Saturday, March 20, 2010

SLINKY - RICE CRISPY TREATS - BEEF STEW

Annabella and Cliff went to docs today .On the way home they went to pharmacy to pick up their meds and Cliff got Anna a treat.A pretty rainbow slinky.Plastic but the little guy worked really well! Its mesmerizing to watch it go down the stairs.Cooooolllllll ;](ludwig is in a trance to,lol)
Excuse the stuff piled on the stairs.Realistically its there more often then not :.
This is a HORRIBLE pic of my rice crispy treats .I ment to take another pic after I used a cookie cutter to make them the shape of eggs but apparently I forgot.Duhhh,sorry!I promise they are now cute and very yummy.we made them for the circus we are going to tomorrow.The tickets where a gift to Anna from my pal Anne.Thanks anne,we all cant wait :]!! oh treats are 3 tbls butter melted in pan,add 1 bag marshmellows,melt down stirring on med heat.take pan off flame and add 6 cups rice crispy cereal(or any cereal really)stir quickly and spread out on buttered cookie sheet (or i use non stick tin foil with no butter)now butter your finger tips and flatten out the treats.Use a buttered large knife to cut or a buttered cookie cutter for shape.you can add food coloring to the marshmellows if ya want to color them but work fast.Sprinkles are good to while still warm or melted chocolate drizzeled over the top.our favorite so far is just plain.I swear i can eat the whole tray myself :\
Heres the little mama doing one of her favorite things(really!).Peeling potatos for my beef stew(oh and i swear this is not the only clothes she owns,heehee,she just loves this dress aunt ria got her and has been breakin it in lately so to speak)
This is the stew my mom always made.Just throw a package cubed beef,which is about 10 pieces into a pot ( I cut them smaller into bite size pieces which will make 10 pieces into about 20ish),add 1 pkg peeled diced carrots,bite size,in there to(about 6 carrot) ,now throw in about 6 potatos peeled and cut into about double bite size pieces(they shrink as they cook and fall appart making your stew nice and thick).Now top off your pot with water ,add salt to taste(needs alot)some onion power and garlic powder and that it! stir occasionally for about 2 hours or untill as thick as you like(a nasty foam will form on top a couple of times,just skim it off with big spoon and throw it out,i believe its the fat coming off the meat)If it tastes to raw add more salt,onion power .
Your pot will be almost half as full as when ya started as it cooks down and thickens. I wouldnt freeze this but in the fridge will be fine for at least 6 days.
Oh you can always add different veggys in there if ya want;],enjoy!!!

2 comments:

  1. Yummy stew perfect on a dreary day like today. Love the slinky, Anna and Lud look adorable!

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  2. Thanks,Stew turned out good if i do say so myself;]

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