So... I didn't get a post up this morning. But to my defense, I am a little sick. Thankfully, I am starting to feel better. However, I did still manage to get dinner in the crock pot (and thank goodness it was a crock pot recipe today!). I didn't want to post it before we tried it in case it wasn't good! This is another recipe from the cookbook that Walt got me for Christmas :). SUPER EASY! I had a hard time finding some of the ingredients so I just improvised and I think it worked out!
Money Savers:
It calls for cooking oil. I used vegetable oil but if you want you could use olive oil. $3 at Publix! (BOGO)
The meat!--I don't think it was necessarily on sale but it wasn't expensive! If my memory serves me right, it was about $4 for the pound!
INGREDIENTS:
1 lb boneless beef round steak (about 3/4 to 1 inch thick)
salt
black pepper
1 tbs cooking oil
14.5 oz can Italian-style stewed tomatoes (undrained)
3 tbs Italian-style tomato paste (you can get a really small can)
1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
16 oz package of frozen pepper stir-fry vegetables (yellow, green, and red sweet peppers with onion)
**if you can't find Italian-style stewed tomatoes and tomato paste you can use 1 tsp dried Italian seasoning, crushed.
I was unable to find it. I actually used Mexican-style stewed tomatoes because I had them already and just regular tomato paste. I didn't use Italian seasoning either. So if you don't have it, don't sweat it!
**can't find the stir-fly veggies?
Me either! And I looked... I found frozen green bell peppers and used just them. Looking back, I think I will spend the little bit of extra money and just buy a fresh green and a fresh red pepper. The frozen bell pepper was diced a little small for what I would have liked. It will pair really well with the peppers!
**I added sugar... I know that might sound a little strange. I didn't add a lot but because I didn't have the sweetness from the yellow or sweet red pepper, I thought that I would add in a little of my own. It was probably just a little more than a tsp. I don't know if it made a big difference, but it tasted good!
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Trim fat from meat. Cut the meat into four pieces and sprinkle them lightly with salt and pepper. In a large skillet brown the meat on both sides in hot oil. Transfer to 3 1/2 - 4 qrt slow cooker (aka crock pot).
**Make sure you go with the 1 tbs oil... I just poured some in there and did WAY too much! It made quite a mess and you should have seen me this morning at 6 am dancing around the hot oil... Word to the wise.
**I cooked in on the stove on about medium to medium high. My stove gets a little hotter than most (I think?) so somewhere in that range. You might wanna start at medium and see how quickly it browns it!
2. In a bowl, stir together undrained tomatoes, tomato paste, and Worcestershire sauce. Pour this mix over the meat in the crock pot. Top with the frozen veggies!
3. Now, you can sit back and relax! :) If you have time to let it cook 10-12 hours, set it on low. Otherwise you can set it on high for 5-6 hours! The longer the better in my book! It will be more tender!
The review:
It was definitely good! Like I said, I think I will get the fresh bell peppers next time and maybe add them in half way so they don't get too soggy. I like a little crunch! The meat was so tender it will fall apart when you try to get it out of the crock pot! We aren't big tomato people, so we didn't eat the stewed tomatoes but they were great flavoring!
I served it on top of rice and it was GREAT! I also made green beans. In attempts to be healthy, we don't eat a lot of bread. However, some dinner rolls would be perfect!
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