Welcome to Dinner By the Week

If you are anything like me, unless I plan out my menus ahead of time, when dinner time comes around I find myself scrounging in the refrigerator for something that isn't frozen. Worst case scenario...we go out to eat.

To counter this, each week, I peruse my cookbooks, decide on a menu, and shop accordingly. I find that 75% of the ingredients I need for my menu are staples I keep on hand. The rest I buy at the grocery store each week. I find this cuts down on waste, impulse shopping, and I never have to make that emergecy trip to the store because I am short one vital ingredient.

I am sharing with you the menus I create each week, along with the list of ingredients needed to prepare each recipe. I hope you enjoy and I look forward to your comments.

Peggy



Thursday, August 25, 2011

Beef and Vegetable Stew/Whole Wheat Rice

Beef and Vegetable Stew
1 pound lean beef boneless sirloin (or any other lean cut)
1 bag (1 pound) frozen vegetables, thawed and drained
4 potatoes, peeled
1 can (15 oz.) tomato sauce
14 oz. beef broth
2 cans (5.5 oz. each) spicy V-8 juice
Parsley, chopped

1) Cut beef into 1/2 inch cubes. Spray 10-inch skillet with cooking spray; heat over med-high heat. Cook beef in skillet about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally until browned.

2) Poke holes in potatoes and microwave 4-5 minutes until tender, but not completely cooked. Cut into cubes and set aside.

3) Stir in remaining ingredients.  Bring to boil and add potatoes.  Reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.

4) Pour over rice in a bowl and top with parsley.


The sauce will thicken a bit as it simmers and the starch from the potatoes will help this along.  I served this stew over whole wheat rice.  Also, my butcher didn't have any sirloin, so I splurged and bought a filet mignon to use instead.  Obviously, for me and Nick, I cut the recipe in half, but it still made quite a bit of stew. 

Serves: 6
Cook time: 15 minutes

Calories: 200 per serving (Not including rice)

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