Something Smells Good

This week Beef Chuck Roasts were on sale and it put my husband in the mood for Italian Pot Roast. So that's what I made for dinner tonight. Since it is the middle of the summer and still pretty hot outside I decided to make it in the crock pot. I had cooked it that way once before and the meat was much more tender. It was nearly falling apart on our plates. While dinner was cooking the apartment slowly filled with an almost heavenly aroma giving me cravings to eat something, anything. On one trip into the kitchen looking for a snack (of which there were none) I made jello to go with dinner. On another I decided to make cookies for dessert.

I had a package of Betty Crocker GF Chocolate Chip Cookie Mix on the counter waiting for me to "find the time" to make them. I guess I finally found the time.

 The recipe said that the dough would be crumbly. They were right, but I wasn't too concerned because one of my husband's favorite (not gluten-free) cookie recipes made a dough that looked a lot like this.

Once you press it together with a spoon it looks more like normal dough.

 

They cooked up beautifully and tasted great.

My major mishap of the night was while I was getting the ingredients together for the pot roast sauce. I let the pan I was heating to sear the meat in get too hot. When I put the meat in, the hot oil splattered everywhere. It landed on the hot burner I had just moved the pan off of making an impressive 6 inch burst of flames. As well as on my wrist, burning it.

Overall it was a delicious meal.