Beer fills out the flavor of a stew. Unless you want to risk overspicing, the easiest way to flavor a beef stew is adding a can of beer. Make sure you don’t skimp on the other ingredients, though. If you just want beer, just have a beer.
For a beef stew recipe without beer, check out this recipe for a traditional beef stew.
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What is potato gnocchi, exactly?
It’s a potato dumpling made similarly to pasta, and served even more similarly to pasta. This is a very simple recipe for homemade gnocchi, but it’s always going to be a more time consuming project than making your own fresh pasta. This recipe here though – a perfect recipe for cooking your own homemade potato gnocchi.
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This recipe for rosemary roasted potatoes will be a nice upgrade from the more basic roasted potatoes recipe introduced here a few weeks ago. It’s no more difficult to prepare but definitely seasoned better.
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Despite the fact that no one really knows what a leek is, it’s a fantastic ingredient when paired in soup with potatoes. This is an easy recipe for homemade leek and potato soup.
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This recipe will give you delicious homemade oven-baked french fries. This option is cleaner, healthier and somewhat easier than deep frying.
Oven baking your french fries is a healthier choice. If you’re looking for a recipe for less healthy but more delicious fries, check out the recipe for deep-fried french fries.
French fries by thepinkpeppercorn via Flickr – Creative Commons
Potatoes and vegetable oil.
And some salt.
Preheat your oven to 450 degrees.
Wash your potatoes.
Cut them into neat little fry shapes. (Consult the picture above if you’re not sure what french fries are shaped like.)
Put them in a bowl. Add a couple tablespoons of oil and stir and shake around until the potatoes are thoroughly but lightly coated.
Lay on a baking sheet and cook for about thirty minutes.
Optionally: add salt.
This is a super easy recipe for making delicious homemade deep fry french fries.
Most people only ever eat beef flavored potato cakes, and call them french fries. As with any other food, if you make it yourself, you know what you are eating.
Potatoes and vegetable oil. Lots and lots of vegetable oil.
Maybe salt. Maybe.
First things first, wash your potatoes. Potatoes are filthy.
Chop your now clean potatoes up into fry shaped bits. If you’re not sure what a fry shaped bit looks like, reference the picture above.
To make good french fries you will need to have either a deep cast iron frying pan, or an actual deep fryer. (Alternatively, you can follow this recipe for oven-baked french fries, but you should probably just deep fry them instead.)
Pre-heat your oil to about 375 degrees and drop some sliced up potatoes in there. Cook them until golden brown. Drip dry as you remove them from the oil, and add some salt if you want.
For a healthier alternative, check out this recipe for sweet potato fries.
Cream of broccoli soup is yet another delicious recipe that falls into the category of “surprisingly easy.”
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