Success!! Able to recreate meal from botched stew

That moroccan tagine was a big disappointment and looked much too heavy for Col or my taste. Rinsed off the beef and tossed the potatoes and carrots and searched for a recipe for beef and orzo. Found this great recipe on about.com for moshari yiouvetsi - a Greek beef and pasta casserole. I just cooked it and that extra hour in the oven with the tomatoes/jalapeno can and the liquid transformed the beef from tough to incredibly tender. It also looks much lighter and I can truly say delicious. So don't tell Col and I want to see her respone. Also found that I can freeze the beef stew with the potatoes (didn't think you could freeze potatoes) but they do with french fries, etc. We'll get two good meals out of the stew. I have to use up the cabbage before it goes bad - will make stuffed cabbage.

Day 4- Moroccan Beef Tagine/Stout beef stew

Just finished making the moroccan beef tagine - had to use roasted peppers again (thanks, Col) and used canned onion soup instead of beef broth (didn't have any). Used cinnamon because I didn't have the honey. Katy has a swim-a-thon tonight and they are having a pizza party. Glad because I don't think she will like the tagine but she surprised me last night. Also made an eggplant parmigiana from the frozen eggplant I had. Going to look for a roasted corn soup recipe - have lots of frozen corn from TJs.

Dogs are driving me crazy - tore up a whole roll of TP and spread it out over the house. I just saw that they ate my chair cover - have a 12 x 2 inch piece of material missing. I can't afford to buy new furniture but they are already destroying my new leather sectional. Dog Whisperer where are you?