Photo-A-Day 2.0 #02325

Beef stew is one of my all time favorites. Allison makes a great one in the Instant Pot from time to time. We had some stew beef from Chartley form our last bundle and decided to make beef stew this weekend. However, with the new meal plan with Virta I cannot eat carrots and potatoes, two major staples in the beef stew. So in order to adapt to my new way of meal prep I took some of the beef from the stew and put it in the frying pan with fresh peppers and mushrooms, both marinated mushrooms and sliced mushrooms. We’ve had a jar of marinated mushrooms in the fridge for a while because Andy wanted to try them. I’ve been using them up for dinners and breakfasts. I’m not a huge fan of the marinated mushrooms but I do like sliced up mushrooms with my meals, they give me something extra to eat and count as veggies.

I made this for myself last night and tonight. Last night we had Miss Colleen over and she made some homemade bread. I can’t eat that now but it looked good and everyone enjoyed it. Haven’t really found a good substitute for the enjoyment of bread. Not really possible on this meal plan.