Sylvia's Scenario

For Father's Day this year, we barbecued a pot roast in honor of my dad.  This was one of his summer specialties and one that was always my favorite.  He didn't have the recipe written down so I've been trying to figure out how to make the pot roast taste the way he made it.   He made his own barbecue sauce and then just let the pot roast slowly cook on the rotisserie barbecue all day.  It was a great way to spend a summer day in the backyard with a wonderful meal at the end of it all.  Here's a photo of one of those barbecues in 1989 with my dad holding Nick.  You can see the rotisserie turkey on the table which was another one of his specialities.   My dad passed away in 1993 but we would often have barbecues in his memory like we did in 2014 on his birthday during  Memorial Day  when we lived in Idaho.  I've been trying to duplicate his barbecued pot roast recipe and I finally came up with a sauce recipe that tastes like I remember it.   We don't h

More comfort food on the horizon - meatballs.  And they are Ikea meatballs, which is everyone's favorite.  IKEA is another company that is giving out their "best kept secret" recipe in the midst of the pandemic similar to the  Doubletree Signature Cookie Recipe .  Aren't we lucky?  Here's what IKEA had to say about releasing their recipe:  "We know that some people might be missing our meatballs, which is why we've released an at-home alternative which, using easily accessible ingredients, will help those looking for some inspiration in the kitchen.  Staying at home can be hard, but we want to help make everyone's lives that little bit easier and more enjoyable. Bon appétit or, smaklig måltid, as we say in Sweden!" I whipped up a batch on Sunday when Lauren came over for her weekly jog at Alki beach with Bruce and we all approved the recipe.  I've only been to IKEA once since there was no IKEA in Idaho where we lived for seventeen yea

I'm still enjoying the berries that are in season, especially the raspberries.  They are super big and plump right now and we're buying two containers every time we go the grocery store.  I came across this recipe by Driscoll's Berries, the same company as the berries we buy.  This recipe reminded me of strawberry shortcake except the berries are mixed into the cake and meringue is used instead of whipping cream.   I was going to substitute whipping cream but I'm glad I didn't because the meringue was even better!  I should have whipped my meringue more so it's a little flat but it didn't effect the taste at all.  I just didn't have the glorious peaks that meringue is known for.  Here is what the cake looked like from the recipe photo:  I also used all the raspberry syrup that the recipe instructs you to make but in the photo, I think they must have just used a dab of it since most the meringue is white and not red like mine.  It jus