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5-Ingredient Homemade Beef Stew. We have had the world's funkiest weather in the Bay Area lately.

5-Ingredient Homemade Beef Stew

On Monday my back and shoulders got burned while gardening, and today I'm all snuggled up in a heavy sweater and fuzzy slippers.I've been getting emails asking for "easier" recipes --- so I dug through the cabinets and freezer and made a delicious and hearty beef stew using ONLY 5 INGREDIENTS!! I'd totally pat myself on the back, but I'm still burnt... The Ingredientsserves 6 2 pounds beef stew meat1 (16-ounce) jar southwest salsa (has corn, black beans, onions, tomatoes, chiles)4 cups beef broth1 (15-ounce) can garbanzo beans, drained and rinsed1 cup baby carrots, or chopped carrotThe DirectionsUse a 6-quart slow cooker. Put the meat into the bottom of your cooker and add the rest of the ingredients --- there is no need for any other seasoning; the southwest salsa provides plenty of flavor all on it's own. Beef chili + sour cream and cheddar biscuits.

Abruptly, and likely surprising nobody more than my husband, I have decided to be a Good Football Wife this year.

beef chili + sour cream and cheddar biscuits

Finding it impossible to summon any actual enthusiasm for the game but refusing to fulfill the sitcom wife-cliché of grumbling about my husband’s Sunday afternoon routines, in the past, I’ve mostly tolerated it. But with months of cold and/or wet Sundays ahead of us, I finally came to the realization that football season is the perfect excuse to embrace some much-needed Lazy Sundays. A morning bagel, park and farmers market run routine segues nicely into an afternoon of bumming around, or you know, however the person at hand defines it. For Alex, football, with the requisite pre- and post-game Sports Shouting episodes.

For Jacob, removing books from the bookcases one by one, then attempting to stand on them to reach higher shelves, so he can remove them too. Beef With Red Wine Sauce Recipe. Slow-Cooker Meat Loaf with Shiitake Mushrooms Recipe. Slow Cooker Balsamic Beef. Slow Cooker Balsamic Beef. Slow Cooker Balsamic Beef I’m always on the lookout for new slow cooker recipes, particularly ones that have virtually no prep time. This recipe met both of those criteria and sounded delicious so I was really excited to try it. You don’t even have to brown the meat first – the outside gets browned right in the slow cooker! Low Calorie Swedish Meatballs Recipe - 5 Points. Growing up, Swedish meatballs were a staple in my house.

Low Calorie Swedish Meatballs Recipe - 5 Points

So every time I eat them, I think classic, home cooking. I adore Swedish meatballs…really, what’s not to love about moist and juicy meatballs smothered in a creamy, beefy sauce and usually served over yummy egg noodles? Well, traditional Swedish meatballs sure are tasty, but they are definitely not so Weight Watchers friendly. My healthier version uses all beef instead of a beef/pork combo, and I used whole wheat breadcrumbs instead of slices of bread soaked in milk. And finally, for the creamy beef sauce, I used fat free cream cheese instead.

Swedish Meatballs are a classic comfort food recipe that is seriously slimmed down in my version. Ingredients Instructions Preheat oven to 350. Carne asada tacos. Here's your flank steak recipe for the week (you know I have to post at least one per week)!

Carne asada tacos

This is another Butch recipe, I posted his chicken marinade yesterday, and I will be posting his pico de gallo tomorrow....so we may as well just call this the Week of Butch! If you look below, you may notice that this post made the favorites tab...Main Man and I were simultaneously chipmunk talking to each other with our cheeks full about how good this was the whole time we were eating. Cuban flank steak salad. I've been searching for some good flank steak recipes since I've heard it's one of the best cuts of red meat you can get, healthwise and cost-wise. Who doesn't love cheap and healthy? This is one of 2 recipes I'm giving a shot to, and I was not even slightly disappointed! I got this from a blog I found on Pinterest, go check it out at www.KalynsKitchen.com! 1 large piece of flank steak 1/3 cup fresh lime juice 1/4 cup olive oil 1 t ground cumin 1 t dried oregano 1 t onion powder 1 t garlic powder 1 T soy sauce 1/2 t ground chile powder Mix all the ingredients up into a marinade and let the flank steak love it up overnight.

Here are all the ingredients I used for the salad...basically just whatever a search of my cupboards turned up...and they all worked great with the flavors of the marinated meat! Hawaiian Ribs Slow Cooker Recipe. I've been on a real rib kick lately.

Hawaiian Ribs Slow Cooker Recipe

Our family has been taking mini roadtrip vacations during the weekends, and have been tasting ribs. I try really hard to order non kid-menu food for my kids when we travel, and also try to steer clear of chain restaurants (sometimes easier said than done). The two favorites of the summer are (both on the CA coast, I'm sorry!) Aptos Street Barbecue and McClintock's (we went to the one in Pismo Beach). or you can make ribs at home. in the crockpot. because the barbecue is scary, and my friend Georgia just needed to get a hair cut because she CAUGHT HER HAIR ON FIRE while testing the grill.ugh.When she told me what happened, I asked: did you stop, drop and roll?

Bwhahahaha!!! But not really. The Ingredients.serves 4. Lunds & Byerly's - Pop-In-The-Oven Stew. Lunds & Byerly's - Sam Adams Beef Stew. Sam Adams Beef Stew This hoppy beer adds a nice tang to the stew. Ingredients 2 pounds boneless beef stew meat, cut into 1 1/2-inch cubes1/2 cup flour, divided2 1/2 teaspoons salt, divided1/2 teaspoon black pepper3 tablespoons butter, divided1 1/2 cups chopped onions1 1/2 cups cubed carrots1 tablespoon snipped fresh thyme2 bay leaves2 1/2 teaspoons chopped garlic3 cups beef stock1 (12-ounce) bottle Sam Adams® beer2 cups cubed red potatoes1/4 cup water Directions In large food storage bag, shake beef with 1/4 cup flour, 1 1/2 teaspoons salt and the pepper.

Melt butter in large Dutch oven over medium heat. Julia's Healthy Italian Cooking: Perfect Every Time Baked Meatballs. Braised Brisket with Potatoes and Carrots. Lean beef brisket slowly braised in the oven with potatoes, carrots and onions.

Braised Brisket with Potatoes and Carrots

Slicing the brisket half-way through cooking assures that the meat is tender and flavorful. Perfect for Passover or Easter dinner. Guest Post: Lauren’s Meatballs and Sauce. A note from Pam: Lauren is an excellent friend.

Guest Post: Lauren’s Meatballs and Sauce

We met in Paris and have bonded over a love of food, drink, fashion, and debauchery ever since. Skinny Salisbury Steak with Mushroom Gravy. Lean ground beef and turkey are combined with breadcrumbs and sauteed onions then shaped into patties and simmered in a mushroom gravy to create a lightened version of this retro American dish.

Skinny Salisbury Steak with Mushroom Gravy

Serve this with Skinny Garlic Mashed Potatoes, Skinny Buttermilk Mashed Potatoes or for a low-carb option Creamy Cauliflower Puree and you have a complete meal.It's hard not to imagine a TV dinners when you think of Salisbury Steak, originally a poor man's beef dish made with ground beef and fillers, shaped to resemble a real steak back in the great depression when steak was a luxury. I recently was asked to create a lightened up Salisbury Steak, and I was excited to play around with this! For my skinny version, I combined turkey and lean beef to keep it light yet still maintain a beefy flavor. The addition of mushrooms to the gravy completes the dish sneaking in vegetables and giving this a wonderful flavor. My family loved this, from my picky teen, toddler and husband.