Perfect Pot Roast

I have meant to make this post awhile ago, but better late than never, right?  This recipe was introduced to me from my dear friend Julie.  It is found in a cookbook from Fellowship Bible Church.  So simple, amazingly simple, but the best pot roast you will ever have.  I hope your family enjoys it as much as we do.  When I cook it I put it in the crock pot, but you can also cook it in the oven as well.  I will include both instructions.  The picture doesn't do it justice and the biscuits in the picture are cheddar biscuits, I will post that recipe separately.  This recipe works very well if you are taking a meal to another family because it feeds a lot.  It is also perfect to put in the oven early on Sunday morning and then lunch is dinner right after church!

Perfect Pot Roast

Ingredients:
Pot Roast
1/4 cup Dale's Seasoning
2 cups Water
Any stew vegetables that you enjoy.  I use carrots, small potatoes, celery, mushrooms, and sometimes peas.

Directions:
Place pot roast in roasting pan, dutch oven, or crock pot and poke meat.  Pour Dales's seasoning over the meat and pour the water over the top and all around.  Add vegetables that take a long time to cook (potatoes, carrots, celery) and turn the crock pot on low for 8-10 hours or high for 4-6 hours.  If you chose to cook it in the oven, follow the directions below:
Cover tightly with foil.  Bake at 400 for 10 minutes.  Then lower oven to 225 and bake for 4-5 hours.

Orange Juice Cake - You Gotta Try It!

So, I realize how long it has been since I last posted, and I promised a pot roast recipe, which I do have the pictures of, just haven't gotten it on here.  I will work on that.  This recipe for Orange Juice Cake is wonderful.  It is a favorite amongst the Corsini family.  By Corsini family, I mean Ken, Katie, and Kevin loved this cake growing up, so I consider it an "old" family recipe of my mother-in-laws, Ronna.  For the past 3 years I have made this cake for my mom's birthday because she just isn't a cake-and-frosting kind of girl.  This cake is perfect because it compliments her tea quite well and she loves lemony things.  Honestly, I haven't met anyone who doesn't love this cake.  My one piece of advice:  don't be lazy like me when mixing up the glaze - stir and stir until you get all the powdered sugar dissolved.  It just looks prettier that way!

Orange Juice Cake

Ingredients for Cake:
1 package yellow or lemon cake mix (I like lemon)
1 small package instant lemon pudding
1/2 cup of oil
1 cup of orange juice
4 eggs

Ingredients for Glaze:
2 cups powdered sugar
1/2 cup of orange juice
2 tablespoons of melted butter

Beat all cake mix ingredients together for 2 minutes.  Bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes in a greased oblong pan.  While the cake is baking, mix up the glaze by adding ingredients to a bowl and whisking away until no lumps remain.  After cake is pulled out of the oven take a toothpick and poke every 1 inch or so all around the cake and frost with the glaze while the cake is warm.  You want the cake to cool a little before serving.  Enjoy!