Colorful, hearty and tender, this slow-cooked stew features all the traditional ingredients of a good beef stew: beef, carrots, onion, potatoes, peas in a rich gravy.
Pale lager beer adds the mellow flavors of barley, hops, and malt to a rich vegetable stew. The secret ingredient is quick-cooking tapioca, which thickens the stew and gives it a glistening sheen.
This recipe is inspired by a naked burrito which is essentially a deconstructed burrito with paleo friendly substitutes like sweet potato instead of rice and beans.
Normally, the frittatas I make for me and my family consist of eggs, garden vegetables and cheese, but I had leftover mashed potatoes in the fridge from the day before, so I decided to throw them in and tah dah--Mashed Potato Frittata!
This is a forgiving and crowd-pleasing appetizer that you can easily modify by using different seasonal toppings. You can prepare the polenta up to 2 days in advance, and the tapenade up to 3 days. On the day of your party, simply broil the polenta squares and top them with the tapenade.
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