Saturday, February 25, 2012

Stock cupboard crockpot beef stew, garlic broccoli, homemade yogurt

Sorry I have not been here in a while ...AGAIN..
This week I made a crockpot/slow cooker beef stew.
I noticed I had a lot of packet mixes that needed to be used up.
I decided while I need to make things from scratch I still need to use up products before
they go out of date.


Stock cupboard beef crockpot beef stew


Beef skirt (I cut into 4 pieces) (I have no idea what size the skirt piece was, it was bought at Costco)
2 onions cut into large pieces (for fussy son's who say they don't like onions)
tin of diced tomatoes
1 packet of pot roast mix
1 packet of brown gravy mix
2/3 - 1 cup of water

place half the onions in the bottom of the crockpot, add beef add the rest of the onions.
add water to the pot roast and brown gravy mix. Mix well and pour into crockpot
Then add the tomatoes and give a little mix.
cook on low for around 8 hours.

Beef skirt is a VERY cheap piece of beef. It is perfect for slow cooking or using in pies.



Garlic broccoli

Broccoli cleaned and trimmed
2 cloves of garlic minced
butter

Get a saucepan of water add the minced garlic and start to boil the water.
Then when boiling add the broccoli for a few minutes to cook.
When cooked drain and then place hot broccoli to a warmed dish and then add a little butter until all melted.

*I don't have a steamer here in Japan and they are quiet expensive, so I decided to try cooking broccoli this way one day...I came up with the garlic broccoli after having veggies as a side dish one day. They were so nice and the added garlic was so nice and not to much.
Also I can get the family to eat this.

Homemade Yogurt

This is soooo easy it frightening...lol

like I have stated before, I do really use measurements

milk (I use around 2/3 of a litre)
spoonful of 100%natural yogurt and no additives
glass/ceramic dish with lid (lid can be plastic but NOT the dish)
few tea towels and cupboard
cheese cloth
sieve
dish that has space between the sieve and the bottom of dish when sieve is rested on the dish

boil the boil slowly...
in a glass dish add a spoonful of yogurt (100% natural )
when the milk has reached not quite a rolling boil and NOT burnt
remove from stove and let stand for a short while...
add the milk to the yogurt and stir.
leave a little while before place the lid on the dish.
I normally clean up and then add the lid.
I but a towel on the shelf, the I wrap a towel around the dish and place the dish in the cupboard and the I add another towel over that.
Leave for at least 8 hours and you will have yogurt.

Then I get a cheesecloth and sieve
place the cheesecloth inside the sieve and pour in yogurt and the water will pass through the cheese cloth and sieve
I normally do this a few times over a few days so I get a greek yogurt

8remember to always keep a little back to make your next batch

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