Peachy BBQ Roast Beast

Somehow, it seems, I can't get back here more than once a week. Well, that's okay - today is actually one day less than a week - so I feel like I'm doing pretty well this week. I've been under the weather, again, and my mom came in and helped out a couple of days, which was a God send, so as I get to Saturday night, I realize I have some leftovers!! Hmmm... what to do, what to do?? I used most of the leftovers from the Corned Beef recipe to make some faux Brunswick Stew. It was truly yummy - I'll write more on that later - but I had to jot down the really quick and easy - AMAZINGLY delicious Barbecue Beef Recipe that I just came up with... so here goes another recipe: And remember all measurements are approximate!!

Peachy BBQ Roast Beast

Leftover roast beast - either roast beef, corned beef, roast pork or shredded roasted chicken... hence the "beast" - about a pound or so - enough for 4 generous sandwiches, chopped and shredded for said sandwiches. I used leftover roast beef and corned beef - Oh my!

1 teeny jar of peach preserves (about 2 TBSP - maybe 3) peaches chopped if too chunky

1 tsp Worcestershire

1/4 tsp garlic powder

1/2 cup ready made BBQ sauce (any kind will do)

a nice generous squeeze of honey - about 2 TBSP

1/4 cup or so ketchup or catsup - whichever way you like to spell it

Put everything in a covered pot on low for about 20 minutes - stirring every so often –Which just happens to be the perfect amount of time to whip up some creamy 2 potato salad, which is just what I did. Serve on yummy bread with slivers of a nice sharp Irish cheddar, if you have it – yummy, yummy!!

Peachy BBQ

Spring Harvest Corned Beef (the tried recipe)

Ok - so after a little trial and tribulation - here is the good stuff - and let me tell you - it's yummy - you don't expect fennel and apples with corned beef - but seriously - mmm... mmm... if I do say so, myself.

Spring Harvest Corned Beef (The Recipe To Follow!!)

1.5 - 2 lbs corned beef (precooked)

1 LARGE or 2 smaller sweet potatoes, cut into 1 inch chunks

1 fennel bulb

3 small gala apples, cored and sliced, thickly

1 small head cabbage, cut into chunks

2 large palmfuls (approximately 2 Tbsp) Pickling spice

1 carton vegetable broth

2 cups apple juice

water to fill crock to 1 inch below rim

Layer everything in the crockpot in order of recipe ingredients - corned beef first ending with pouring all of the liquids over everything last. Cook on HIGH in your slow cooker for 4 hours. If at 3.5 hours it appears that your sweet potatoes are not getting tender enough, take the beef out of the cooker and set aside in a bowl covered with tin foil.

Serve with some lovely crusty bread.

Your meat will be fork tender and your veggies have that wonderful apple/fennel flavor - I think you'll truly enjoy this one.

Spring Harvest Corned Beef

And now for a recipe!!! I took a short cut by buying a pre-corned corned beef - ha ha - hey - I'm all about the shortcuts!!

I had planned on doing this for St. Patrick's Day, but wound up horribly sick that day - so, I'm making it now - who says corned beef is only once a year - and if so, well, mark this recipe and try it for next St. Paddy's - I think you'll find it a new and delicious change from the original.

1.5 - 2 lbs corned beef (precooked)

1 small head cabbage

1 fennel bulb

1 LARGE or 2 smaller sweet potatoes, cut into large chunks

3 small gala apples, cored and sliced, thickly

1 large palmful (approximately 1 Tbsp) Pickling spice

1/2 carton vegetable broth

2 cups apple juice

water to fill crock to 1 inch below rim

Put everything in your crock pot on High for 2 hours or until vegetables are fork tender. Remember, the corned beef is precooked, you just need to warm it thoroughly and cook the vegetables through.

I'll be honest - I haven't actually tried this - it's in the crock pot, as I write - so I'll review it after it's finished - but since I've recently had a friend, as well as my loving husband tell me to "Write them down!!!" I thought it best to do so, and do so now.

So, here you go - I hope you enjoy!!

Lyn

Bettism's - Recipes - Outtakes and Life's Little Quandaries.

Hmmm... Starting a blog.... am I really that person? Do I really think I have anything to say? Do I really think anyone might listen? Or, read, I guess?

So, here's how I measured the pros and cons:

I have been told, by many people, that I should start keeping a record of the things that Bet says and does. I've put many of them on Facebook and I know that many of my friends enjoy them and they brighten their day a little bit.

Ok - 1 in the positive column.

Do I really want to bare my heart? Let people in to my inner thoughts? Allow people access to the great big maze of mirror hall horrors and fantastical flights of fancy I call my brain?

hmmm... ok - 1 in the negative, but wait,

I can edit. I don't have to put everything in the blog that I think, feel, rant, want, need, etc. - I can edit.

Ok, scratch that... oh, heck, scratch the whole thing...

I'm starting a blog.

There will be Bettism's - For those of you who don't know, I have a fantastic 4-year old and the logic of a 4-year old can be amazing at times, and I like to share.

There will be Recipes - For those of you who don't know, I love to cook. I entered a BHG recipe contest a year or so ago and won first prize on my first attempt. Not all the recipes will be award winners, but they'll be yummy and fun, so I hope you'll try them.

There will be Outtakes and Quandaries - in other words, I'll talk about life, mine, yours, probably not Britney Spears', but who knows. No, just about definite I won't be mentioning her, but you know, you say you won't do something and all of a sudden you just have to say something on said topic. But I'll most likely talk more about my own personal stuff and stuff that has some meaning to me and those I care about.

My grammar will not be perfect. I do love words, and I like to think that I tend towards higher standards in grammar and spelling, but if you came to my blog expecting perfect grammar, syntax and spelling, let me remind you, once again, I have a 4-year old, so if I get time to actually get on the blog and write something, well, I'm sure you get my meaning.

Well, let's see - the things that matter to me; my family, my loved ones, theatre - did I mention I'm an actor? Now, there's some controversy over the use of the word "actor" for a person of the female persuasion, but my take on it is this - you don't call a female doctor a doctress, do you?

OH YEAH... And I will go off on tangents... perhaps I should have called this blog the tangential life... because, let's face it, if you've sat in a room with me for more than 5 minutes, you know that is a pretty perfect description...

Well, that's it for now. More later, but it's bedtime for a certain girlie and rest time for a certain Mommy.

See ya soon, I hope.