Lisa's Beef Stew

I have lots of friends named Lisa. Seriously, sometimes there can be 6 of them in the same room!!
Craziness I tell ya!

One Lisa gave me this recipe for her beef stew.
I have my own that we are partial to, but always willing to try a new one!

I was laughing at myself while making this because she obviously typed it as she was trying to remember it all. There would be ingredients listed in the directions that were not in the ingredients list. So, my pictures are a little whacked, but it's all good!

This recipe makes a LOT of stew! We ate it for two meals, I brought it for lunch two days, and I have another couple of servings in the freezer!

Ingredients:

3 ½ Lb stew beef

5 Cloves garlic (crushed)

4-5 Medium onions (quartered)

2 Lbs carrots (chopped into large pieces)

6 Medium potato

2 Tsp salt

1 Tsp sugar

1 ½ Tsp pepper

½ Tsp paprika

3 Tsp Worcestershire sauce

2 Bay leaves

Dash of tabasco

Dash of lemon juice

1 Cup flour

1 Tbsp vegetable oil

Directions:

1. Brown stew beef in a large pot with vegetable oil for about 20 minutes

2. Add 4 cups boiling water, spices (minus lemon), garlic, and 1 onion

3. Simmer (covered) for 1 hour

4. Add carrots, potato, and rest of onions

5. Simmer another hour

6. Add lemon during the last 15 minutes of cooking

7. To thicken, shake 1 cup flour with 1 ⅓ cup cold water until there are no lumps. Slowly add to stew.

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She forgot to tell me about the oil needed to brown the beef

Then I paperclipped over where it said to use potato!

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Soups Stews and Chowders 2017

It's that wonderful time of the year!
The leaves have turned, the temperatures are dropping...and I want nothing more than a big bowl of delicious-ness!

Comfort food reins supreme in the fall and winter, and here are some of my personal faves!

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Meatball Stew

We were heading to a family party one afternoon, and I threw this together in the crock pot for when we got home.
Well, the best laid plans...you know.

We ended up staying much later than expected, and eating way more than expected. Nobody wanted to eat when we got home.
In the fridge this went for another time.

My mother in law was coming over the next day to do some shopping. I threw this back in the crock pot thinking it would make for a super easy lunch.

What I wasn't thinking about was her major sodium issues. If she has just a smidge too much salt, she blows up like a puffer fish. It's not pretty.
When I know she is coming over, I plan accordingly.
Well, this was a last minute thing.

I am pleased to announce that since this soup calls for water and no broth, she was fine!
The rest of us sprinkled a bit of parmesan because we felt it needed some extra saltiness, but that's all good.

Ingredients:

Meatballs:

2 Lb ground beef

1 Envelope onion soup mix

1 Cup Italian bread crumbs

2 Eggs

Stew:

Browned meatballs

10 Cups water

1 Can tomato soup

4 Carrots (chopped)

3 Potatoes (chopped)

2-3 Handfuls of fresh green beans (chopped)

1 Large onion (chopped)

1-2 Tsp pepper

1-2 Tsp salt

2 Tsp onion powder

2 Tsp Garlic powder

Directions:

1. Mix all meatball ingredients.

2. Roll into “golf ball” sized balls and fry in a skillet until cooked

3. Mix all ingredients in a crock pot

4. Cook on low for 7-9 hours

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Adapted from: Slow Cooker  Adventures

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Beef Stew

This is yet another one of those recipes where I will TRY to get measurements, but you might have to fudge around with until it seems proper to you.

I make this the night before in the crock pot and store it in the fridge until the next day. Plug in the crock pot and I am good to go.

Sometimes I will roll the meat in flour in order to help thicken the broth.

Ingredients:
1 Package of stew beef
1 Bag frozen mixed vegetables
1 Onion (diced)
3 Bouillon cubes
6 Cups of water
Pepper
Italian seasoning
Dash of browning liquid


Directions:
Mix all ingredients in a crock pot.
Cook for 6-8 hours
Thicken and season to taste

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