Recipes by Arlene

• 1 boneless chuck roast
• 1 can beef broth
• 1 envelope Italian dressing mix
• ½ cup water

In a crock pot, place the beef broth, water and dressing mix and blend thoroughly.  Add the beef roast. Cover and cook on high for the first hour only. Then turn down to low heat for 6-8 hours until meat is very tender. Slice meat very thin and serve on rolls.

Shirley Hunter was one of my best friends from Redwood Lane in Northbrook, Illinois. She and her family now live in Virginia. This is one of her delicious recipes!

• 1 ½ lbs sirloin steak
• 1 can cream of celery soup
• 1 can onion soup
• 1 can cream of mushroom soup
• ½ cup wine

Mix everything together. Place in casserole with cover and bake at 250 degrees for about 4 hours. Thicken gravy with browned flour if desired. Serve with noodles.

Note: If doubling the recipe, do not double the celery soup!

• 2 tbls vegetable oil
• 4 tbls flour
• 4 tsp salt
• Dash pepper
• 2 lbs sirloin steak cut into 1” cubes
• 1 can condensed tomato soup
• 10 oz. can beef gravy
• 12 oz. can V8 juice
• 1 envelope spaghetti sauce mix
• ½ cup chopped onion
• ½ tsp basil leaves
• Parsley flakes
• Potatoes, carrots and 1 medium onion cut into quarters
  

Combine flour, salt and pepper in bag and shake meat to coat. Place meat in hot oil on medium-high heat. Brown all sides, turn to low while adding the rest of the ingredients. Stir thoroughly. Cover and place in 375 degree oven for 1 hour or 250 degree oven all afternoon. If gravy gets too thick during cooking, add a little water.

Select a standing aged prime rib roast.  Roast needs to be at room temperature prior to cooking – can sit out up to an hour before roasting.

Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Sprinkle roast with salt on top, bottom and sides. Season with pepper.  Place meat fat side up in shallow roasting pan. Roast beef in lower third of oven 20 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees and roast beef less than 30 minutes per pound.

Roast until meat thermometer reads 115 degrees and remove from oven. Transfer to cutting board and let stand 20 minutes. Beef will continue to cook as it stands reaching 125 degrees (medium rare).

Select a standing aged prime rib roast. Follow these instructions for any size roast.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Rub meat well with salt, sprinkle with pepper. Place meat fat side up in shallow roasting pan. Do not cover and do not add water. Put roast in oven, bake one hour. Turn off heat but do not open oven door at any time until ready to serve.

Regardless of the length of time the meat has been in the oven, 30-40 minutes before serving, turn oven on again at 375 degrees. Bake for 30-40 minutes. Open oven door. The meat will be brown and crisp on the outside and beautifully pink all the way through, juicy and medium rare.