Stew Recipe thats Alright...

The weather out side is frightful and the stew is so delightful.
It doesn't really snow in Texas so eat some stew eat some stew eat some stew.

When you go to walmart dont forget to pick up:

• stew meat (you can get the kind with the bone or the one already chopped up either way its good)
• 2 big ones Potatoes (if your keeping this Atkins Stay away from the potatoes)
• 3 stalks celery
• 3 Carrots (Again Atkins stay away from the carrots too)
• 2 Tb vegetable oil
• 2 cups water
• 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1 clove garlic, peeled
• 1 or 2 bay leaves
• 1 medium onion, sliced
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon paprika

Ok so first off you put the oil in a big pot and heat it up. Then throw your meat in and brown. you can put in the salt right now too. brown meat (at this point I threw in the pepper too and the onions but the recipe i followed said to do it later. I like doing it now though because it makes the meat taste better.)

Next add the Water,Papriks, Worcestershire sauce, garlic, bay leaves (whole)  ( I didn't have any but it says to put some),every other dry spice you see in that list. (at this point the only thing left out is the veggies.) Bring to a boil, reduce to a simmer and simmer for 2 hours or until meat is tender ( I only needed an hour and a half.)

TAKE OUT THE BAY LEAVES IF YOU ADDED THEM YOUR NOT SUPPOSED TO EAT THOSE.

Add your veggies and let those simmer for 20- 30 mins. Just watch your potatoes to see when they are done since they are the ones that will fall apart on you the fastest.  (you could also add corn, maybe make some rice on the side to put into it, I dunno Butter squash I heard those taste yummy.)

Ok last step is where Mine went a little south ( not so far it wasn't edible just far enough that if I was on Chopped I would have gotten CHOPPED!)   If its too runny take out Half a cup of stew Liquid and add 1 TABLESPOON of flour and stir. Then stir that back into the stew. If its still to runny repeat with 1 TEASPOON! Bring to a boil again to cook the flour and then turn off the burner and let it sit for like 2 mins to thicken on its own.

EAT! NOM NOM NOM

****Nicole Notes**** After you put the veggies in you cant be too rough with the whole stew because things will start to fall apart on you! I was too rough with mine. be gentle when stirring  or mixing! The Meat will be really tender and the potatoes really soft JUST BE GENTLE WITH THEM!

Guys try this thing out I LOVE TO COOK! I love it even more when people say they like my stuff. It makes my heart feel good .... Like I dunno When Mando catches a king fish on the beach, I bet the feeling I have in my heart when I cook, is similar to that. I love to pass on recipes when I find one that works for me and I like to add in my changes I made to them.

Stew Hugs and Kisses
Nicole