Mock Chicken Stew

I was browsing through my photo library and came across this vegetarian stew I made a while back. I figured I would post the recipe. This stew uses this mock chicken product I came across at the Asian supermarket. It is really just rolled tofu skin (or bean curd), found in a vacuum-sealed package and [...]

Beef Stew Recipe

Ingredients: 2.7 lbs beef chuck (cubes) salt and pepper olive oil 2 tbsp butter (melted) 2 pearl onions (chopped into eighths) 4 tbsp minced garlic 2 tbsp tomato paste 0.5 lb mushrooms, thinly sliced 3 tbsp flour 1/4 tsp thyme, oregano, and basil 1/8 tsp allspice 2 tsp red wine vinegar, to taste 3 cups [...]

The beef stew is in the slow cooker! (2)

Making beef stew in a slow cooker is a long journey. I managed to take a few snapshots last night after filling up the pot with the many ingredients. I think I went a little overboard with the ingredients and the pot was filled to the top. I also threw in some fresh parsley to [...]

The beef stew is in the slow cooker! (1)

It has been pretty busy for me lately, so it definitely feels great to be able to spend some time cooking in the kitchen this evening. I went to the grocery store earlier and stocked up on some ingredients, like beef, vegetables, broth, herbs, etc. My plan was to make beef stew with the slow [...]

Oxtails… Pt 2

Caribbean-style Oxtails This recipe was retrieved from FoodNetwork.com. It is from an episode of Emeril Live. I was never a crazy fan of Emeril Lagassee. I found the whole “BAM” thing to be quite annoying after a while. I decided to give this recipe a try and made a few slight modifications. This recipe worked [...]