February 6th: slow-cooked beef ragout

I'm heading to Edmonton for four days tomorrow and had to get some hearty meat and pasta cooked up for G & O before I take off. This is a favourite slow-cooker meal from March 2004's Chatelaine: Slow-cooked beef ragout. I've made some variations on the original recipe, in that I replace the red wine and the chicken broth with 2 cans of beef broth, and I don't include the olives. Hmm, I should consider adding the olives back in, for Olivia's sake. She lives up to her name with her love of olives. The last time we had this meal was in the summer, when I made it in advance of our camping trip, and we ate it with rigatoni. It was so great having the food made ahead of time that I aim to do that every time we camp now. This time, as a winter meal after skating outdoors, it was well-appreciated again.

Think I'll go out to Alberta, weather's good there...