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Christina's Guide to Feeding the Family Tablespoon Drunken Irish Stew It’s freezing here in Phoenix! I woke up this morning and it was 40 degrees! I didn’t know what to do with myself; I can barely get out of bed! Your ingredients. Cut up your meat. Heat some olive oil in a large pot and then brown the meat in the pot. Add in the crushed garlic and stir until fragrant, just another minute or two. Add the beef stock, the red wine, the Guinness, tomato paste, sugar, Worcestershire sauce, thyme, and bay leaves. Bring everything to a boil. Reduce the heat to low, cover, and simmer for one hour. While the stew simmers, chop up all of your vegetables. Melt the butter in another large pot. Add the vegetables to the pot. Cook until the vegetables are golden, about 15 minutes. Add the cooked vegetables to beef stew and simmer uncovered until vegetables and beef are tender, about 30 to 40 minutes. Serve and enjoy! Drunken Irish Stew Author: The Crepes of Wrath Cook time: Total time: Serves: 6-8 Heat the olive oil in a heavy, large pot over medium-high heat.
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This Week for Dinner – Weekly Meal Plans, Dinner Ideas, Recipes and More! KitchenDaily Christmas Rocky Road Heavenly Hash ~ Cajun Chef Ryan On my daily commute to and from work, I typically listen to NPR radio for the majority of my news fix, which makes up for the lack of getting the daily print newspaper, and I rarely watch the news on the tele anymore either. One of the NPR treats that I enjoy is the food features that I happen to catch including updates from Nigella Lawson and the Kitchen Sisters, among others they will broadcast. On November 30, 2009, NPR featured Nigella promoting her Nigella Christmas cookbook and in particular, I was fascinated with her new take on a rocky road dessert treat. The original recipe can be found at the story titled: Nigella Offers Simple Recipes For Holiday Cheer. I like the way Nigella tweaked this recipe from her original where she uses the amaretti cookies instead of plain, and adds some candied cherries just as red as Rudolph’s nose, along with some Brazil nuts, and then the snowy marshmallows and snowfall of confectioner’s sugar make this a perfect Christmas dessert treat.
What A Dish! Banana Upside Down Muffins ~ Recipes by Amanda's Cookin Quite a while ago I received a cookbook called Sweet!: From Agave to Turbinado, Home Baking with Every Kind of Natural Sugar and Sweetener by Mani Niall. I had thumbed through it several times and bookmarked quite a few recipes, but never found the time to make anything. I’ve been holding on to these pics for a couple of months now, so I thought I had better get these posted! On a side note, there was an error in this recipe in the book. As you’ll see from the picture below, I did have a couple of casualties when inverting the pan. I love pineapple upside down cake and I love bananas. If you prefer it as a dessert, pair it with some freshly whipped cream sweetened with powdered sugar and a little banana extract, sprinkled with cinnamon. Banana Upside Down Muffins Ingredients non-stick cooking spray 4 tbsp unsalted butter 1/2 cup dark muscovado or brown sugar, packed (I used dark brown sugar) 4 ripe bananas Muffins: Instructions Position a rack in the center of the oven and preheat to 375 F.