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Thursday, March 4, 2010

MM Bday Bash & Giveaway with Anastasia Hopcus

We are so excited that Anastasia Hopcus treated us with a DELICIOUS recipe for our Birthday Bash. I don't know about you, but I LOVE a tasty beef and veggie soup. Straight from Anastasia's kitchen to yours:

Beef and Vegetable Soup

This is my mom's recipe, one of my favorites from childhood. It was originally a lamb stew recipe handed down from her sister, who got it from their oldest half-sister, who inherited it from her mother. My mom made various changes to it along the way, resulting in this beef and vegetable soup.

It's great on cold days such as we've been having recently. It takes a while to cook, but it's not a huge amount of food preparation (one of my chief requirements in a dish). And it's a good thing to make on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon, then have leftovers for a couple of days.

Ingredients:

2 lbs. stew meat

1 onion

4 cloves garlic

9 cups boiling water

1 large can (29 oz.) tomatoes

1 cup beef broth

1 Tbs. lemon

1Tbs. salt

1 tsp. worcestershire sauce

2 tsp. tabasco sauce

1/4 t. pepper

1 bay leaf

Directions:

Brown the stew meat. Drain any excess fat.

Add all the above ingredients.

Cook on medium high until boiling, then reduce heat to low or simmer and cook for 2 hours, stirring occasionally.

Then add:

2 medium potatoes (peeled and cut into chunks)

6 carrots (peeled and cut into chunks)

1 (14 oz.) can corn

1 cup green peas

1 cup lima beans

Continue to cook on low for 45 minutes or until potatoes are tender.

Vegetables can be added or deleted according to your preference. And some people don't like as much garlic and tabasco sauce as we do.

That's not all Anastasia treated us with. We have some *signed* book marks to give away. All you have to do is be a blog follower and leave us a comment, with your email address. This contest will end next Wednesday at midnight CST. ONE entry person please. Open world wide.

March's Mundie Moms Book Of The Month & Mundie Mom Of The Month

We are very excited about this months book and spotlights of the month.
*For March, Cassandra Clare's book of the Month is Dark Angel by Meredith Pierce.
*Our Debut Author Spotlight Book is Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins. We're also spotlighting *Carrie Ryan's The Dead Tossed Waves (it's a must read and comes out March 9th *go pre-order it now*) and *Alexandra Bracken's Brightly Woven.

You can find the links on the right hand side bar to our BOTM Forum and Author Chats. Come join us in discussing these wonderful reads. We'll be chatting with each of the authors over the next fews weeks!

Come meet our March's Mundie Mom Of The Month-Our Own Graphic Desinger Chairman Meow

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