The season of excess and rich meals has ended and it left our fridge full of some vegetables and not much else (though there are puddings and sweets still to go...). We also felt the need to eat something simple and had no desire to shop or cook. Not a very auspicious outlook but the mixture that resulted for tea last night was a delicious vegetable stew, tasty, good for you and to be repeated.
It could be altered depending on what is in the fridge at the time but this is what I used.
Red Root Stew - enough for 2 generous portions or even 3
1 beetroot
1 carrot
2 parsnips
1 onion
2 sticks of celery
2 cloves garlic
1 packet of chopped tomatoes
1 tin kidney beans
Hot smoked paprika
It could be altered depending on what is in the fridge at the time but this is what I used.
Red Root Stew - enough for 2 generous portions or even 3
1 beetroot
1 carrot
2 parsnips
1 onion
2 sticks of celery
2 cloves garlic
1 packet of chopped tomatoes
1 tin kidney beans
Hot smoked paprika
- Peel all the veg, chop them roughly, then fry gently in a little olive oil.
- Add the paprika and let it stew a few seconds.
- Then add the tomatoes and the drained beans.
- Add a little water if it seems necessary to cover the veg.
- Let it all stew for an hour or so, tasting at the end and adding S& P and a dash of worcester sauce.
- Eat with lots of creamy mashed potato.
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