Easy French Dip

The original recipe is by Cooking With Karli and is done in an Insta Pot. I adapted the recipe for the crock pot. Either way, so easy and delicious!

 Ingredients

4 cups beef broth
2-3 lbs chuck roast
1 pkg onion soup mix
1 pkg au jus seasoning
Sandwich Supplies:
6-8 rolls (Mark likes Ciabatta rolls or French rolls)
sliced white cheese I like provolone
mayonnaise & horse radish
OR
butter & garlic powder

Steps

Add broth, roast, onion soup mix, and au jus seasoning to your Crock Pot. Cook on HIGH for 4 to 5 hours or low for 6 to 7 hours - till roast falls apart with fork. Remove from the pot and shred. I like to return the meat to the juice, but this does make it absorb more juice (i.e., will be more 'drippy).
To make the sandwiches, toast rolls then spread with butter and sprinkle garlic or mayonnaise and horseradish (my personal favorite). Place sliced cheese on the top roll and add the shredded meat to the roll to create your sandwich. These were plenty juicy but, if you wanted, you could ladle some of the juice into small individual ramekins for dipping.

Notes

Short on time? Cut your roast up into 3 or 4 large chunks

DIY Probiotic Water Recipe

 Ingredients

2 C Purified water
1/2 to 1 tsp honey (more will mean faster/stronger fermentation)
1/2 probiotic capsule

Steps

    1. Combine water and honey

2. Add probiotic powder
3. Put lid on jar and shake.
4. Put on window sill for 3 days or till ready (try to keep near 70 degrees)
5. Should smell semi-sweet (see notes)
6. Strain into another glass jar and put in fridge
7. Enjoy by adding to any drink you want water. I add about 1/4 C to a drink
Save last 1/4 to 1/3 of batch, fill up with purified water and repeat steps 2 to 7 BUT skip Step #2 as your starter will give you your probiotic

Notes

If it smells like plain water - then add a bit more probiotic and honey to ferment again. 
I try to use local honey as that can help with allergies
10/28 - Doubled batch 4 x 16 oz canning jars (hold approximately 2 C water each) added 1/2 tsp of honey to each jar and used 1 probiotic capsule for the 4 jars 
11/5 - LOVE using this 1 Gallon large glass jar amzn.to/3v1CjLq to make a large batch and filtering off what I want to a pitcher in the fridge. With remaining brew, add more filtered water and honey and brew another batch. 1 Gallon=16C so multiply the above recipe by 8.

Limeade Apple Cider Vinegar Drink

 A lot of us know that apple cider vinegar is good for us but, that taste - blech! I have discovered that the more acid I add to the drink, the more palatable it is to get down. Here is the recipe for the drink that I like to use in the mornings:

Ingredients

1 1/2 Tablespoons apple cider vinegar
1 Tablespoon fresh lime juice
1 teaspoon stevia or other natural sweetener, optional
2 cups of cold water

Steps

Mix together, taste and add more sweetener if needed. Serve cold over ice

February '21 Scriptures

~Proverbs 3:6 

In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths 

DIFFERENT VERSION 

In everything you do, put God first, and he will direct you 

and crown your efforts with success 

DIFFERENT VERSION 

In all your ways acknowledge him, 

and he will make straight your paths 

 

1 Corinthians 10:31  

Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, 

do all to the glory of God 

 

Mark 12:30  

Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul 

and with all your mind and with all your strength. 

 

Romans 11:36  

Everything is from him and by him and for him. 

Glory belongs to him forever! Amen! 

 

Romans 12:2 

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the 

renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is 

the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect 

 

John 15:5 

I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides 

in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for 

apart from Me you can do nothing 

 

John 15:16 

You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you 

that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit 

should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, 

he may give it to you 

 

1 John 1:7 

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have 

fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, 

purifies us from all sin 

 

Matthew 10:37-39 

Anyone who loves their father or mother more than me is not worthy 

of me; anyone who loves their son or daughter more than me 

is not worthy of me. Whoever does not take up their cross and 

follow me is not worthy of me. Whoever finds their life will lose it, 

and whoever loses their life for my sake will find it 

 

Matthew 6:33 

But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, 

and all these things will be provided for you 

 

Psalm 46:10  

He says, “Be still, and know that I am God; 

I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” 

 

Acts 5:29 

But Peter and the apostles answered, 

“We must obey God rather than men.” 

Colossians 3:2 

Set your minds on things that are above, 

not on things that are on earth 

Deuteronomy 6:5 

You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart 

and with all your soul and with all your might 

Matthew 5:6 

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, 

for they shall be satisfied 

 

Psalm 37:4 

Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you 

the desires of your heart. 

 

Hebrews 13:5 

Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content 

with such things as ye have: for he hath said, 

I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee 

 

Hebrews 13:5 

Don't love money; be satisfied with what you have. 

For God has said, 'I will never fail you. I will never abandon you'