Yesterday Giada De Laurentiis was on The Today Show sharing some recipes for comfort foods. One of them was for a Chianti marinated beef stew.
Sounded good. I didn’t have the exact ingredients that she used, so I winged it. I used a Cabernet to marinate the meat instead of Chianti. Grant was watching the wine-marinating process.
Grant: “I haven’t had many wines.”
Me: “You’re only 7…”
Grant: “Yeah. Next year, then.”
There’s nothing like a little humor to make cooking dinner a bit more fun… My abbreviated version of Giada’s stew turned out pretty well.
Here’s what I did:
- 1 lb of stew meat (I used lamb… ‘cuz I had it)
- 1 lb of beef (I used blade steak… also ‘cuz I had it)
- 1 bottle of Cabernet
- 3 Tbsp olive oil
- 1 lb of bacon, sliced (divided)
- 4 carrots, peeled and chopped into 1/2 inch pieces
- 1 stalk of celery, sliced
- 2 medium sized, unpeeled russet potatoes, chopped into 1/2 inch pieces
- 2 cloves of garlic (peeled, but whole)
- 1/2 tsp powdered sage
- 1 tsp white pepper
- 2 stems of fresh rosemary
- 4 cups beef broth
- 1 can diced tomatoes
(And of course, a nice glass of wine.)
This looks so good! So doing this with our crockpot.
But it sounds super fancy schmancy. 🙂
I saw this too, it looked so yummy. I love a good beef stew in the winter. I think I will skip the sip though! Funny little Grant. So great you are recording these so he will have them when he is old enough to appreciate them!
Ha ha ha.. I LOVE what kids say 🙂 Did you use the whole bottle? Did you think it was necessary? I don’t go in liquor stores so I’d have to bribe my sister to do it – lol!
YUM!!! Sounds so good!
~Becca
I made stew last week…it didn’t look nearly as delicious as yours. I need new healthy, recipes, I am so bored with the same things!
Did you say wine? Bookmarking this one for sure! Just a few months ’til we share our first bottle (or 5)! LOVE your little one’s comment! Over the summer we had a similar incident with ours. He made a #2 (which he gets treats for b/c he’s one of those poop horders) and when I asked him what he would like, he said, I think I should have a beer! Too much information but too funny not to share!
Jen
Oh yum! I just pinned your recipe!! Definitely going to try this for sure
Thanks
Hugs
SueAnn
OMG! too funny! I love making stews with wine! I’ll definitely give this one a try!
Funny kids do add a little pizzazz to the table. This dish looks yummy…I can see why you got right up and made it.
Looks delicious! Thanks for sharing!