Tag Archives: Beef

Jan 23 2008

We both hate leftovers ……………….

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and we rarely ever have them. But, Lil’s Beef Stew just keeps on giving! While it is very delicious and we highly recommend the recipe; we are glad to see it ago on the 3rd night!

Note to selves, cut recipe in half next time.

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Jan 21 2008

Lil’s Beef Stew

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The Garden of Eating hosted a challenge this month – comfort food. The beginning of the month I wrote about a chicken cutlet meal we had at our friends L. & P.’s home – the cutlets were outstanding as well as the beef stew she made. We have been talking about it all month and after a very long week and weekend, we decided we needed some comfort. So we picked up the ingredients and slow cooked this fantastic beef stew all afternoon. The beef was incredibly tender, literally melted in your mouth. The stew is made with white wine so it gives it a beautiful color, not typical of your gray colored stews, when you use red wine. The vegetables are cooked just enough to hold their colors with a little crunch to them – perfect! The only addition I did was to throw some brown mushrooms in, that we had in the fridge. We served it with some crusty french baguettes and a bottle of Chateauneuf de Pape. Warm, cozy, bursting with flavor and very comfortable!

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Nov 11 2007

Bon Voyage

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L. left for the La Ruta de los Conquistadores, last night. We have been living and breathing biking for the past 11 months. This was our first Saturday in so long that we could lounge around the house on a Saturday, drink coffee, watch a movie and just enjoy each other company! In honor all of his hard work & to give a guy a decent meal before his trip, I used my skills learned at Tante Marie and made an outstanding dinner!

We started with a mixed green salad with a light French Vinaigrette. I picked up some outrageous Roquefort and forgot the bread, so I crumbled it over the salad. The cheese was fantastic and while good on a salad would had been better with a baguette – live and learn. Despite the raining day and night, we picked up some of these steaks we found a couple weeks ago – by far the best we have had, ever – and tossed them on the grill. Lightly seasoned with salt and pepper. The star attraction with our steak was my new favorite potato – potatoes fried in duck fat and sprinkled with sea salt. OH MY GOD! These morsels with a nice grilled steak and a full bodied red wine are to die for!

We kicked it up a notch for dessert and made crepe Suzette.

The entire evening was fantastic – the food, wine and most of all my hot guy, I am so proud of him!

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Oct 29 2007

Unusually Warm Sunday Evening …

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We were driving over the bay bridge early afternoon and noticed that the bay was very calm … almost eerie, actually. I hate to say it, as I just put L. for a plane, and I would hate to be home alone, but it seems like earthquake weather. Or maybe the eerie is because of the big H. day coming up this week.;)

Regardless, we decided it was a good reason to pick up some steaks and toss them on the barbie! They were Marin Sun Farmsbeef steaks and they were OUTSTANDING! Really truly OUTSTANDING! Just coated with some olive oil, salt and pepper and grilled them up! Served along side was a warm “french” potato salad, which I learned in my French Cooking class a couple weeks ago. Can not beat a steak and potato dinner served up with a little red wine to wash it all down! Nice meal before putting my man on a plane ….:(

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Aug 21 2007

Beef Burgers

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Late afternoon snack, early dinner – lite up the barbie and tossed on some good old fashioned burgers and fries!

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Aug 20 2007

Grilled Beef Short Ribs

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Grilled beef short ribs with a risotto salad seasoned with olives, capers, Meyer lemon juice & zest and a bit of a Spanish olive oil, served with a Gnarly Head Zin!

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Aug 09 2007

Grilled Burgers

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Had my special little friend, M. over for dinner tonight. He is a meat & potato kind of boy, so we sauteed some lean and mean hamburgers with simple browned garlic and salt and pepper. Can not have a mean burger without super crunchy Alphatatos from Ian’s! For dessert we made homemade ice cream together. This was the BEST one I have made all year – cookies and cream! I am not kidding when I say the best, I will have to post the recipe later as well as photos (cannot get our new camera to download to my computer). Come on back though, you will not be disappointed!

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Jun 26 2007

Grilled Burgers

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Had our friend B over for another great night for the deck. So we threw some burgers on the grill. Italian seasoned with cheddar cheese, whole wheat buns, red-leaf lettuce and heirloom tomatoes. Served them with spicy sweet potato fries and grilled/woked veggies (using my newest addition).

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