Meat-and-Potatoes-Guy and I have a Japanese restaurant in our neighborhood that we love. It’s small and the owners are very friendly. Decorated with miniature zen gardens and plenty of leafy plants, it’s always quiet and never overly crowded. After a crazy stressful day, dinner there feels like a calming, peaceful retreat. Two things I love especially: 1.) Their avocado-cucumber maki rolls. 2.) And their carrot-ginger…
To say I’m not the biggest fan of red meat would be an understatement. To put it more into perspective: I’ve never been known to order anything but seafood at steak houses. Any big meat-and-potatoes fans will find this extremely strange, and I couldn’t argue with you there. I am so weird. So I started making beef stew mainly because I thought my husband would…