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Cooking Experiments: Apple Cider Beef Stew, and Whole Wheat Cheesy Biscuits
I asked my mom and her caretaker what they might like for lunch this week, and beef stew came up as a suggestion. (well actually, that was several weeks ago, but due to falling ill for a bit, I skipped several weeks of lunch) So, I thought to myself, how hard could beef stew be? Let's make some!
I browsed about for some beef stew recipes, but to my surprise, most called for things like beef stock or cooking wine, neither of which I normally stock. I thought about picking up some cooking wine, but changed my mind quickly after reading the label in the store. Honestly, Tufty, I thought to myself. Who puts a whole teaspoon of salt into each cup of cooking wine?
However, I had looked up some alternatives. Apple cider vinegar had come to mind as a possible substitute for wine, since I do keep that on hand, so I'd looked up this recipe for 'Apple Cider Beef Stew'.
I felt like I needed some bread to go with the stew though. I asked about in my guild, and one friend suggested biscuits. Easy to cook, hardly any crust so not likely to be an issue for my mom's bad teeth.
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I browsed about for some beef stew recipes, but to my surprise, most called for things like beef stock or cooking wine, neither of which I normally stock. I thought about picking up some cooking wine, but changed my mind quickly after reading the label in the store. Honestly, Tufty, I thought to myself. Who puts a whole teaspoon of salt into each cup of cooking wine?
However, I had looked up some alternatives. Apple cider vinegar had come to mind as a possible substitute for wine, since I do keep that on hand, so I'd looked up this recipe for 'Apple Cider Beef Stew'.
I felt like I needed some bread to go with the stew though. I asked about in my guild, and one friend suggested biscuits. Easy to cook, hardly any crust so not likely to be an issue for my mom's bad teeth.
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