Beef roasted with red potatoes

This is a great dish for a chilly fall evening. We also get to have enough leftover for great sandwiches on the next day. The red potatoes add texture and flavor. We like them with the skin.

          Ingredients:

• 1.5 lb. beef chuck boneless pot roast thick
• 2 pounds of red skin potatoes cut into small cubes
• 2 garlic cloves diced
• 1/2 cup of white wine (dry)
• 1 teaspoon of sea salt
• 3 table spoons of extra virgin olive oil
• 1 medium onion cut in thin slices
• 1 teaspoon of paprika
• 1 bay leaf
• pepper
  
  
  Directions:

Place the beef in the center of a deep plate. Add the salt, pepper, garlic, onion, bay leaf, paprika, and 1 table spoon of olive oil. Toss gently to blend. Add the wine. Cover the dish and put it in the fridge. Leave the beef in this marinate for at least 5 hours (preferably overnight).

In a large baking dish put 1 table spoon of olive oil on the bottom and the beef and the marinate. Preheat the oven at 350 F - 375 F and roast the beef for for 45 minutes to 1 hour. Remove the baking dish from the oven, turn the meat around and add the potatoes lightly sprinkled with salt and 1 table spoon of olive oil. 

Let it roast for more 1 hour. When potatoes are roasted, remove from the oven, let it sit for a few minutes. Enjoy it with a Turkish inspired salad: http://whatchaucooking.blogspot.com/2010/02/turkish-inspired-salad.html

Tilapia with shrimp and red peppers

 

We like tilapia because it is tasteful and available even in places where we do not have many options on the fish and seafood section.

Ingredients:

4-5 tilapia filets

2 cups of frozen shrimp

1 red pepper cut into small stripes

2 minced garlic

parsely

sea salt

lemon pepper

2-3 table spoons of olive oil

Directions:

In a large glass baking dish put the 1 table spoon of olive oil on the bottom and the tilapia filets and frozen shrimp on top. Add the red pepper cut into small stripes, minced garlic, parsely, sea salt, and lemon pepper. Finally put the rest of the olive oil on top.

Preheat the oven at 350 F. Put the baking dish in the oven for 45 minutes to 1 hour. When ready, remove from the oven, let it sit for a few minutes and garnish with extra fresh parsely.You can have some simple white rice to go with it or a green salad.

Enjoy!