Happy New Year to you too, Ann. That sounds delicious - I'm going to try it out after we consume all of the Christmas/New Year leftovers.....
Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:43:39 -0500, "ann sanfedele" <[email protected]> said: > Thanks to Marnie, I learned that avoiding nightshades might well relieve > the arthritis in my knees and I'm definitely > trying to avoid salt or too much of it anyway so i've been playing > around with recipes that are yummy but don't have > this stuff in them. I developed this one today - you don't ahve to be > avoiding these veggies to like it, I hope :-) > > And my arthritis really does seem to ahve been helped by avoiding those > pesky things like tomatoes and potatoes that > I love.... soo...... > > Here ya are! > > ____ > Anns No Nightshade Beef Stew > > 2 lbs. stew beef > 2 tblspns ground rosemary > 1 tblspn dried dill > 1/2 package baby carrots or three large carrots chopped > 4 talks celery cut in large pieces > one large Spanish onion , sliced > ½ lb fresh mushrooms sliced (regular button mushrooms are fine but > cremini are good, too. ) > 1 tsp dried porcini mushrooms and a few dried shitakes > Flour for dredging beef > Oil for browning the beef (grape seed if you have it, or light olive oil) > ¼ cup white wine. > ¼ teaspoon dry Chinese mustard (optional) > freshly ground black pepper at least 1 tsp. > > Dredge the beef with flour and sprinkle with the ground rosemary. > Lightly brown the beef in a frying pan and transfer to a 2 quart or > larger > saucepan (I use a 2 quart enamel Dutch oven but a cast iron pot is ideal) > add about 1 quart of water. > > Add the dill, pepper, carrots, onions, celery , mushrooms, mustard and > wine. > bring to a boil - then cover tightly and reduce flame. Simmer for 3 > hours or more& the longer you simmer it the more tender the beef is, of > course. > Stir occasionally to make sure things are not sticking to the bottom of > the pot. > > Serve the stew in pasta bowls over broad egg noodles. Add sour cream to > make a dish very like Beef Stroganoff. Alternatively, make egg dumplings > from scratch and cook them in the stew. > > NOTE there is no salt in the stew recipe and there are no veggies of > the > nightshade family. (I.e., no potatoes, tomatoes, bell peppers, chili > peppers or eggplant). > > I can get at least 4 meals out of this recipe for myself. Staying off > nightshades has helped > my arthritis and avoiding salt is just a good idea. > > ____ > > ann (too lazy to take the photo that should go with this right now) > > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - IMAP accessible web-mail -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
