they're here! they are sitting right there in my garage. i just went down to spend some time with them. are they not the most beautiful things you've ever seen in your entire life?!!!
okay, they are actually ugly right now, but they're not going to be once they are installed in my kitchen. i passed the lowe's truck in my neighborhood as sk and i were coming home from gym and flagged them down, asked them to please please turn around, and then our oven & microwave were delivered into our garage. not where i need them.....i need them installed in my kitchen, but this is a step in the right direction. if these 2 wonderful things were not sitting down in my garage right now then i would be on my kitchen floor crying. literally. i'm making our favorite pot roast for dinner which is very time consuming and cooks in the oven for about 3 hours. i did all the pre-oven work on the stove and got it all ready to go in the oven and just guess what happened?? my dang oven started beeping at me, flashing f3 across the screen and would not work! i spent much of my afternoon rendering bacon fat, searing meat, cooking onions and mushrooms and simmering tomatoes, beer and beef stock only to be told by my oven that he's not interested in cooking my dinner. so this is why i am so excited about those 'beautiful' things sitting down there in my garage. just waiting patiently to be installed. i.can't.wait!
and in all fairness to the piece of crap oven/microwave we currently have, i was able to open and slam and jiggle the door a million times and it is now on and cooking our dinner. we may eat dinner at 9 tonight. but, i think we'll eat!
i thought i'd share the recipe for the yummy goodness that is FINALLY cooking in my lovely oven:
it's our favorite pot-roast recipe - beer braised pot roast w/ vegetables. you can get the recipe by clicking HERE. we use kriner cow for the roast=) we do not make the polenta that is part of the recipe....we serve it over rice. i take some short-cuts (canned tomatoes, minced garlic from the jar, pre-cut carrots.) the turnips and parsnips are delish. i use darker beer (for example, today i used sierra nevada autumn seasonal beer.) the initial stove-top steps are all about timing....i use the exact times that emeril suggested. i get everything prepared and measured before i do anything. i think this recipe looks overwhelming but it's not too hard and the end result is the most delicious and flavorful roast ever=)
the installation crew will be here wednesday to install my new appliances! i may not be able to sleep tuesday night. we may never eat out again! (ha....let's not get carried away).
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