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Beef Stew 2

I have found perfection, and it is this beef stew.  Now, I’ll just have to refer all my wonderful readers to some other food blogs for the rest of the winter because I’m going to eat this dish from now until eternity.  Or at least until I grow tired of it, which will most likely [...]

Weekend Grocery Shopping

After a quite balmy 78 degree Thanksgiving week, I’m ready for some cooler weather.  Thank goodness Mother Nature is willing to oblige with some rain and a cold front dropping temperatures for the week 20 degrees and bringing our nights back to a forecasted high-30s, low-40s at night.  While this isn’t all that cold compared [...]

Thanksgiving 2008

It’s Thanksgiving Day, and that means food and family for me most years.  2008 was no exception.  However unlike most years, I had a duty and a job.  A job I asked for.  A job I looked forward to.  A job I was excited about.  I was making two desserts: brownies and an apple torte. [...]

Bento #162: Redoux

Sometimes, I wonder what beautiful vacation spot my brain is visiting.  Because sometimes it goes there, and forgets to take me with it!  That happened yesterday morning, because I left this bento box at home! I worked late last night, so by the time I came home, I didn’t feel like eating this.  Instead, I [...]

Enter the Giveaway!

Don’t forget to enter my current bento box giveaway.  Just click here for more details.  It’s super easy to enter! 

Bento: The Other Steak Bento (162)

Here’s a repeat of the picture I posted at the end of yesterday’s bento goodness. Yesterday, I cooked steak and had enough for 2 bentos. I saved the second bento for today’s lunch and ate pancakes for dinner last night (yum!). Today’s bento contains steak, sweet potatoes, green beans, carrots, orange slices, and oatmeal cookies. [...]

Bento: Cheap Steak Dinner (161-162)

Here is today’s bento. It’s tasty, and I’m so ready to eat! It contains: steak, sweet potatoes, green beans, carrots, orange wedges, and a few oatmeal cookies. The best part about today’s bento is that it took about 25 minutes to completely cook and pack this morning. A great thing since otherwise I didn’t have [...]

Bento Box Giveaway (I Almost Forgot!)

This giveaway is now closed. Thanks to all who entered! Life snuck up behind me and bit me hard when I wasn’t looking. LOL!  All is well, but I’m working alot of overtime. I’m amazed at people who multi-task so well.  Sometimes I don’t.  When one thing takes over my attention, I tend to get [...]

Recipe: Beef Stew

beef stew

Get ready for some goodness.  This was awesome.  Here’s the original recipe from Recipezaar.  I made a small batch of this beef stew using a 1lb package of stew meat from my local grocery.  I didn’t want to make too much then not like it.  I very much did like this dish and am looking [...]