Mar 30, 2009

Stoofvlees Marinade

  I have a confession to make: I love eating beef stew with French fries. Just French fries. Skip the salad or greens, just give me the meat and fries and I’m a happy Dutch girl. It’s my favorite kind of ‘junk food’. We call it “stoofvlees” here. There are tons of different ways to make stoofvlees. It even depends on what part of the Netherlands you live in—in the…

Dec 2, 2008

Hungarian Potato Goulash

I dislike wasting food, I really do. I suppose I got that from my mom and grandma—who both lived through world war II, when wasting food was considered a crime. Even though I’m 35 and (thank God), not ever having experienced war and hunger, I still think it’s a crime to waste food. Pretty much everything in my fridge is used until it’s all gone. I go to the market for…

Nov 16, 2008

Dutch Winter Stew

It’s Sunday, just got back from a long walk in the park before the bad weather is supposed to set in. I have plenty of free time on my hands, lots of beef in the freezer, stocked up on vegetables, radio tuned in to the best Motown, northern soul music and my munchkin is napping. What more could a girl ask for? It’s stew time! I love beef, I love…