“Cheaters” Vegetable Beef Stew–Super easy family meal-25-35 minutes start to finish


This one pot wonder is great for feeding a family, making transportable meals for the sick neighbor or a shut in or dividing up for freezer/prep meals. I bought all the ingrdients at the local Aldi, which I found makes the meal very affordable (the canned goods range from $0.50-$0.79 a can, the spices $1.18 on average and the ground turkery pound was under $3.)

In one deep skillet/Mid Sized pot, brown either one pound of ground beef or ground turkey.

Once the meat is cooked all the way through, chunk chop it up and leave the juice in the bottom, making a roux with the meat and drippings.

Add in the spices, 1.5 tsp each of oregano, garlic poweder, Dried Cilantro ground cumin, Tony Satcheres Creole Seasoning, Fresh ground sea salt and pepper (to taste).

Open and add a can of Sweet Corn, Green beans, Sliced Carrots and whole new potatoes (don’t drain, add the liquid to the pot).

Stir and simmer all together for 20-25 minutes until thoroughly mixed/simmered together.

I like to served it with Corn Bread (Jiffy box mix is super easy to make along side this dish or use up leftovers! )

If you don’t have these veggies, cans of Veg-All or a bag of frozen bag of Veg-All mix works nicely too as a substitute

Brown 1 LB of Ground Beef or Turkey

An Evening of Chiming Bells


A long day of walking and siteseeing wound down with a lovely evening of church bells chiming to ring in the beauty of the day, which, of course, included a dark-strong coffee in a Italian cafe on the river’s edge. The river and the bells provided a lovely musical venue, with a menagerie of lyrical beauty.

There is a beautiful, old fashioned wooden bridge that crosses the river Murg, providing an exquisite view of the Murg Valley and Murg River, bubbling over stones and dancing its way through the village.  The cool, balmy air filled the senses with the delights of the earth, wood burning stoves and roasting sauages in the market square.

A delightful evening of pure enjoyment for all the senses–a quiet village well worth seeing–and a wonderful place to stay even longer.

 

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