Category: stew

Beef and Stout Pie: How to Make an Irish Pub Classic at Home

With St. Patrick’s Day right around the corner, you’ll find all sorts of Irish American foods popping up on menus. There’s the classic boiled dinner of corned beef and cabbage, and buttered soda bread with its tender, biscuit-like crumb. Added to these wholesome traditions, you’ll find decidedly unorthodox, but popular treats such as green-tinted shamrock…


Beef Bourguignon: A Warming Stew Worth the Time

During the winter season, I make a meaty stew at least once a month. Stews are rich and comforting. They are meant to be slow-cooked to tenderize tough cuts of meat and to infuse the stew with the essence of the meat and aromatics. One of my go-to stews is a beef bourguignon, a classic…


If You Like Shepherd’s Pie, You’ll Love This Beef Stew Served Over Mashed Potatoes

This hearty beer-spiked beef stew is served with creamy mashed potatoes for a shepherd’s pie vibe. Beef and Mushroom Stew With Mashed Potatoes Active Time: 35 minutes Total Time: 50 minutes Serves 4 1 1/2 pounds yellow potatoes, scrubbed and cut into 2-inch pieces 1/2 cup low-fat milk 2 tablespoons unsalted butter 3/4 teaspoon salt,…


Roasted Poblano Beef Stew

This recipe is a perfect example of seasonal eating as it incorporates the crops that are usually available at that transition point between summer and fall, poblano peppers, tomatoes, potatoes, and greens. This bounty paired with quality grass-fed beef, nourishing broth, and rich spices, this stew will warm the soul on those first few evenings…


Go Big or Go Home With This Layered Shellfish Stew

As noted, I view January as bowl-food month. Therefore, I shall close out the month with an ambitious stew. I won’t lie—it’s a bit of a project. But hey, since many of us are homebound and hunkering down, why not roll up our sleeves and have some fun with this recipe? I am a big…


A Recipe for Wanderlust: North African Lamb Stew With Figs and Chickpeas

It’s wanderlust time, and this year it’s a doozy. Thanks to the seasonal convergence of cabin fever, post-holiday decompression, and (elephant in the room) pent-up travel cravings, the urge to flee to a far-flung destination is all-consuming. Dreams of leaving the careful confines of our homes and the comfort of our fleece jammies (which we…


A Bright Seafood Stew From the Brazilian Coast

The smell of fried garlic hit me as soon as I opened the door. It’s quite possibly the most intoxicating aroma on earth. Alas, I feared it meant that Edna hadn’t waited, and that made me sad. I was there to learn how she makes moqueca, a tomato-based seafood stew that’s ubiquitous along the Brazilian coast….


Serve Healthy Beef Short Ribs for a Winning Dinner

Now here’s a healthy beef short ribs slow-cooker recipe you can serve to company. Serve with mashed celeriac or mashed potatoes and steamed green beans. Slow-Cooker Balsamic Short Ribs Active Time: 30 minutes Total Time: 4 1/2 to 8 1/2 hours Serves 6 6 bone-in beef short ribs (about 3 1/4 pounds) 3/4 teaspoon salt,…


Ring in the New Year With Bowls (of Seafood Stew)

It’s time to lighten things up. As we exit the holidays, we officially enter bowl-food season. Rich and heavy holiday dinners—featuring cocktails and multiple courses, ribs and roasts, sauces and reductions—will take a New Year’s timeout, replaced by steaming bowls brimming with warm and nourishing soups and stews. And while meat is certainly welcome to…


2 out of 3 Sisters: A Creamy Bean Stew Built on Old Wisdom

“Foods that grow together go together,” so goes the old saying. It’s become the locavore’s anthem, your cue to coax whatever plant life you can from your home ground, and figure out how best to cook it all. And live happily ever after. The seed catalogs that will soon arrive in the mail will tempt you…