Vaccinated supper tonite… Live from NYC…
Frigid arctic air roaming down from Canada today… afternoon high 19°F… just balmy… tonite diving into the single digits… even the thermometer 🌡 is shivering… sitting in the office… ineffective sun behind the haze of clouds… vanilla skies… no warmth to be had… even the squirrels 🐿 and birds hiding from the cold 🥶
Breakfast… hot coffee ☕️ for two… mini wrap for the hubs… toasted english muffin with Gouda down the hatch… sorting through mail… bills… the never ending tide of paperwork… by late afternoon… enough!
Off to the kitchen for playtime… beef stew… a five hour marathon… just the thing for a freezing cold day… picked up a beautiful bottom round roast at the market in anticipation of beef stew this week.
Trimming… cubing… removing every trace of silver skin… that stuff turns into rubber bands… never softens… salt, pepper, flour… into the pot a few at a time… browning and creating that fond we love so much… meat out into a bowl… into the pot… diced onion… celery… diced bok choy stems… salt and pepper… softening… add garlic… smells divine… deglazing with red wine… nose over pot for a big sniff… aaaahhh… adding in chicken stock… meat… as Anne Burrell says, “bring to boil… reduce to simmer” in goes the bouquet garni… fresh rosemary, thyme and bay leaves… almost froze myself going into the greenhouse to get them…
And so it goes for two hours… meat is fork tender… slicing fresh carrots… in they go… 15 minutes… stirring in the chopped bok choy and celery leaves off the heat… Done!! Serving over extra wide egg noodles… mmmm… the definition of comforting and warming on this very cold night… alongside a salad of chick peas red onion avocado and tomato with balsamic vinaigrette and a lovely glass of Claret 🍷 Cheers
Covid still climbing across the US… this surge of Omicron the most infectious yet… NYC numbers finally falling… fingers crossed 🤞
#GetYourJabOn your health is irreplaceable… mask up… limit interactions… sail through the market and wash those germy hands 😷💕
How was your day? What’s on your plate? Thoughts?
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