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Mammamel
10-17-2009, 07:33 AM
I made a recipe from an online site.
I am doing a lot more cooking, and we are loving becoming more home focused.
Beloved used to worry working then cooking wore me out. However each day I am finding the energy to do so. The dishes may wait until morning but a decent meal is had in the evenings.

So anyway I happened on to 9 lbs of pork roasts. 5 roasts in one bag. I made 3 of them with my home made sweet n sour sauce and they lasted us for 3 days of dinners and 1 supper. Beloved even made sweet n sour pork salad for sandwiches.

I wanted something different so I began searching for roasts with sweet potatoes.
I found this site
$5 meals (http://www.5dollardinners.com/2009/03/beef-roast-and-sweet-potatoes.html)
I decided to do this meal with one of my pork roasts.
I did make some changes. I used Mrs. Dash garlic and herb instead of the onion powder, I tossed the sweet potato cubes with oil and ginger and nutmeg, and I added a bit more water.

I found the roast tasted more like turkey breast and it seemed dry to me and not very flavorful. With high bp I can not add salt. The Mrs Dash is usually very capable at flavoring things but this time not so much.
The sweet potatoes were excellent though!
Today for dinner I will remix the left overs with some spices and make a rice dish out of them.
I like the site and plan to explore it further.
Let me know what you try and how you like or do not like it!

Debi
10-17-2009, 04:32 PM
I just saved that site...WOW! Thanks for sharing it.

Frugalgram
10-18-2009, 02:11 AM
Thank you for your post. That is a great website. I can't wait to try some of the recipes.

Jesticalynn
10-18-2009, 04:42 AM
I've made something similar to green chile chicken on there, and it was awesome! Great site, Mel, thanks for sharing!

shan7282
10-25-2009, 07:35 AM
I can't wait to look over this site!

pinkroses
10-25-2009, 09:23 AM
Thanks Mel
I need something like this as ; since we are in our new home we built on our small farm
it takes all of hubby's first paycheck a month to make the house payment
Meals can be very limited if one doesn't plan them right.
This site looks like something we can all use in today's money problem world. hugs sheila

Contented
10-26-2009, 04:25 PM
Can't wait to try some of these recipes at our next church dinner.Thanks for sharing.

GrammyGoo
10-26-2009, 05:08 PM
Thanks Mel.