Sunday, November 29, 2009

Chilly Sundays call for Beef Stew

Late November=crockpot beef stew!! 

After all the Thanksgiving leftovers the past couple of days, I'm ready to cook again.  I only make this once or twice a year.  Although it is a slow cooker recipe, it involves a lot of prepwork.  Chopping vegetables, boiling and peeling pearl onions, sauteeing stew beef, sweating chopped onion and garlic in butter  (which is one of the best smells in the world, by the way.)  My sink is always filled with dirty dishes once the crockpot is full.  But the savory aroma of beef stew slowly simmering all day brings its own reward at dinnertime.  Add some biscuits, corn muffins or garlic toast and it's DONE!  Plus, beef stew is one of those things that are even better the next day, and the day after.  I'm hungry already, just thinking about it!

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