Cooking & Baking

for the last few days. My lupus and fibro has been acting up, and I'd wake up with "too few spoons" of energy to do it. Today, I dragged myself out of the bed and kept at it until I now have a pot of beef stew simmering on the stove (too late to do the crockpot, which is what I'd initially planned). I look forward to eating it with some good crusty bread. And, just because I feel like it, I'm going to make an Italian herb dipping sauce for the bread. Yep, the broth is great for sopping up the bread... but sometimes, you just want something different! (LOL) I'm just waiting for my Pensys spices to make a REALLY good dipping sauce!