Grandma's Kitchen Table

Whole30: Whole30 Beef Stew

      The 57th recipe I’ve made for this group is Whole30 Beef Stew and can be found online, click here. Margaret's post is here.

       Ingredients: olive oil, beef (I cut up a small chuck roast), salt, pepper, potatoes, carrots, onions, garlic, beef broth, coconut aminos, tomato paste, bay leaf, dried parsley, dried thyme, and peas.

       Margaret picked this recipe for us this week as we are both having some cold wintery nights and stews are always such a welcome greeting at mealtime during this type of weather. This recipe is definitely a keeper, easy to assemble with ingredients usually kept on hand.  We made our stews in the slow cooker, and it was delicious, hands down a winner for all of us. 

       As usual here on this blog, I do not publish recipes that belong to others, respecting their rights as authors. Many times the recipe creators are generous and publish them online, or you can buy the book I that I have cited and have all the recipes at hand. 

Tuesdays with Dorie: Baking with Dorie - Orange Spice Cake

       The 64th recipe I made with the Tuesdays with Dorie: Baking with Dorie group is Orange Spice Cake and can be found in the Baking with Dorie cookbook on page 119. 

       Ingredients: flour, baking powder, cardamom, ginger, salt, sugar, orange, eggs, cream, vanilla, butter, and marmalade.

       This is a simple recipe (you don’t even have to get out the mixer, you can do it all by hand), which comes together in a short amount of time and bakes for 75 minutes, everything just as the recipe says. I had my doubts when I poured the batter into the baking pan as it came up really high on the sides and I was certain it would spill over as it rose in the oven baking, so just in case, I put it on a sheet pan to catch the spillage. Trust Dorie…we are all always saying this, and I should never have doubted as it baked perfectly with no spillage at all. I glazed it with the marmalade (optional) which turned out to be a nice idea both in looks and taste, I would recommend doing it. The flavor is very orange-forward, which means, we loved it as we enjoy citrus desserts. This is definitely worthy of a repeat, both for ease and taste. 

       If you would like to join in, just make it, bake it, and leave a link to your post at the Tuesdays with Dorie website:  click here.  At the website you will find the postings for the current recipe, the list of recipes chosen each month, and some baking chit chat that is definitely helpful as well as fun.  We don’t publish Dorie's recipes here, but you can buy the book and have them ALL at your fingertips. 

Whole30: Italian Meatball Soup

      The 56th recipe I’ve made for this group is Italian Meatball Soup and can be found in the Whole 30 Cookbook on page 105. Margaret's post is here.

       Ingredients: olive oil, onion, tomato paste, garlic, oregano, basil, parsley, salt, granulated garlic, onion powder, red pepper flakes, fire-roasted diced tomatoes, chicken bone broth, Swiss chard, ground pork, black pepper, cream of tartar, and baking soda.

       Margaret picked this recipe for us this week as we are both craving hot comforting food on these cold wintery nights. It all goes together easily, and although it said to cook 25 minutes, I let it simmer for the better part of an afternoon to enhance the flavors. I made half a recipe which was enough for each of us to have two meals of it, it is quite filling. We would definitely like to have this again, the flavors are spicy but not too spicy, and it tastes like pizza in a bowl, definitely worthy of a repeat.

       As usual here on this blog, I do not publish recipes that belong to others, respecting their rights as authors. Many times the recipe creators are generous and publish them online, or you can buy the book I that I have cited and have all the recipes at hand.