Beef Stew!

We are having beef stew tonight. An Instant Pot favorite. Some day I'll write a blog enumerating on the wonders of my Instant Pot but today we'll just talk about beef stew. The first time I tried I just used this recipe but half as much beef plus 5 mushrooms. It cooked for 6 hours plus an extra 30 for the rue. It came out perfect. The meat and vegetable fell apart in your mouth and the flavors were spot on. 

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Tonight I'm mixing it with this recipe because I have two pounds of beef the recipe originally called for and I missed the barley last time. We'll see how it goes. Wish I had a bottle of wine. 

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Updates to come ...

Forever

I'm not going to be a stay at home mom (SAHM) forever. It's been quite a transition. Somedays it's awesome and some days it's not. A few things I love about it...

Not waking up to an alarm at 5:00am

Making the bed almost everyday

3-5 or as Eli calls it "nap time"

These things are nice. I hear I love you a lot and I say it a lot too. 

I won't be a stay at home mom forever, but I'm going to enjoy it if I can :)

Licking the bowl.

Awesome!

Fun so fun.

Except not. The first time he pulled all the tubes off the window and loaded them into the dump truck. This is Take Two.

Hearty Lentil Vegetable Carne

Easy dinner:

Wolfgang Puck Hearty Lentil Vegetable + 1/2 cup ground turkey + 1/4 cup parm reg. Manghi's white bread toast with avocado (forgot the tomato).

Delish.


Love that smile :D

Before the storm

Admiring albedo.