I’m sure you’d like a do over with your long weekend!
Thanks Lorraine. Not to worry I’m still eating well which is important 😉
Right now, I’m all about your version of chocolate and peanut butter lol!
It makes for a great snack Jodi 🙂