Merlot Beef Stew

From the daughter:

Now I know I am growing up because I could not have been happier to have received a crock pot for Christmas this year! And this is one of those super fancy ones where the heat goes to warm once the cook time is up so nothing gets overcooked! How awesome is that!!! Well being a girl who is constantly on the go I am looking forward to blogging about my adventures with my new crockpot. In the spirit of this blog the first recipe I tried is a beef stew with merlot!!

Merlot --> this is one of my favorite types of wine. I am not as big of a red wine drinker, I prefer Pinot Grigio but Merlot I adore!!

For this recipe I decided to combine two ones to make the stew accommodated to things I like! Everything was freestyled for me. I did not measure anything, I put as much as I thought I would like. That means I added extra mushrooms, extra wine, and extra potatoes!! I will admit I got a little overboard on the extras and had to get rid of some of them! After 10 hours of this stew slow cooking and a busy day for me I was excited to try my new recipe! THIS WAS SO AMAZING! I loved having the extra veggies and the merlot gave it such a great taste! The best part....I have leftovers!!! I am anxiously awaiting to eat this meal again!!

My Ingredients:
1-2 lbs of stewing meat
Merlot (I suggest not using your most expensive wine for cooking)
Beef Broth
Carrots
Onions
8 oz Mushrooms
Small bag of Red Potatoes
Garlic
Dryed Thyme
Flour
Bay Leaves
Fresh Parsley for serving


Bon Appetit!!!