Ouch!

Is what I am currently saying every time I move, and no it is not because of my knee for once! My back, shoulders and triceps are sooo sore from swimming yesterday. I loves it!  As predicted, the rest of my Sunday consisted of me sitting on my butt on the couch with my laptop watching TV.  It was delightful.

For dinner, my mom whipped up and old favorite which is perfect for a rainy Sunday night, Shepherds Pie with a Caesar Salad.

This is how we make Shepherds Pie in the McCormick house.

• 1 1/2 lbs lean ground beef
• 2 cloves of garlic
• 2 onions (last night it was two onion shalots)
• 1 1/2 lbs boiling potatoes
• 1 tbsp oil
• 1 tbsp flour
• 1 1/2 cups of beef stock
• 1 tsp all-spice
• 3 tbsp Red Wine Vinegar
• 1 bag of frozen corn
• 2 tsp Worcestershire Sauce
• 2 tbsp butter
• 1 tbsp milk
• Salt and Pepper

Chop the onion and mince the garlic, cook the onion until it is soft (about 5 min) add the garlic and cook for 1 minute.  Add the meat and cook until no longer pink.  Stir the flour into the meat, add the beef stock slowly then add 1 1/2 tsp salt, 1/4 tsp pepper, the allspice, vinegar, and Worcestershire sauce and cook for 1-2 min.  Then add 1/2 bag of frozen corn.  Pour everything into a 1 1/2 qt casserole dish.

Boil 3 large potatoes.  When they are soft either peel and mash them or use a potato ricer like we do.  Add milk and butter, until the potatoes are at the desired creaminess.  Top the meat and corn mixture with the mashed potatoes.  Use 1 tbsp of butter to coat the mashed potatoes to form a crunchy top layer while cooking.  Cook at 400 degrees for 25-30 minutes.

Sooo good.  The meat was so tender and juicy, which made a perfect gravy for the mashed potatoes.  I’m typically one of those people who does not like to mush all of their food together, except with this.  The combination of beef and corn together is delightful.  Suffice it to say I am very much looking forward to having leftovers for dinner.

With our dinner, we enjoyed this fantastic bottle of Malbec.  Malbec’s are my hands down favorite type of red wine for sure.  I love the fruity flavors and they are not too dry.  Then for dessert, I had this Skinny Cow Chocolate Truffle.

While I ate this, I put myself through the torture of watching that ridiculous show on E, Pretty Wild.  It’s horrible, I don’t know why I do it, I just want to smack all of them across the face.  The one 18 year-old was trying to get Vernon Davis of the 49ers to go out with her.  When the “mom”, and I use that term loosely, learned that he was 26, she merely shrugged her shoulders and said hm that’s borderline.  Yes, let’s send your 18 year-old daughter who already has a horrible reputation and is currently facing criminal chargers out with a 26 year-old.  Yes, I know that 8 years really isn’t that big of a deal in the grand scheme of things, and I would probably date someone 8 years older than me, so I’m not judging, but if your child already has a knack for trouble and making bad decisions, maybe it’s not the best idea?  Every Sunday I tell myself not to watch, and then I get sucked in.  Damn you E, damn you.

Alright that’s the end of that rant.  Anyone watch Kendra?  It was interesting to see the live photo shoot she did with US Weekly after I’d already seen the pictures in the magazine.  You could really see how much Photoshopping they did.  I think that’s sad really, and kind of unnecessary, Kendra looked great for having just had a baby, they should have left the photos alone.  Baby Hank is precious though.

How was everyone’s weekend?  Anyone have anything exciting happen?  I hope you all have a great Monday!