Corned Beef and Cabbage

Got this recipe from my Dad.  One of his favorite meals, and though it took me quite a while to try this because of the color of the meat... I am glad I finally did!  The flavor and tenderness is so delicious!  It is now a favorite of mine!

Corned Beef

3 LB corned beef brisket with spice packet

2 carrots, cut into 2-inch pieces

2 med onions, chopped

1 small head green cabbage, cored, roughly chopped

2 cups apple juice

1 cup water

Directions

Put the carrots and onions on the bottom of the slow cooker, and put the corned beef on top.  Arrange the chopped cabbage around the beef. Add the apple juice and 1 cup of water along with the contents of the spiced packet.  Cook on low for 6-8 hours until the beef is tender.  

Enjoy!

Beef & Brocolli

This dish was pretty good. It was really easy, but next time I'm going to pound the meat out to soften it and make it more tender, which I didn't do this time. Also, I'm going to marinade the meat in the sauce mixture over night because the meat had no taste when you bit into it. Though the sauce was very yummy... I'll for sure make this again, only after doing these few key points. Hope you like it!

1 tb olive or vegetable oil

1 pound sirloin steak, cut into 1 inch strips

1 package (10 oz) frozen brocolli florets, thawed. (I steamed fresh brocolli though)

1 envelope Lipton Onion Soup Mix

1 1/4 cups water

1 tb firmly packed brown sugar

1 tb soy sauce

1. In 12 inch skillet, heat oil over med-high heat and brown steak only, stirring occasionally, in two batches. remove steak from skillet and set aside.

2. Stir in broccoli and soup mix blended with water, brown sugar and soy sauce. Bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat to low and simmer uncovered, stirring occasionally, 2 minutes.

3. Return steak to skillet and cook 1 minute or until steak is done to your liking. Serve over hot rice.