Re: Do You Make Your Own Gravy??
Oh yum, some really delicious recipes for making gravy on here. I guess I use the Shwartz packets because they taste much nicer than the others. I.e Pork with Sage, Lamb with Mint, Roast Chicken and Roast Beef.(as near to home-made as possible) Once added, the 1/2 pint of cold water brought slowly to the boil and simmered for one minute, thickens it to just the right consistency that we like and is also just the right amount for our two dinners.
As I confessed in my post, I have tended to become lazier as I get older as I am all for an easy life!
I don't even make Yorkshire puds anymore. I find that just one of Aunty Bessie's Yorkshire puds from her packet of 2 x giant Yorkshire puds, cut in half, is delicious with a roast and is more than enough for us both. I like to make my own Roast potatoes though, parboiled for 5 minutes, drained and heat dried then scored with a fork, popped in a pan with beef dripping and baked in the oven for 40 minutes. They always come out lovely and crisp on the outside and super soft on the inside. Yum, a sprinkling of Salt and they're done to perfection.
I rarely eat desserts but again talking about laziness, I didn't feel like baking or making an elaborate dessert on Sunday, so on Saturday morning, I made a Strawberry Jelly using 1/2 pint of syrup from the tin of strawberries I added to it to make up to a pint then popped it into the fridge.
On Sunday, I got the jelly and whipped it up with a fork, I then made up a Strawberry Angel Delight. put the whipped up jelly into 4 large sundae glasses, spooned over the Angel Delight and popped them back into the fridge.
When I was serving them, I squeezed some full dairy cream from an aerosol can over the tops and plonked a large strawberry on the top of each of them. They looked lovely, and he who must obey wolfed it down declaring that it was lovely and refreshing and a nice change! Talk about convenience foods!!!