Beef Stew

Beef Stew

Okay, so I'm not the greatest of thinking up fun names for food, but this stew is always a winner at our house.  It's hard to please everyone, but this is one thing that everyone at our house loves.

2 pounds beef stew meat
2 cups carrots, diced
8-10 potatoes, diced in bit sized pieces
1 can tomato sauce (8 ounces)
2 cans worth of GF Cream of Mushroom Soup Substitute***
6 beef bouillon cubes (or 6 teaspoons granules)
1 teaspoon onion powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1/4 cup dried onion
1 cup water

Place beef cubes in a 6 quart crock pot.  Put the carrots and potatoes around and on top of the beef.

You can either mix all the other ingredients in a separate bowl and then pour them on top, or you can just put them all on top and mix it in the pot as it cooks.  (I always go for easy and less clean up which means I dump it all in and stir it as it cooks.)

Cover the crock pot and cook for 6 hours on high or 8 hours on low.  (If you can, give it a stir periodically throughout the cooking process.)

***You can find Cream of Mushroom soup recipe link on this site under Cream Soup Substitute.  (Or here it is again.)  http://www.cooks.com/recipe/tl6xz80i/cream-soup-substitute.html
I make up a bunch and have it on hand to make cooking easier.  Use chicken bouillon for Cream of Chicken Soup substitute and beef bouillon for Cream of Mushroom substitute.