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Healthy Recipes
The
Slow Cooker, or CrockPot is one of my passions... as of this writing,
I have 7 crockpots in my kitchen... and I use them. All of them. There is
so much you can do in these wondrous machines! ;-) They're a huge part of my
One Day Food Prep, too!
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Chelle's Slow Cooker
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Beef Stew
INGREDIENTS:
2-3 cups of beef low-sodium broth (more if you want it more soupy)
2 lbs chopped stew meat
3 carrots, peeled and sliced
2 large potatoes (or sweet potatoes), cut into bite-size chunks
1 onion, quartered (or diced if your family likes onion - my hubby doesn't so I leave the onion in large pieces easily removed from his bowl, lol)
1 container of mushrooms, sliced (I like crimini, but you can use whatever you prefer)
1 tsp Garlic powder
1/2 tsp Black Pepper
1 tbsp Thyme
Sea-Salt to taste
DIRECTIONS:
Place all ingredients in crockpot, stir, cook on low for 6-8 hrs or until meat and veggies are very tender.
Optional - Add pasta (I use egg noodles). Just prepare the pasta as normal, then spoon stew over the noodles in bowls.
Variations: One of my favorite variations is to add a can (15oz) of stewed or diced tomatoes. You can also add more veggies: beans, peas, peppers, okra, broccoli, cauliflower... ! Add barley, oats, quinoa, wild or brown rice! :-) Personally, I like my stew to be heavy on the protein, so I always increase the meat.
