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I visited www.directstartv.com and upgraded our television package. I’m glad that I did because I just started working from home as a free lance writer, so I spend a pretty good amount of time writing on my laptop on you guessed it, the couch. I have started watching morning programming that I thought only the traditional house wives had the luxury of watching in the morning. I have gotten a routine down. I get up when my husband leaves for work at six. We eat breakfast and I go on a jog. I get home and shower, getting ready for the day. I watch the “Today Show” after he leaves and drink coffee. After I get done with my morning cup of coffee, I start my writing for the day. I write and watch the “Today Show”. My favorite hour of Today is the last hour. After that hour comes on, I turn the television to the “View”. I never thought that I would like a show like that, but I really enjoy the discussions everyday. I even get inspired to write about things that I see on the show. I love working from home!

 

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Roast Beef Carbonnade ala Wilkerson

Tonight's dinner at the Wilkerson Estate was Roast Beef Carbonnade with a slight twist to our tastes. (Technically, my tastes). 

Since this isn't really a cooking blog, I'll just hit the highlights and say I used a beef shoulder roast cut in large chunks, 2 large onions, 6 Yukon gold potatoes, bacon chunks, 5 carrots, 1 bottle of beer, 1 cup of beef broth, and a spoonful of chopped garlic.

The inspiration for this meal came from the Food Channel's Melissa d'Arbian's recipe Pot Roast Carbonnade which I watched her make this week on her show Ten Dollar Dinners.

I think what hooked me into making this recipe was that one of the first things she did was cook the slab bacon in large lardons, remove them and then add the slices of two onions. The aroma of those cooking always excites my tastbuds! From there on I pretty much followed her recipe except that I added the potatoes and didn't add 6 prunes and dried thyme.  The last two I didn't have in my pantry.

I think the whole thing was a success though, so Jim said.

 

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