Goal #38: Try 30 new recipes (6 & 7/30)



6/30 - Beef Stew

Remember Fonzy Cow and the broth I made with his leftover chopped pieces? I put it to good use with this soulwarming beef stew. I don't love beef stew but it seemed like the right thing to make on a chilly fall evening and it turned out better than I expected. The real sign of success was that both of the girls ate a full serving of the stew. Or at least the carrots and potatoes. That's a win for me!

7/30 - Chocolate frosting

Anyone who has ever made chocolate frosting knows that this is one of the easiest recipes in the history of recipes, and anyone who has ever made chocolate frosting probably made it for the first time when they were in preschool because it's that easy. I, however, don't like chocolate frosting and therefore never had any reason to make it until I married a McGovern. Apparently, in order to get a McGovern to eat your cake it must be a chocolate one and it must be dripping in chocolate frosting. So when I made Emma's birthday cupcakes I followed this unspoken- no, clearly spoken- rule and made chocolate frosting for my first time, using the McGovern chocolate frosting recipe. It probably looks just like the Adams chocolate frosting recipe or every other chocolate frosting recipe. I didn't even taste-test it to make sure it was right. I simply didn't care. I was told it tasted as delicious as chocolate frosting should, so there's that.


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