i did a volunteer shift at the rizzeria today – printing posters, some artist prints and card with great people. kyla n cara came back home with me and we cooked up a (seemingly regular) nourishing saturday night meat meal.

this is a beef and sweet potato stew (with beef left in the freezer from the departed housemate), with greens and mash.

the sweet potato and brocollini came in this week’s box, the potatoes, capsicum and carrots were in last weeks…

the stew
saute a chopped red onion and garlic in a cast iron saucepan.
add a peeled and chopped sweet potato, and a chopped carrot, stir around
add a whole star anise, about a teaspoon of chinese five spice, a good shake of allspice and salt and pepper, a couple sprigs of thyme, and teaspoon of cumin.
heat a frypan with some olive oil
chop some red meat that your found in the freezer (and defrosted) into cubes, roll through a couple of tablespoons of arrowroot (with salt and pepper mixed in), and brown in the frypan
add the meat to the sweet potato and stir through
add a handful of cubed mushroom, a tin of chopped tomatoes, a handful of pitted kalamata olives and half a cup or so of vege stock, stir through
add a splash of red wine if you’ve got it
simmer until thickened

we mashed up potatoes, and braised broccolini and capsicum with garlic and sesame seeds