Archives for September 8, 2011

last night’s dinner

So. Good.

So. SO. Good.

YUM.

Here’s the recipe!

Slow Cooker Beef Stew

adapted from Allrecipes.com

Ingredients:

2 lbs stew meat, cut into 1-inch cubes
1/4 C. all purpose flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp ground black pepper
1 clove garlic, minced
1 tsp paprika
1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
1 onion, chopped
1 1/2 C. beef broth
4 carrots, diced
1 stalk celery, chopped
3 potatoes, diced (I left this part out, because we were already having potatoes on the side)

Recipe:

1. Place meat in the slow cooker. In a small bowl, mix together the flour, salt, and pepper. Pour the dry mix over the meat and stir to coat the meat.

2. Next, stir in the garlic, paprika, Worcestershire sauce, onion, beef broth, carrots, and celery (and potato too, if you’d like).

3. Cover, and cook on the Low setting for 10-12 hours, or on High for 4-6 hours.

3 easy steps to perfect deliciousness.

Important information: I put this all together the night before I was going to eat it, then cooked it overnight. It sat in the fridge all day while I was at work and then I reheated it for dinner. All the flavors had plenty of time to mix together, which I’m sure is what made it EXTRA delicious. Zan whipped up the potato pancakes from scratch, mostly because that’s how he rolls. I wish I could do that, but I’m truly a recipe girl. Cooking’s not quite in my blood.

Are you a natural at cooking and/or baking?

I pretend to be, but really I have to try (and I try hard!).