Beef Stroganoff is a meal we had only made once before, in our married years here, years ago. As I recall, too, it didn’t come out quite as we had hoped. I believe the issue was that the meat came out a little too tough.   So I guess we decided we weren’t good at making that meal, and we didn’t make it again.

That is, until a few weeks. I found myself dreaming of, and really craving, some Beef Stroganoff.  Day, after day, after day.  Finally, I decided I just had to have some, and set out to find a new recipe.  

The other night, my husband said he was making his chili and cornbread for dinner.  The whole house bursted out in cheer, except for me. I am TIRED of that.  I said so.  He said, “Have you got any better ideas?”  And I said, “Not yet, but I’ll get one!”    I found a fine variation that would give me something new, yet keep the family happy with something similar.  It was a HUGE, huge hit.  There was plenty left over too, so I loudly announced, “The leftovers are mine until they’re gone!  Called it!”   ; )  I’m fast like that.

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It’s Sunday night.  Sundays are our family’s favorite day of the week. And today, like all Sundays, was filled with all of the reasons why.  On Sundays, we have a somewhat leisure morning, and then we attend the last mass of the morning.  Following mass, we chat with some people, and then we spend the day living out whatever plans we had for that Sunday.  Today that plan was: 1) working on the house a little more, 2) cooking a pot roast, and 3) making donuts.  And with a little luck, maybe I would have time to 4?)  do a couple long overdue blog posts.

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We had one of the best dinners of the season this past Saturday night, and for the most part, we can thank one man:

In The Big Picture section, we recently posted our trip the the Farmer’s Market this past Saturday morning, and our stop at Walter’s Specialty Foods stand.  That’s ‘the man’ behind the table there….Philemon Walters.  Phil sells a fine line of specialty items that can really put the magic in your cooking!   I told you all that we bought 3 things from Phil, and I’m about to tell you about 2 of them in this post!

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