I woke up early on Saturday and read my book until 6:00 a.m. when the morning news came on. It was 5 degrees in Detroit. But according to the weather station off of Schoolcraft (about a mile from me) it was 4 degrees here in Redford. The only saving grace was that the wind had died down to 1 mph.
I had a cup of coffee and then made scrambled eggs. Then I shaved, showered and got dressed for a shopping trip. Before I left, I stripped the bed and started another load in the washer. Then I got on my down jacket, gloves and knit hat and waddled out to the truck.
First stop was Kroger's for some groceries. I didn't think I bought that much stuff, but it cost me $86.72!
Next stop was Home Depot for wood molding and more "stuff." That cost me an even $50.00. Can't remember when a bunch of stuff added up to an even amount.
Then I went home. I left the truck outside to unload it. Then I locked it and still left it outside, so I could work in the garage.
Before I shut the garage door, I started the bike (been meaning to do that). Unlike the last time, it fired right up. I must not have had the battery tender plugged into the bike all the way or something, the last time. I ran it for at least five minutes. It felt good to be sitting on it again, LOL!
Sidebar: Only 2017 New year's resolution I made was to ride the bike more. I would love to take it to B___'s or (eventually) ride it up to West Branch and hook up with Tracey, Heather, et al... I love those crazy biker bitches!
Back inside, I started my dinner, Beef Stroganoff, in the slow cooker. First I sprayed the inside with canola oil.
Then I sliced my steak. I was supposed to get 1 1/2 pounds of round steak, but Kroger's was out of round steak. So, I bought four beautiful boneless eye of round steaks. I trimmed off what little fat was on them and sliced them about a half inch wide. The steak strips went into the crock pot.
I added 8 ounces of sliced crimini mushrooms. Then I diced half a medium yellow onion.
Sidebar; I nicked my left thumb with the Shun knife. WTF? I haven't cut myself in years. I put a band-aid on it, secured that with some tape and put a latex glove on my hand.
I minced up two cloves of garlic. Then the mushrooms, onion and garlic all went into the pot.
In a medium-sized bowl, I mixed together 1 1/2 cups of beef broth, one tablespoon Worcestershire sauce, one tablespoon Dijon mustard, one tablespoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon black pepper and one teaspoon of dried thyme. I whisked that and then poured it over all the ingredients in the slow cooker and stirred it all. At noon, I covered it and cooked it on low for six hours (or you could cook it on high for four hours).
I decided it was just too damn cold to work in the garage today, so I pulled the truck in.
Sidebar: The goal here is to paint the downstairs bath with a coat of Kilz this weekend. Bit, I need to put some trim around the window first. It never had any and always looked "unfinished" to me. So, I need to use the table saw and the compound miter saw and they are in the garage.
Instead, I did household chores, remade the bed, read a little, and so on.
At 6:00 p.m., I added four ounces of softened cream cheese and 3/4 cup of sour cream. I stirred that in (not easy) and continued to cook it for another 15 minutes.
Meanwhile, I made some wide egg noodles. When I drained them, I added in some butter.
I put some of the noodles in the bottom of a bowl, added in the beef Stroganoff and topped that with fresh parsley (cut with my Brother Carl's herb scissors - I'm getting better at using them).
I ate at the kitchen table. OMG! The sauce alone was fantastic!!! The only thing I didn't like was that some of the mushroom were too big. But that was my fault. I bought the pre-sliced ones and should have cut the big ones in half.
Really, if you have a slow cooker, you should try this recipe.
It was back to reading after cleaning up. Then it was time to watch the Lions play in the playoff game. I should have stayed with the reading...
Dinner sounds great!
ReplyDeleteYeah. Seriously, you should try this recipe. Oh, I'm sure it probably will clog your arteries but it was one of the few I found for a slow cooker that didn't include a can of Campbell's soup.
ReplyDelete“Can't remember when a bunch of stuff added up to an even amount.”
ReplyDeleteIt was when $86.72 evenly split into $43.36 and $43.36…