Crock Pot Beef Stew

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Beef Stew Shopping List

1 1/2 lbs stew beef, cubed

1 lb bag baby carrots

1 - 2 large potatoes, cubed

1 small onion, thickly sliced

1 celery stalk, thickly sliced

1 can of corn, peas, green beans

3 cups of water (approx)

1 can condensed cream of mushroom soup

1 envelope beef gravy mix

1 envelope Lipton onion soup mix

The night before making beef stew, I make sure my beef is cubed and ready to put in the crockpot. I also wash and cube all of the fresh vegetables; putting them into air-tight storage containers and putting them in the fridge. I won't need them until morning.

Now the meat can go into the crockpot with 1 1/2 cups of water and a packet of beefy onion soup mix on the Keep Warm setting.

In the morning, I get my fresh vegetables out of the fridge and put them into the crockpot. I turn it up to High, add another cup of water, stir it up good and put the lid on.

Two hours before dinner: Open up the canned vegetables and drain the liquid out of them before adding them to the crockpot. Mix the cream of mushroom soup, 1/2 cup of water and gravy mix together; add it to the rest of your stew.

An hour before serving, I turn the crockpot down to low.