Oktoberfest

Falls is pretty much everyone favorite season. I love Falls personally since we don't have this season in Thailand. It's kind of beautiful tree changing their color and the orangy color make me feel warm and missing my family. What would you want to do most in Fall? Umhh I would say, apple picking, go hiking and camping. We probably skip camping this year because there is no spot left in the camp site we want to go to. However, I went to apple picking and learn a lot of cooking with fruit and veggetable in this time of the year!

You could find apple in the grocery store all year long, but why people like to make apple pie or cooking with apple product this time of the year. First of all, I think it's because you can find it fresh right in the farm and the apple this time of the year tend to be more juicier which is good to produce apply cider, one of my favorite drink now. And, I love Apple cider vinergar. It is go good with my quicky salad dressing with cucumber and spring mix lectuce.

This blog I will bring the menu I love to have at least once a month and this family love to have when it is getting cold outside. They want to get home, fire up the fireplace and have a good stew which will lead to have hot apple cider with cinnamon stick.

Apple Cider Beef Stew with Veggetable

Ingredient;

1 lbs Stew Beef, cubed
3 1/2 cups of Apple Cider
3 tsp of Apple cider vinegar
2 Carrots, chopped 1 inch size
2 stalks celery,chopped
1 medium onion, chopped
3 potatoes, chopped 1 inch size
1/4 tsp dried thyme
1/4 cup all purpose flour
1/4 cup water
3 tbsp cooking oil
salt and black pepper
* Option; Cauliflower, Green beans, cut in big size *

Direction;

1. In Dutch oven pot (if don't have one just use regular pot but careful of the heat), heat up the pot to medium heat, add oil and brown the beef, when it's browned, put it aside. If there is too much oil in the pot, spoon off and leave some for cooking onion, celery and carrot just for tender, add the cook beef back with thyme, apple cider, vinegar, salt and pepper, bring it to boil and low the heat to shimmer, cover the lid and let it cook for about 1 and an half hour.
2. Mix flour in water and check the beef  in the stew just for tender then add potato and optional vegetables if needed then let it cook for about 30 minutes or the potato is cooked, high the heat to medium high, stir in flour mixture to thicken it up. Serve with biscuit or corn bread would be very good too.