A Week for Carnivores...

We don't normally eat tons of meat, but we started this week off with Gina cooking a pot roast with oven-roasted root vegetables, gravy and homemade bread, all of which was yummy. I had this 8-lb. pork roast in the fridge...it was unthawed and needed to be used...so I oven-roasted it Tuesday, coated with an Italian mix of seasonings - lots of garlic, herbs (sage, rosemary, thyme, oregano, marjoram), black pepper, lemon zest, coriander and fennel, mixed with extra-virgin olive oil - 'til it formed this delightfully savory crust. Finally, on Wednesday, we had a dear friend over and I made a pile of chicken-fried steaks, mashed potatoes, and garlicky green beans, which we topped with Monday's leftover gravy. Yesterday morning, breakfast was machaca - scrambled eggs, shredded beef, onions and peppers, with cheese and salsa, all rolled up in flour tortillas...