This is what I have planned.
New Year's Eve
Homemade Chinese food
By homemade I mean from two frozen bagged entrees -- P.F. Chang's Mongolian Beef and Orange Chicken, supplemented with additional veggies.
Steamed rice
Tangerines
New Year's Day
Everyone is on their own for breakfast and lunch.
For dinner:
Pot-roasted beef Heel Roast and gravy
Black-eyed peas, peppers, and onions
Oven-roasted sweet potato cubes
Oven-roasted broccoli florets
Spiced apples and cranberries
Either a pumpkin pie or Christmas cookies (Dessert depends on if my son and daughter-in-law come over. Cookies if just us, a pie if they join us.)
Perhaps you're wondering what a heel roast is. Since I've been buying beef directly from a rancher, I've learned a lot about many cuts of beef. A heel roast is also known as Heel of Round. It's a tougher cut, needing slow-cooking, like braising or pot-roasting. It also works well for stew meat. It's lean, flavorful, and an economical cut, when you can find them. Here's another name for a cut you may not be familiar with -- English Roast. An English Roast is cut from the shoulder, like a Chuck Roast, but the English is leaner than the Chuck Roast. Both require low and slow cooking. Anyway, I'll be pot-roasting the Heel Roast tomorrow.
What's on your menu for tonight and tomorrow?
Wishing you a very joyful celebration and happy year ahead! 2026, we''re expecting great things from you.
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