Irish Beef & Stout Stew

I desperately emailed all the cooks in my address book a few weeks ago for some new recipes. I was getting dreadfully tired of eating the same food over and over again. To the point I actually said to Trevor "I hate food. I hate eating it, I hate preparing it...I'd do just fine if I never had to deal with food ever again!" Well. This isn't practical...especially when I have 2 growing children that need food (although, I think Ali would be fine on the no-food plan...she doesn't eat much of it anyway...unless it's sweet...and dinner doesn't tend to be sweet a lot in our house. Noel on the other hand would not enjoy this plan-those of you who can hear him all the way to Michigan when he's hungry can attest to that!)

So...with all that being said. I tried this stew from an Everyday Food that my mother-in-law brought over last weekend. It was pretty tasty (Ali didn't think so; Noel did)! I thought it was pretty colorful after I had finished putting it all together that I wanted to show y'all! It didn't call for carrots...but I thought they'd add a little more to it....so there they are!

Thank you to everyone who contributed to my desperate recipe call...I can't wait to try them all! I just need to remember to write down the ingredients on my list before I head to the grocery store!!

Well...post #1 down...let's just see if I can keep it up! I wasn't real good at it last time...but I'm optimistic (for now)!