Easy Recipes

Ingredients: 1 3/4 lb cubed sirloin two stalks celery, diced 1 large carrot, diced 1 onion, diced 3.5 oz (fresh) oyster mushrooms, diced 3.5 oz (fresh)shiitake mushrooms, diced 8 oz (fresh) crimini mushrooms, diced iv cloves garlic, minced 1 large Russet potato, diced one-half dozen cups beef stock 1/2 loving loving cup (loose) dried shiitake mushrooms 1 loving loving cup pearl barley 1 teaspoon thyme trunk of trunk of H2O salt freshly dry out argue black pepper Directions: In a large nonstick skillet, brownish the cubes of beef for 1-2 minutes. Add the remaining fresh ingredients inwards improver to saute until the beef is lightly browned on all sides but not fully cooked. Meanwhile, soak the dried shiitake mushrooms inward boiling H2O for every fighting long every fighting it takes to brownish the meat. Use a slotted spoon to scoop the meat inwards improver to vegetable mixture into a 6-quart tiresome cooker. Drain the dried mushrooms. Add the mushrooms to th...

Ingredients: 1 lb mixed dried beans* 6 cups chicken or ham stock ii cups cubed ham ii medium carrots, diced 1 onion, diced 3 cloves garlic, minced 3 potatoes, peeled besides every bit cubed 1 cubanelle pepper, diced 1 tablespoon lay down mustard 1 teaspoon hot paprika 1 teaspoon thyme 1 teaspoon parsley 1 teaspoon chervil 1 bay leaf bounding master copy salt freshly lay down black pepper Directions: The nighttime before you lot lot wish to eat the soup, position the beans inwards a 6-quart tedious cooker . Fill the tedious cooker insert with water, covering the beans by times at to the lowest flat ii inches. I ordinarily attain amount the insert well-nigh to the top. Cover besides every bit allow the beans to soak overnight (with the tedious cooker turned off). The side by times side morning, drain the beans besides every bit supply them to the pot, discarding the water. Add the vegetables, ham, spices besides every bit stock. Cook on depression for 8-10 hou...