And today is brought to you by the color Orange

and of the importance of thrift!

I assembled the ingredients for dinner and realized how simple and orangey it looked so I thought I would share.  In addition, this is the third meal from the original roast I made, so once again thrift is important on the farm. In case you are wondering, I made the roast, then burritos, and now Orange Stew!

Yep, that is what I have decided this stew should be called!

 

 Orange Stew

1. 2 medium carrots washed, peeled, and diced. 

Save your peelings and you can make carrot cake 

or cookies.

2. 2 medium potatoes washed, peeled and diced. 

Save your peelings to bake with a bit of olive

oil and salt. (yum)

3. 2 medium sweet potatoes, washed, peeled, and diced.

Save your peelings for compost or chickidoodles.

4.  Roast shredded or chopped up about 1.5 cups

5.  medium onion.  If your gang likes onion chop

it up. Mine only likes the flavor...sigh...makes me 

wonder, did I take away all their onion love? You

know~to horde it for me!!  

6. 1 large garlic clove, minced

7. Not pictured~ 2 tbsp flour

8.  Not pictured~1 tbsp NM chili powder

9. Not pictured~1 tsp dried parsley

10. Not pictured~water to cover stew.

 

Then you need some beef broth or beef bouillon.  I reserved some of the broth from the roast.

Some made gravy and this portion I had been planning on making French Dip and this with be the au jus, but changed my mind as my gang has been a sniffling (more on that at the end). Many times people throw away things and then use a store bought product.  In times like these, it is important to not waste such valuable, nutritious items.

Oh back to the beef broth...remember what I said about onions?  Well I need to make this rich juice palatable to my gang, so I whipped the contents of this jar with the blender.

 

Here the juice is nicely blended.

I will let it slow cook until dinner and serve it up with a roll.

Since my sweeties are sniffling, I wanted to make something that will help them by boosting their immune systems.

 Sweet Potatoes and Carrots are loaded with Vitamin A

The beef, onions, and potatoes have Vitamin B6

So this meal is full of immune boosting vitamins.

I will update with a photo and don't forget to look about and see if you can see the orange in today!