This beef stew recipe is from the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association. It cooks up in about half an hour and is surprisingly rich in flavor given its short cooking time.

Ingredients
1 1/4 pounds boneless beef top sirloin steak, cut 3/4-inch cubes
1 Tbsp olive oil
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1 1/2 teaspoons olive oil
2 medium carrots, cut into [...]

“This isn’t your everyday pot roast,” my father declared as we sat down for dinner to enjoy the roast that he had been cooking all afternoon. No, indeed it isn’t. The sauce includes an entire bottle of bold red Zinfandel wine. The vegetables in the sauce are cooked until every ounce of flavor is extracted [...]