I had been adding recipes for a while to a new cookbook so I could find them when I wanted to cook them. In the electronic age, a digital version seems to make more sense, since I can add, amend, advise, adjust, delete, and reconsider as often as I want to and you can access them if and when you please. I've included the recipes from both my original cookbook which many of you have, and additional accumulated recipes that never got published. This isn’t the latest thing or nouvelle cuisine. These recipes are comfort food, good memories, treasured family recipes, and occasional treats as well as many healthier recipes I've grown to like in recent years. I encourage you to add comments, pictures, and favorite recipes to make this a real family cooking spot. It's the next best thing to sharing a meal.






Friday, January 15, 2016

Beef Stew

1 lb. lean beef stew meat in 1 inch cubes, with all fat trimmed
Flour, salt, and pepper
1 to 2 Tbsp. oil
Water, broth or canned onion soup
1/2 tsp. thyme
1 bay leaf
2 Tbsp. minced parsley
1 large onion (or 1 cup small boiling onions) + 2 cup minced onion
3 stalks celery in 1 inch chunks, plus 1 stalk celery, minced
1 cup each potatoes and carrots, peeled and cut in 1 inch cubes

Season meat with salt and pepper; roll in flour.  Brown well in oil. Pour off oil and cover meat with hot water, broth or canned onion soup.  Add seasonings and minced onion and celery.  Cover and simmer for one to one and a half hours until meat is almost tender.  Add remaining ingredients and simmer until vegetables are done.  If necessary, add water or thicken gravy with a little flour mixed with water to make a thin paste.  Add salt and pepper to taste.

 
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