When my sister came to visit for Christmas, we decided to do something untraditional for Christmas dinner.  We wanted to try Julia Child's Beef Bourignon dish.  It is basically a french beef stew.  The recipe is rather involved and the dish cooks for a very long time.  All the effort was definitely worth it!  We served it over mashed potatoes.  Here are a few pictures of our process and final product. 

It may not look very appetizing in these pictures, but it was so tender and yummy!  We will definitely do it again. It was a lot of fun spending the day in the kitchen with my sister!