Results so far...

The strawberry cake (Recipe #1) on Sunday was very good. The cake was a little dense. I think I needed to let the butter soften more, instead of just tossing the cold butter in the mixer.

The fried green tomatoes were good; however, next time I will mix up goat cheese and lemon juice instead of Allouette.

The pot roast (Recipe #2) was awesome....probably one of the best meals that I have ever made. I substituted red wine for water and ended up cooking it for an extra 90 minutes.