Carrying on with the fancy Downton Abbey dinners, we had some more fancy than others and one that we had to wait until Wednesday to watch...
Classic beef stew - probably a meal more for the staff than the family but we did use china. Probably the first time I ever had stew on china.
This bad boy beef was a little too salty for me. I slow cooked the steak for a couple hours in red wine, soy sauce and I think Worcestershire sauce. Then, served it up with some gooey potatoes and veggies. I think it had been one of those days where I just wanted to eat and get the kids to bed so I skipped the china.
This was a chicken salad served on a Wednesday because hubby had to work Monday and Tuesday night. I had to stay away from Pinterest and the Daily UK news because I didn't want to see anything that would tip me off as to what happened Sunday night.
Finale: I had been cranky and had a migraine but ended up quite pleased with the Salmon cakes, rice pilaf and brandied carrots. Typically, I would never cook carrots as a side dish. I only throw them in roasts because they give a nice flavor but I don't like them cooked. However, I was craving fresh veggies like grilled zucchini and fresh from the garden roasted tomatoes and well we don't have that right now. So the freshest aka not frozen on canned vegetable I had were carrots. Turns out that were really good. I would definitely do it again and they tasted quite different than carrots roasted with chicken or beef. However, liking cooked carrots turned out to be less of a surprise than the season finale. Did not see that coming.
That is until we saw the truck...
That concludes our Downton Abbey Dinners. Maybe I will find another reason to break out the china before next January when the new season starts. Until then let's hope Netflix gets Mad Men Season 5 on and maybe we can break out the cigarettes and Scotch. ;-)
