Fancy Potatoes and Gravy

gravy:

1 1/2 onion chopped

3 garlic cloves chopped

a beef soup bone

1/2 c red wine

4 sprigs parsley chopped

pepper and salt

4 T corn starch

all but the wine boiled  down to a thick gravy like this:

remove bone and add wine

simmer 1 min more

Potatoes:

2 big russet potatoes baked in the oven at 350 for 1 1/2 hours

peeled off skin

beaten with a mixer

add:

1/4 c sour cream

1/2 c milk

1 T butter

salt

pepper

1 c spinach chopped

bacon bits

1/4 c shredded cheese

packed it all down into a pan and put it back in the oven

350 for 40 min

Removed from oven and topped with gravy

Garnished with parsley

mmmmmmmmm

this gravy was killer

next time i will make twice as much gravy to put on top

and gravy is so good for you too!

Savory Veggie Stew

1 red potato

hand full of grape tomatos

hand full of baby carrots

1/2 bell pepper chopped

2 cups of spinach chopped

10 sprigs of parsley chopped

1 T rosemary

1 T sage

1 bay leaf

2 tsp beef base

6 cups water

salt and pepper to taste

1 T butter

2 T applejack

2 T corn starch

1/4 tsp cinnamon

1/4 tsp turmeric

1/4 cup ground flax seed

put this on a low boil or simmer for about an hour.

Not sure if i liked the boiled potato taste so i took it out after it was cooked.

Good with twice baked potato or bread.