Easy Beef Stew with Scalloped Potatoes

Grass Finished, organic stew beef makes a great comfort meal!

I guess I am a meat and potatoes kind of girl.  At least for today I am. This meal has "comfort" written ALL over it. Please try to find some Grass Finished beef, no garbage (hormones, antibiotics, etc.) and pasture raised. And, as usual, if you are able to purchase your groceries as all organic, do so! If not, do what you can, every little bit helps. Let's get on with it!

Ingredients for Beef Stew:

2 -3 lbs. of Grass Finished, organic beef stew chunks (or if it's cheaper, buy a roast and cut it yourself, ask the butcher what he recommends)
1 cup all purpose gluten free flour
1 Tbsp paprika
1 Tbsp garlic powder
1 Tbsp thyme
1 Tbsp salt
1 tsp cracked black pepper
2 medium onions, sliced
4 cloves garlic, minced
your favorite healthy oil or butter
1 cup beef broth

Saute onions in your favorite oil or butter on low-medium heat until slightly caramelized. Add a tad more oil/butter and saute minced garlic for 30 seconds. Put onions and garlic mix on the bottom of a large baking dish.

Grass Finished, organic beef


Mix flour with the spices. Heat large pot or pan on the stove with your favorite oil to a medium heat. Use slightly lower heat if using butter. Pat beef chunks dry with paper towels (don't be tempted to skip this or you'll have a soggy mess on your hands later). You will need to cook the beef in 3-4 batches, adding more oil/butter for each new batch. Sear beef chunks on all sides.  Cover onion mix with beef chunks. Pour in the beef broth, cover with foil. Bake on 350 degrees for about 2 hours or until fork tender.

Braising first batch of beef with gluten-free flour and healthy oils/butter

first braised batch done

All 3 batches ready to be roasted in the oven, cover tightly with foil to roast.

Scalloped Potatoes

I could eat this all day

Ingredients:


2 lbs. (or roughly 5 medium potatoes) of your choice potatoes (I prefer yukon gold, red, or white) sliced thin
1 Medium yellow onion, sliced
8 oz. shredded medium cheddar cheese
1 cup heavy cream
1 tsp. nutmeg
salt
pepper
5 Tbsp. butter

Mix ingredients all together

Pour out into a baking dish, top with butter pats, and put in oven with beef during the last hour, uncovered

Mix all ingredients in a large bowl and then dump into a large baking dish. Top with pats of butter. Put in with beef stew (at 350 degrees F) for the last hour, uncovered, or until potatoes are tender. *If making this dish separate to this recipe, it would be faster to cook at 375 degrees F for 45 min.

Close up goodness!

Caramelization = love