Epic Fail

With a full belly and a heavy heart, this is my Post-Dinner....post. Ha ha ha.  Apparently I waited to long to use my asparagus.  It was as limp as a soggy noodle.  My crockpot did such a good job cooking my stew beef that is was mostly stew and no beef.  We slopped it over noodles, had some corn and some garlic bread.  It was too sad to take a picture.  Epic failure.  Why a full belly then?  WELL....it still tasted good.  BUT now there is 1/2 pound of unused proscuiito in the fridge with no asparagus to marry.  :(  My son was rather disappointed as he declared he loves asparagus (although I don't think I have made any in years).  I will try to find some next weekend at the Farmer's Market and give it a second go around.

I am off to clean up the kitchen and get my suitcase packed for another long week in Northern Virginia at my job.  Be assured I will be looking for "new" cookbooks at the local thrift store and searching for new recipes to try.  Have a great night!!

Crock pot!

I am home from Sunday School (did not stay for worship service as I was worried about my husband, he is not feeling very well today).  I opened up the package of stew beef I got from the butcher.  I coated it in flour and adobo seasoning and threw it in the skillet where I had some sliced yellow onions and minced garlic sauteing in butter and olive oil.  I seared off the meat and have now transferred it into the crockpot with some brown gravy mix and water!  It is going to simmer and stew all day! Later I will add some more stuff (not sure what yet!) and then make some egg noodles and broil the asparagus! Pictures to follow! :)