Recipe(tried): Sunday Night Dinner - Eye Round of Roast with Golden Mushroom Gravy, Mashed Potatoes with Garlic and Sour Cream, Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes with Apples, Orange Peel and Spices, Spinach a la Creme

Hi Everyone!

We had our first dinner cooked in my renovated kitchen. For the occasion I chose my easy recipe of Eye Round and Gravy, Mashed Potatoes and Peas for DH, Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes and Creamed Spinach. It was just marvelous!! The meat is so fork-tender when cooked this way.

I usually reserve this recipe for company but it was St. Patrick's Day and I wanted something special. We don't eat corned beef and cabbage because we find it an extremely dull dish, the flavors are so "blah".

Here are the recipes:

Eye Round of Roast with Golden Mushroom Gravy
serves 8-10

1 (6 lb.) eye of the round roast
2 cans Campbell's Soup Golden Mushroom
1 pkg. Lipton Onion Soup Mix
olive oil
3-4 garlic cloves, mashed
salt and pepper

Rub roast with oil, make a mash with the garlic and salt and pepper, rub all over and insert in roast by making slits and inserting the garlic in. Heat 2 Tbsp. olive oil in a Dutch oven, place roast in and brown on all sides. When all browned, place roast in the middle of a large piece of heavy aluminum foil. Empty mushroom soup over roast, sprinkle the onion soup over this. Seal the foil securely, place entire package onto a 9x13-inch baking pan and bake 350F for 3 hours. When you open the foil, the gravy is done and the meat is so very tender, slicing it is "like buttah".

Mashed Potatoes with Garlic and Sour Cream

6-8 potatoes, washed, peeled and cubed
1 stick butter
1/2 c. sour cream
salt and pepper
3 garlic cloves
1/4 c. milk or more if needed

Boil potatoes and the garlic cloves together. When tender, mash with potato masher, add butter and mash some more, add sour cream and enough of milk to your liking for consistency. Season with salt and pepper.

Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes with Apples, Orange Peel and Spices
8 servings

8 medium sweet potatoes
1/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
1/4 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. grated orange peel
2 medium Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored and coarsely chopped

Oven at 350. Prick the potatoes all over to let out steam. Bake 55-65 minutes til fork tender. Cut thin lengthwise slice from the tops. Scoop out the insides and place the shells on a baking tray. Blend the insides, butter, spices and sugar in a bowl with a mixer. Stir in the chopped apples by hand and fill the shells. Bake for another 20-25 minutes.

SPINACH A LA CREME
serves 4-6
6 mushrooms, chopped
1 small onion, chopped
2 cloves garmic, minced
2 T. butter, melted
1 10 oz. pkgs. frozen spinach, thaw and drain
1 8 oz. cream cheese
1/2 t. salt
1/4 t. blk, pepper
1/4 t. ground nutmeg

Saute mushrooms, onions and garlic in butter til tender. Add drained spinach and cook 2 mts. or until excess moisture is evaporated. Add cream cheese and stir til well blended. Add salt and pepper and nutmeg. You may add a little bit of cream to make it less thick if desired