kim, Author at Lovin' From the Oven

Coca Cola Pot Roast

January 9, 2013 by kim 5 Comments

I know I said less crockpot recipes and more stove top recipes, but this was one dish I made last year. I actually just got back to the bay area from my extended winter break vacation, and it’s taking me a while to get back into the groove of things.

You know how it is… I still have one and a half luggages laying on the floor in front of my door, waiting to get unpacked and put away. It took all my energy plus some just to go and buy groceries today. I had to restock everything since we had an empty fridge from being away for so long.

Restocking an empty fridge isn’t exactly a bad thing. Actually, it’s great. I get to start over fresh and follow my New Years resolution by eating healthier. All the temptation is taken out by simply not buying any bad groceries.

Now, I have a lot of fish, vegetables, and fruits. It’s going to be hard for my DB to eat lunch, though, since he doesn’t eat anything green or from the sea. Oh well.

Since we don’t drink any soda in my household, I had to go out and buy one can of coke. In case you were wondering, you can’t just buy a can of coke. I tried. I ended up buying an individual plastic bottle instead (by the checkout line) and using a portion of that.

Coca Cola Pot Roast

Ingredients

2.5-3 pounds Beef Chuck Roast Boneless
1 can of Coke
1 packet Mccormick's Slow Cooker Savory Pot Roast seasoning packet
1 cup water

Directions

Place the chuck roast on the bottom of your slow cooker.
Mix the seasoning packet with the 1 cup of water, pour on top of the meat. Pour the entire can of coke on top.
Cover and cook on high for 4 hours, or low for 6-8 hours.

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BLT Sandwich with Avocado

January 5, 2013 by kim 4 Comments

Some days, you just can’t get yourself together to make a real meal, despite the fact that you’ve been starving for the past two hours. Enter the BLT– the solution to that problem. It takes a whole 5 minutes to make and you have a hearty, mouth watering sandwich.

You can add more of, take out, and include any ingredient that you want without being judged for it. Don’t really like lettuce? Change it to spinach. How about that meat? Bacon’s just not satisfying your manly cravings? Throw in some turkey, ham, and roast beef.

This is my version of the perfect BLT. I like having a lot of veggies and just a tad bit of saltiness from the extra crispy bacon. Everyone’s is different.

The ingredient list for this sandwich isn’t very specific, so feel free to adjust any way you want. Seriously, the possibilities are endless.

BLT Sandwich with Avocado

Ingredients

2 slices of bread
butter or margarine
mozzarella
2 slices of bacon, cooked
half of an avocado
handful of spinach
cherry tomatoes, cut into halves

Directions

Heat a pan (one big enough that will hold your sandwich!) over medium heat.
Butter both sides of your bread and put them on the pan to warm.
Flip the pieces of bread over and add all of your ingredients to one side. I like to put the cheese as the first layer so it's thoroughly melted. Put the other piece of bread on top of your ingredients to close the sandwich.
Using a spatula, gently press down so that the bread becomes a nice, golden brown. Once the level of crispiness has been reached, flip the entire sandwich over and repeat for the other side of bread.

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Blueberry Lemon Coffee Cake

January 3, 2013 by kim 7 Comments

Happy New Year, friends! I hope were ringing it 2013 with the ones you love the most. As for me, I fell asleep at 11 PM and didn’t quite make it to midnight. I told you I was a grandma. My body is just not made for staying up past 10 PM.

It’s okay, though. I never really cared for New Years. For some reason, I’ve never had a good one so my expectations are very low. I’d much rather be sleeping than waiting up for a ball to drop. I don’t even get the significance of that, anyway. How does a ball touching the floor indicate the start of a new year? Why couldn’t you get fake snow to fall or an elaborate display of fireworks?

Oh wait, a quick wikipedia search answered my question. Apparently the British Royal Observatory used to drop a lighted ball everyday so that the Captains could synchronize their timepieces. Well, that was boring. Heck, I don’t even know if that’s true, but we’ll just go with that for now.

Do you have any New Years resolution or are you sick and tired of hearing about them? I’ve got a couple:

Blog more often. I have been doing this every year since the blog started, so I’m hoping to carry on that tradition.
Become more personal on my blog. I have a crazy amount of stories and I need to write them down before I forget them all. I just need the time to write them!
Update A Pile of Style. I know, I totally suck.
Be more adventurous in cooking. 2012 was the year for the crockpot for me. I may have started cooking, but it was all mostly in the crockpot. Time to take it to the stovetop.
Get my DB to eat vegetables. Alright, that one may be a little bit of a reach, but I think I can do it. Slowly and surely, he’ll be eating greens in no time. It’s just a matter of tricking the mind…

I guess I can also throw in all the stereotypical “eat healthier, lose weight, drink more water, eat smaller portions more frequently…. ” yada yada yada. But for now, I’ll just say not to eat this coffee cake in one sitting.

This cake may seem like it’s a lot of work because the ingredient and direction list continue on endlessly, but I promise it’s not difficult. It’s just a matter of making each part and putting the pieces together.

You end up with a magazine worthy looking cake that can feed a dinner party. This is probably on my list for the top 5 prettiest looking baked goods. Not only does it look good, but it tastes like heaven. It’s really dense (carrying this thing out of the oven was a workout for me!) and a little goes a long way. The lemon flavor is strong, but not overwhelming. The blueberries sunk a little bit for me, but coat them in a bit of flour and you’ve solved that problem.

From Kitchen Runway

Blueberry Lemon Coffee Cake

Ingredients

Crumb Topping:

1¾ C all purpose flour
¾ C light brown sugar, packed
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp coarse salt
1½ sticks of cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces

Cake:

2 C all purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
¼ tsp salt
3 large eggs
2 C sugar
¾ C regular butter, melted and cooled
1 tsp pure vanilla
zest of 1 lemon
juice of 1 lemon
12 oz. fresh blueberries

Glaze:

1 C powdered sugar
2½ Tbs fresh lemon juice
½ Tbs. milk

Directions

Pre-heat oven to 300° F. Grease 9" spring form pan with butter.
Make the crumb topping: Mix together the flour, brown sugar, cinnamon and salt in a large bowl. Add butter pieces and use your hands to combine mixture until clumps form. Place in the refrigerator.
Now, get started on the cake. Combine the dry ingredients: flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl. Set aside.
In your mixer bowl, beat eggs and sugar on medium high speed for about 5 minutes until mixture is lighter in color and has increased in volume.
Turn mixer to low and slowly add butter. Then beat on medium speed for an additional 2 minutes.
Stir in the vanilla, zest, and lemon juice. Slowly fold ½ C of the flour mixture at a time into the egg and sugar mixture. Add blueberries and stir gently until just incorporated.
Pour into pan and top with crumb topping. Bake for 1 hour 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.
Cool cake in pan until completely cooled.
Once the cake is completely cooled, make the glaze: whisk together the powdered sugar, lemon juice and milk until smooth. Drizzle the glaze over the cake, letting it drip over the sides of the cake. Let the glaze harden before cutting and serving.

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