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I saw this recipe a few years ago in a Masterchef magazine. I have cooked it so many times I know it by heart and I have changed it up a little, so I will give you my version which is tried and tested about 100 times 
Beef Stroganoff
2 tbs sweet paprika
3/4 cup of plain flour
500g piece beef strips
Olive oil
40g butter
200g Mushrooms sliced
3 eschalots diced
3 tbs tomato paste
½ cup brandy
2 cups beef stock
2 tbs Worcestershire sauce
3 big tablespoons of crème fraiche or sour cream
Method
Place flour and paprika in a bowl and mix together.
Add beef strips to the flour and mix until beef is well coated.
Heat olive oil in a pan and cook beef in batches. Cook beef until browned but not completely cooked through. Set cooked beef aside. I always find I need to add oil to the pan after each batch as the beef soaks it all up.
Once you have cooked the beef the pan will be filled with the excess flour, don’t remove this. Add a little more oil and the onions and cook until they are soft. Add the butter, eschalots and mushrooms and cook until the mushrooms reduce and are soft.
Add the beef and any juices back into the pan and add the beef stock, tomato paste, Worcestershire sauce and brandy. Bring to the boil for 1 minute and then reduce and simmer for 5 minutes.
Add the crème fraiche and stir until it’s combined and serve immediately with pasta, rice or even potato.
Yum!
Jen xx
As many of you know, I work from home. In fact we don’t venture out much Monday to Friday except to drop kids at daycare. So when thinking about this post and how the Ford Territory helps me get around in my daily life, I thought a post about a daycare drop off and pick up would be pretty boring. I also looked into creating a door big enough to fit the Territory in the house but the renovations were a little out of our budget this month. Damn it, if only this competition was being run next month!
So I decided the best thing to do was to live my day in the Ford Territory!
Rise and Shine!
Breakfast time …..
Sparkle pink uggs …. jealous?
Umm …. didn’t think this through very well!
Yes my neighbours saw my bare bum!
Umm do you mind? I’m trying to get ready for work!
Time to work ….
Lunch time for Max
Lunch time for Mummy ….
I look like I’m reading but really I am waiting for Angry Birds to load … oops!
Max loves his new playpen! Keeps him contained with a great view!
Max is napping so Mummy is snuggied it up! You know you love it!
Ok maybe a little too comfy
Breastfeeding time
Rub – a – dub – dub!
Time to cook dinner
Dinner was a Failure!
Bedtime stories and snuggles with my boys
Quiet Mummy time – Glass of Smirnoff Cloudy Apple, a chick flick,some Black Forrest Chocolate and leather seats = Heaven in a Ford Territory! Who needs Gold Class?
My day in the Ford Territory was so much fun I didn’t want to get out! Built in playpen, TV, Radio, Power and USB sockets, loads of space, leather seats and locks to keep the kids out if I want to!! What more could this Mummy ask for?
Jen xx
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I really wish I had more time to invest in this fabulous project over the past 6 weeks. I kept running out of hours in the day and it was a fairly challenging month for me personally.
But seeing all of the amazing photos of you all with your kids made my heart swell! Seeing happy Mummies and beautiful children made me so proud of this little project. I hope that it had changed your photography habits and you are now happier and more content to get in front of the camera.
I have really stepped out of my comfort zone and been more conscious of having photos with me in it, no matter how horrid I look and feel! I know that my kids love me and they will love the memories we record and will look back and give me a hard time about my unwashed hair and my daggy clothes. But I guess it’s my job as a Mum to be a little uncool sometimes!
So here is a collection of my own photos I have taken over the last week …..
This one is my favourite ……
I would love to know how the Photo With Mum Project helped change your life and your way of memory keeping …..
Jen xx
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