Last Call Stew

Libations used - 1 cup beer, white wine or red wine
Libations left over - whatever's left in the bottle

Sometimes when I do a lot of cooking, I have a ton of random ingredients/booze left over in the fridge and pantry.  What's a girl to do?  The Lush Chef makes stew!  It's the best way to use up all those veggies, leftover soup stock, an open bottle of wine, or that random bottle of beer.  Plus, it's recession friendly!

The Lush Chef's Last Call Stew - serves however many you want

Ingredients:

• 2-3 cups of soup stock - I used beef
• Pick your poison - 1 cup beer, white or red wine
• 1 onion
• 3 minced garlic cloves
• Random veggies!  I sliced up 2 carrots, 2 celery stalks, 1/2 cup leftover canned crushed tomatoes, and half a bag of frozen corn
• Herbs - Again, use whatever you have.  I tossed in a bay leaf and some fresh minced oregano from my little herb garden.
• Carbs - great opportunity to use leftover pasta, rice, lentils.  I didn't have any of those, so I whipped up some dumplings with chives (2 cups flour, 4 tsp baking soda, 1/2 tsp salt, 2 Tbs butter, 3/4 cup milk, minced chives - mix all together, spoon into boiling stew and cover & steam for 12 minutes).
• Crack open a cold one or finish up that bottle of wine, already!