Easy Crock-Pot Beef Stew

Crock pots are great. Stew is great. Easy meals are great. And this one is pretty darn healthy too!

Crock-Pot Beef Stew

Assemble Ingredients: 

1 12 oz. can of V8 vegetable juice

onion

potatoes (we happened to have red potatoes)

carrots

garlic powder

beef stew meat (I separate the beef stew meat I get from the store into separate bags and then freeze it for multiple meals)

beef bouillon

1 tbsp. flour

1/2 cup water (not pictured)

Step One: put the flour and the beef stew in a ziploc bag and shake it!

Step Two: heat some oil in a skillet and brown the beef

Step Three: while the beef is browning, start putting ingredients in the crock pot. Start with the V8, 1/2 cup water, beef bouillon cube, and a layer of garlic powder. (I don't usually measure, but it's a 1/4 tsp.)

This is what it looks like inside the crock pot with the above mentioned ingredients.

Step 4: chop up your vegetables! Onion, carrots . . .

 . . . and then potatoes. I prefer to keep the skins on. 

Step Five: Get everything else in the crock pot! I put the beef before it was cooked all the way through, just browned on the outside.

Then I got all my vegetables in. Another vegetable that could be added is celery, but I really just don't like celery. 

Step Six: after 4-6 hours on low, enjoy your delicious beef stew! 

(Also, note that the longer you cook the stew, the more tender your beef will get

This is perfect for us as the days get colder, and the end of the semester draws near. This took less than twenty minutes to prepare, and then just a few hours later, just set some bowls and spoons out and you're ready!