Trader Joe's Cabernet Beef Dinner

Yes, this starts with Trader Joe's Cabernet Beef.  It's a neat little ready marinated beef roast at a great price.  You don't need to do anything to the beef roast unless you want to.  I think I may have tossed a little bit of garlic and onion powder on it, but nothing is needed unless you feel like experimenting.

You need these to go with it:

• portabella mushrooms sliced
• carrots peeled and sliced or cheat with a bag of baby ones
• white onion roughly chopped
• chopped celery
• bok choy
• Franzia box of Cabernet Sauvignon

Ok, it's been a minute since the bitchez made this, so I might be forgetting the process.  I'll try my best.  The scrap of paper with this recipe on it is scribbled with lots of typos next to a courthouse address, but we're not going to talk about that.  Anyway, there aren't any directions so here's how I think it went.

Throw your onions, celery and mushrooms in a pan with a little bit of oil to sauté them.  In doing this you have to get your box of wine and make a reduction with your box wine.  The box of wine is best because if you're entertaining friends you should have enough wine to go around.  This might have something to do with the transcription problems of the hand written recipe.

Oh, I think you're going to braise your meat in the pan, then add the onions etc. and then make your reduction.  As I remember this all ends up in a baking pan, with the reduction poured over it.  You can add potatoes to your pan, easy enough.  What you don't want to do is add the bok choy to the pan too early.  It's delicate and cooks fast so put it in towards the end of the cook time.

To cook the meat simply follow the instructions on the package.  It will be in a baking pan along with the other things you prepared on the stove top and the carrots and bok choy.  This is pretty simple, maybe a little more labor intensive because of the braising and sauté process.  It's a meal all by itself, although you could add mashed potatoes or garlic bread as a side.

Enjoy MEOW!