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I made a great "Harvest" stew the other night....it included
lots of items that I'd recently harvested from my veggie garden.
The meat was beef sirloin tip cut in strips. The veggies were:
carrots, peppers, tomotoes, zuchinni, potatoes and onions.
I just tenderized the meat with Adolf's and coated it in a flour
cornstarch mixture, browned it in oil, added bullion, the veggies,
seasoning, red wine and let it simmer for a while -- it was delicious.
I know this is vague but there are many recipies for stew and It's
easy to substitute the contents....
When I think of "harvest" though, i do think of "Thanksgivingish"
kinds of foods. Have you considered a Turkey? If you're like me,
you've still got your last year's Digital Turkey in your freezer!
:-)
good luck
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| chicken or turkey is a good, economical meat on which a multitude of recipes
are based. Some ideas:
chicken stew - load on the root veggies like carrots and parsnips,
add chunks of celery and potato, base the stew in
chicken broth. And, for less messy eating, use
boneless chicken pieces for the stew. Serve with:
sliced tomato and cucumbers with a mild dressing
home baked breads and honey butter
corn and pea vegetable dish (seasoned with a
little pepper and salt and butter/margarine)
Use frozen corn and frozen peas and mix
together - tasty, pretty, and almost anyone
will eat these.
various pies and ice cream for dessert
roast turkey - feeds a crowd and is one of the easier meats to
fix. fixings could be:
stuffings (two varieties at least)
home made biscuits
gravy - home made is nice, but packets or bottled
gravies also work
mashed potatoes (keep warm in 13" by 9" pans
dot with butter and put in oven)
three bean salad
buttered carrot "coins" (thin round slices, steamed
and served with butter).
cranberry relish
bread pudding and Indian pudding for dessert
(ice cream for topping)
roast ham - now, this is more expensive, and it may not fit the
budget, but fall/harvest season is the traditional
time to put up the new hams and use up the last
of the old ones. Side dishes for this might be:
apple cider glazed winter squash
biscuits and honey butter
cheddary scalloped potatoes
marinated sliced cucumbers and mild red
onion slices (slice veggies into thin
rounds and then add diet Italian
salad dressing)
carrots, peas, corn, lima beans mixed into
a vegetable medly - lightly buttered
apple crisp for dessert.
other options are:
baked winter squash or pumpkin slices, buttered and sprinkled with
brown sugar and cinnamon
baked beans - good with the ham
pies - apple, raisin, mince, pumpkin, squash
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| Thanks for the quick response, everything sounds great!
I'm feeling better already. The stews sound like what I
might go for, I'll ask the ladies from the church what
they think. Again, I do appreciate your replies. Di
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