Struggle Feast

Yep, you are right! Struggle and feast do not go together. We are struggling, in the sense of packing, moving, unpacking, selling unwanted things, cleaning up, purchasing, coordinating services, deliveries.. we are combining 2 households, while working full time jobs.

It’s never easy, like my biggest struggle right now is, all my seasonings are somewhere in who knows which box that have not been moved over to the new address yet. All I got are some pots and pans, my instant pot and my trusty old slow cooker.

I got a freezer full of meats and nick nacks and my regular stuff in the fridge.. I am put to a true test to cook with what I have on hand. So, I made this pot roast with pickled jalapenos, olives and veggies, to top off our bowl of instant pot rice.

Ingredients:

• 2 lb of chuck roast, still frozen
• about 1 cup of pickled sliced jalapeno peppers, with about 1/2 cup of juice
• 1 cup of pickled sliced jalapeno peppers, with about 1/2 cup of juice
• 1/2 cup of juice
• 1 cup of sliced green olives with juiceabout
• 1 lb of brussel sprouts
• 1 tomato
• about 1 tsp salt

Method:

When I woke up in the morning, I put the frozen piece of roast into the slow cooker, dumped the jalapeno peppers and olives with juices on top. I put the slow cooker on low for 8 hours and moved on with my day.

When I came home from work in the evening, slow cooker already finished the cooking process and is on warm. I used 2 forks pulled apart the beef, it’s super tender at this point.

I used a pairing knife, halved the brussel sprouts, since I didn’t bring my cutting boards… and cut the tomato into pieces and drop them directly into the slow cooker. I put it on high for another 40 minutes.

In the mean time, I cooked rice in my instant pot, took no time at all.

Dinner is served, wasn’t really struggling at dinner time afterall.