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Slow cooker pot roast – https://www.thepioneerwoman.com/food-cooking/recipes/a42388766/slow-cooker-pot-roast-recipe/
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It is February friends which is that awkward time of year where it’s still cold and it’s still dark and it’s still most definitely winter although mentally I am super ready for spring but the one good thing that I do love about winter are just some hearty warm cozy meals and
That is what I’m going to be sharing with you today three meals that your family will love that are again warm and comforting definitely comfort food however they’re made with healthy wholesome ingredients that are going to nourish your bodies as well hey you guys welcome back to my channel welcome back
To the cottage kitchen so in today’s video I’m going to be sharing with you guys a few healthy warming Rich Comfort meals for the winter time so it’s February and this is usually the time of year where I really start start to like feel winter and like how cold and dark
And just gray and brown everything is outside and as much as I am like ready for spring it is definitely not spring yet so something to do you know during this time February always just seems to be like the hardest month um is really just to like sink into it and embrace it
So all the coziness all the fires all you know like turning on the wood stove all the Cozy Comfort meals like really celebrating and you know pulling out the things that are perfect for this time of year and really filling February with them is something that I actually always
Look forward to food is just such a joy of life it it’s obviously nourishing and lifegiving but it’s so satisfying and that is why you know so much of what you’ll see here on my channel is cooking um nourishing meals because not only you know as a dietician am I really
Passionate about nutrition passionate about wholesome good ingredients feeding my family well and myself well and this baby well um but also you know I really want to enjoy food and I want food to be a celebration I want it to be something that is truly enjoyed by myself and my
Family and that’s why you never see me go do any kind of dieting or cutting anything out I believe that we can eat all things in Balance um but one of the most important pillars of health and long ity and vitality is nutrition and a lot of that comes about through cooking
Your own food and being able to control the ingredients and this is so much about like so much of what I talk about in my course like I really just want people to learn how to not only eat well and actually understand nutrition and be able to apply it without it becoming
Confusing or stressful but also so that you can really enjoy food because if you’re not enjoying food you are missing out on so much so as I said in today’s video I’m going to be sharing with you three free winter cozy homecooked meal ideas that you guys can try out while
It’s still cold and still dark and we’re all wishing for spring but it is just not quite here yet the first meal I am sharing with you guys is chicken pop pie I don’t know what screams Comfort meal more than chicken pot pie but instead of doing the traditional crust like pie
Crust I’m actually just making it with biscuits I got this idea from Lisa from Farmhouse on Boon I adore her Channel and I actually use her um sourdough biscuit recipe for this as well so I’ll link that down below for you guys but the night before just to get it
Fermenting you basically just add your flour and your butter to a bowl and you want to cut all the butter in so it’s basically like little pea-sized chunks this is what helps make the biscuits really flaky when they bake and then you add in your sourdough starter a little
Bit of honey and some milk mix it all together and then you leave that to ferment overnight and then we’ll bake the biscuits the next day with the pot pie so the next day uh it was time to actually make the pot pie and make the
Filling for it so I started with just adding some butter to my pan and chopped up some onion minced some garlic and I got that going um over the stove just to start cooking those down and then I took a total shortcut here CU I used Frozen
Mixed veggies which is a great way to cut down on time and chopping and mix things a little bit easier and I just threw those in there Frozen and they did take I don’t know probably 10 minutes or so to cook down so while those were cooking I um actually made the biscuit
So I took that dough that had been fermenting overnight and I rolled it out and I actually don’t have a biscuit cutter I just use a mason jar and it honestly works fine the only thing is you want to resist the urge to twist it because that actually seals off the
Dough and it doesn’t allow the biscuits to Rise um and get as fluffy and you know as crumbly and Flaky as you’d like so that’s my little tip for that but you can totally get away with using a mason jar that’s what I always use and once my
Veggies were starting to cook down I added um a little bit of flour I’ll add the recipe um the link to the recipe down below that I use I didn’t follow it exactly but it’s pretty much the gist um anyway so I add a little bit of flour
And this is what’s going to help thicken up our filling so it’s nice and like silky and just delicious we obviously don’t want like bro going in here it would just get soggy so after I added the flour and I cooked it for a couple minutes I went ahead and added in broth
Um this is just chicken bone broth that I make weekly and then I also added in some salt and some pepper totally meant to add in some dried thyme um and parsley but I literally just completely forgot but if you have those definitely go ahead and toss those in there for
Flavor and then once this started to um like come to a boil I let it go down to a simmer and I just let it simmer there for a good 10 minutes or so cuz you really want it to thicken up once the filling had cooked down and thickened up
I went ahead and dumped it into a big I guess this is like a 9×13 baking dish and then we just take our little biscuits that we cut up and we place those on top I just kind of nestled them in there so that they were all nice and
Tucked into the filling and then you’re just going to bake this at 400 for about like 10 to 15 minutes basically the fillings already cooked you’re just looking for those biscuits to puff up and get golden brown and a little bit crispy on the edges and it seriously is
So delicious and this really is a very simple meal to make I find doing the biscuits is easier than like fussing around with a pie crust um which is you know you can obviously do that too but I just love this version it just feels
Like a quick and dirty version to me and also myself and my family absolutely loves biscuits so anytime we can get some sourdough biscuits into a meal everyone is pretty happy the next meal I’m going to make is tomato soup which is another classic Comfort meal and it’s
Actually super easy to make to make it a little bit fancier I make some homemade croutons which might sound like a lot of work but they’re literally so easy and it’s a great way to use up bread that may be going stale so the very first
Thing I do is just cut up some bread I just used some sourdough that I had on hand that was getting a little bit older and you just dice it up you throw them all in a bowl coat them with either Avo uh avocado oil or I love using olive oil
And then you’re just going to add a little garlic powder a little salt a little pepper and I like to do parsley and oregano you could also use like an Italian seasoning uh blend and you just mix it all up so they’re all nice and
Coated throw them on a pan on a baking sheet with some parchment paper and then you’re going to bake them in the oven at 375 my oven runs a little hot it usually takes me like 12 to 15 minutes but it could take up to 20 you basically just
Want to watch them and once they get nice and toasty and golden brown and crunchy that’s when you want to pull them from the oven it literally takes like 5 minutes of effort and it is such a delicious topping that’s going to make you know your just week night tomato
Soup feel so fancy and so delicious and just that much more comforting for the actual tomato soup I start by putting a couple tablespoons of butter into my Dutch oven pot um and then dice up some onion and then you’re going to go ahead and throw that in and you want the onion
To cook down until it’s kind of translucent again I will link a recipe down below that I found online that I really like I don’t follow it exactly but I’ll tell you what um I do differently anyway so while the onion is cooking you’re just going to mince up
Your garlic and add that in and let that cook for a couple minutes and then you’re going to go ahead and add in some flour um and just cook that around for like a minute or two more and then this is when it actually kind of turns into a
Soup so we’re going to add in our um our broth again I just use bone broth that I make which is super cost effective it’s yummy and it’s so nourishing and just really makes the soup very very nutritious um a bunch of diced tomatoes a little bit of sugar to
Cut the acid of the tomatoes and then I add in um salt and pepper obviously salt you actually want to use like a decent amount of salt I use about a tablespoon and a half and that’s usually good for me but obviously just salt it to taste
And then I also like to dump in some dried basil as well so you just stir that all together and you just get it to where it’s like simmering and reduce it to low on your stove top and just let it sit there for like 40 minutes or so and
Then it’s time to blend it up so I have an immersion blender I love an immersion blender this makes making a soup like this a total cinch if you don’t have one or you don’t just don’t want an extra small appliance laying around you can also just put this into a blender I
Would just do it in a couple batches and you can whip it up that way so one thing that I do different than the recipe is at this point I like to add in probably about like a four to a half cup somewhere around there I just kind of
Eyeball it of grated Parmesan cheese and then I do also like to add um a little bit probably about A4 cup of heavy cream as well and you just mix that all in it makes it so silky and I love just like the flavor that the parmesan cheese
Brings it’s so so good but this is pretty much like a veggie based soup so um obviously and of course we’ve got the bone broth in there so it’s very healthy it’s very nourishing top it off with those croutons oh my goodness it is seriously so good you could also just
Eat it with some nice crusty bread on the side but I personally prefer the croutons I find them to be so delicious and just the perfect addition lastly we are going to be making a pot roast in the crock pot which is definitely just a quintessential Comfort meal that is
Perfect for this time of year and I love and hate this recipe because I’m basically cooking dinner like right after we eat breakfast which I don’t love to do but then dinner is basically done right after I cook breakfast so that is also amazing and I love it for
That reason so I start by just putting a little bit of avocado oil in my Skillet and um I used a chuck roast for this and you basically just want to Brown it on each side um this is going to bring out a lot of the flavor it’s also going to
Help lock in the juices so that when we eat it later it’s nice and tender and juicy so you definitely don’t want to skip this step um and then also once that is done we’re we’re going to be using all the brown bits that are left
Over to make like a sauce again I will link the recipe down below that I use for this um I’ve made it several times and I really really like it so you’re going to add some tomato paste um to your Skillet and just kind of stir it
Constantly just for like a minute or so you want it to like see that it’s like darkening a little bit and cooking a little bit and then you’re going to add in broth um use whatever broth you have again I always have chicken broth on hand so that’s what I used and you’re
Basically just going to stir that together until it Cooks um Cooks down a little bit and just to kind of get all those brown bits off of the skillet and then you’re just going to take that tomatoey broth mixture you’re going to pour it all over the chuck roast that’s
Now in your crock pot and then you’re just going to add a little bit of worshire sauce um I added some Rosemary and um you can add garlic you can add Thyme and that is what we’re going to actually put into our crockpot um as far
As the roast goes but then we do want to add some veggies as well so in a bowl um I cut up or I added some diced um or not diced like sliced up onions like big chunks of onions some diced up potatoes some carrots and then you’re just going
To add a little bit of um either olive oil or avocado oil a little bit of salt a little bit of pepper um and you’re just going to mix that all together and then you’re basically just going to dump it on top of that chuck roast and congratulations dinner is basically done
Now so go ahead and put the lid on your crock pot um you’re going to cook it for um you want to cook it on low because you want that thing to be tender I’ve done it on high before and I’m always sorry like you just have to start it
Early in the day because you just you want it to be tender you want it to be like falling apart melt in your mouth if you’re going to do it so um cook it for um 8 to 10 hours until it’s done eight hours is usually fine for me and then
Once it’s all done you just shred it up you eat it with those veggies it is so so delicious it melts in your mouth but it’s also high protein it’s got vegetables and my kids will eat it with a little bit of ketchup and they’re
Happy as clams and it’s just so so good especially for this time of year all right you guys thank you so much for watching this video if you are new to my channel I would absolutely love for you to subscribe hit the Bell notification so you never miss any of my upcoming
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