Roast Me A Roast

I did my roast today. Just some quick history, I've never been good, nor really wanted to be good at dealing with large pieces of meat. It's been an unwritten rule in my house that if its bigger than a chicken breast, my husband cooks it, or grills it, or smokes it, or whatever. Just a couple months ago I started buying roasts on a regular basis, in bulk from Costco and then I come home and foodsavor everything into smaller packages.

So I thought that this would be a good time to sort of get my foot in the door and learn all about meat. So far, every roast I've done has been in the crock pot. I did try some recipes that came out pretty good. Todays wasn't bad, but it wasnt great. I didnt use a recipe, I was kind of just going for simple. Start from the bottom and work my way up.

I started by doing a dry rub of various herbs, salt and pepper, then I browned it in a pan with a bit of oil. I chopped carrots, potatoes, celery and garlic then threw it all over the roast in the pot. I used beef broth, some water and some other seasonings. I used a digital meat thermometer that becomes more and more awesome the more I use it. That told me when it was ready. Even though I turned it off to let it cool a bit, then put it on the warm setting, it did continue to cook so it was about 10 minutes too well done. I should have stopped it at 150 instead of 165. Lesson learned. My husband helped me out with his by suggesting I do a dry rub, and marinate it over night. Good thinkin' love!

During all this, I made some bread to go with dinner. I sure missed having artisan bread in the fridge at all times, so I made a batch. I usually let it sit in the fridge overnight before I use it, but I kinda wanted it today. I knew I would think this way so I started it a few hours before I started my roast so it would at least get 4+ hours of fridge time. The bread was still good but I felt like maybe I rushed it a bit to much. Next time I'll be smart and just not be without! Imagine that.

I fed my sourdough started today. It seems to be doing ok. I think 2 more days at the most of feeding and then maybe its ready to be used. I'm not sure how I would handle another disappointement with this. I would probably walk away for quite some time and move onto french bread. Or cinammon rolls! My husband wants me to make those. They sure take a while though. Maybe something that I would do the night before and then I could just wake up and throw them in the over. I have to do more research on that to see if that would be possible.

P.S...Im eating a peanut butter chocolate chip cookie with a giant glass of milk and Im enjoying every calorie of that and if my husband is reading this, Im sure Im in trouble!