Using up Leftovers
I love having leftovers for dinner, because it means not having to cook that night. Sometimes, however, there are just little bits of several things left in the fridge, not enough of any one thing to make a meal for four out of. That’s what happened this week. I decided to clean out the refrigerator and make stew in the crock pot today. The stew began this morning with the delicious pot roast that Fred had made for Sunday’s dinner. It went into the crock pot with a large carton of beef broth. After lunch I added a few scrubbed, sliced carrots and a few scrubbed diced red potatoes (no peeling needed), and some sliced mushrooms. Later this afternoon the leftover cooked vegetables from the refrigerator were added. As dinner time was nearing, the house smelled so good! The stew looked good, but I decided to thicken the broth into gravy using a roux. A roux consists of butter and flour, usually in equal portions, that are cooked for a few minutes in a pan over ...