Whenever I make something out of something else I call it rescuing a recipe. Lately I've been making menus with Sunday being a "big" dinner that could be a roast chicken or a roast or even a ham. This past Sunday was Roast Beef Sunday dinner. Whenever I make a "big"dinner I make sure that I can rescue the rest of the meal by making it into something else.
So for the roast -- Sunday was roast beef dinner with mashed potatoes and vegetables -- the old fashioned kind. A couple of days later -- sliced open faced beef sandwiches. Then for the last rescue -- stew.
I like to make stew the way my mom did, brown gravy base with carrots, onions and potatoes. But I found an easy way to make it for a week night supper.
I found in the frozen vegetables specifically for stew. So I take a heavy pot and melt some butter and some olive oil -- I find it makes the gravy a little extra silky--then I add flour (equal parts flour and fat) once that cooks for a minute or 2 then add beef broth. Cut up your leftover roast beef and add to the gravy and one package of vegetables, season with salt, pepper and dried thyme. Let it simmer until its heated through.
That's it!
Serve it with some buttered biscuits and your favorite drink -- mine is milk -- and you can have a hot dinner on the table quick, perfect for this in weather between winter and spring.
So for the roast -- Sunday was roast beef dinner with mashed potatoes and vegetables -- the old fashioned kind. A couple of days later -- sliced open faced beef sandwiches. Then for the last rescue -- stew.
I like to make stew the way my mom did, brown gravy base with carrots, onions and potatoes. But I found an easy way to make it for a week night supper.
I found in the frozen vegetables specifically for stew. So I take a heavy pot and melt some butter and some olive oil -- I find it makes the gravy a little extra silky--then I add flour (equal parts flour and fat) once that cooks for a minute or 2 then add beef broth. Cut up your leftover roast beef and add to the gravy and one package of vegetables, season with salt, pepper and dried thyme. Let it simmer until its heated through.
That's it!
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