Beef Stew with Root Vegetables

This Beef Stew is perfect for making in the fall since we add lots of delicious fall vegetables to a traditional stew.

Binky's Culinary Carnival
Supper on Wednesday, March 11th. #BeefStew, #Crackers. Beef stew and other foods are retort pouch foods. I received it from the hospital as a test meal the day before my colonoscopy, and I boiled it in hot water and ate it. It was a small portion, bland, and not very satisfying. (The image is of the package)

After a grand total of 6 hours of simmering, the stew was ready.

It is so nutritionally dense that after a large bowl of it last night I woke up still full.

#food #health #beefstew #winter

Dinner tonight! Beef stew!

Let's check back in about 3 hours of simmering. Maybe then the 5+ pounds of beef will actually be submerged into the broth. 🤣

#food #health #beefstew #stew #winter #fivepoundsofbeef

It's a lovely, sunny day here in NEPA, even if it's still cold. I'm enjoying another productive day.

I'm on a roll in the kitchen! I'll be making a French-inspired beef stew in the InstaPot this evening, new recipe (to me). One of the ingredients is fennel (anise), which I've never used as a fresh ingredient before. 🙂

#Monday #Food #BeefStew

I’ve never made Julia Child’s beef bourguignon and I’ve always wanted to make Julia Child’s beef bourguignon. And now I think I will never make Julia Child’s beef bourguignon.

It was a perfect day for a long slow cooking venture. Day off from work. Cold and snow outside. Nagging to-do list was more or less completed. All the ingredients were on hand. But some of the directions in the recipe were dragging me down. And some of the ingredients — like pearl onions.

And then Ruth Reichl’s newsletter dropped in. It contained a couple of suggestions to see us through the stormy weather. Beef, Wine, Onion stew was one of them.

The description — it was not a recipe — was a definite variation on the famous beef bourguignon but so liberating. No timing, no quantities — just a splash, a squirt, a pat, and as many as you feel like. And whatever. And no pearl onions.

I jotted down the plan on a sticky note and put a movie on my iPad.

Here’s what was on my note (sans the stuff in brackets):

STEP 1 — TO BROWN
— pat of butter
— lots of onions (I had 5 large ones)
— good bacon, lardons (there was a 7 oz chunk)
— carrots (I had 3)
— lots of garlic (I used 10 cloves)
— thyme (huge 5-finger pinch of dried)
— squirt of tomato paste at the end

STEP 2 — TO BROWN
— oil & butter
— beef: salt, pepper, flour (I had 3,5 lb chuck, 2”-cubed)
— deglaze with brandy

STEP 3 — 300°F, 3 HOURS
— good red wine (whole bottle)
— celery stalk
— bay leaf

STEP 4
— brown mushrooms in butter, mix in at the end (2,5 lb, quartered)
— boil potatoes to serve
— parsley to garnish

Amazing, amazing, amazing result!

For the movie — HBO put Mad Men back on. I’ve never seen it but read about it and wanted to give it a shot. Honestly, it watches like horror series.

#food #cooking #beefstew #beefbourguignon #inmykitchen #stormyweatherdinner #myhappyplace
A few dinners I’m proud of from this year so far. Made some pho last week and had a really tasty beef stew last night.

#food #pho #beefstew #dinner #cooking

With it being #chilly here this morning, I thought I might make a #beefstew for #dinner tonight.

Then I saw a can of #BakedBeans & wondered if they would improve the #stew.

A bit of online searching found that adding baked beans to a stew is a thing!

I’ll give it a try. 🤗

Balbacua is the ultimate comfort dish. Tender beef, rich broth, and deep Filipino flavors you’ll crave!
#PinoyRecipes #BeefStew #FoodieFavorites
https://soyummysoeasy.com/filipino-balbacua-beef-stew/