Comfort food!!!

Tonight was simple. Takikomi gohan with matsutake, carrots, aburage, and konnyaku. The mix I had made three cups, so I'm lucky it's good, because I'll be eating it for quite awhile.
And then a beef stew. I learned a secret to making meat tender, and I tried it for the first time in this beef stew... wow did it work. The meat was so tender, and delicious. A very filling, very simple stew. And now I have enough to last a few days... which might be a pretty good thing.