Cupcake collection

Cakes I have completed over the last couple of years.

Crockpot Beef Stew

My family loves this.  I love it because I can toss it together in the morning and by dinner time the house smells yummy.  Here is the recipe:

One package of stewing beef
1/4 cup flour
Salt & Pepper to taste
Olive oil
1 small onion sliced
2 cloves of garlic

Take the stewing beef and put into a clean plastic bag.  Add flour, salt and pepper and shake.  In a frying pan heat up olive oil and add the onion and chopped garlic, cook till onions are tender and add beef in flour mixture.  Cook the beef  for 10-15 turning often to cook all sides but not throughly.

In your crockpot add:

Cooked stewing beef, onions and garlic and drippings from pan
Assorted root vegetables (We like potatoes clean with skins on, carrots, turnip and squash)
Half container of beef broth
Seasonings to taste, I usually add salt, pepper, rosemary, thyme and a bay leaf (remove before serving)

If preparing in the morning, put your crockpot on low, if afternoon, put on high.

An hour before serving put crockpot on high so that it starts to boil.  Add a mixture of cornstarch and hot water to thicken juices into gravy.  Stir and your stew is ready.

You can make this a chicken or turkey stew but subsituting the beef broth for chicken broth and adding chicken or turkey.