On Deck

Well preparation for tonight's meal actually started last night as it is starting to feel like winter and I thought I would break out the Crock Pot for a little slow cooking.

Having recently joined Boston Organics (http://www.bostonorganics.com/), I received the all vegetable box and found myself in need of meals that used, well, a lot of vegetables. I also had a little more than a pound of steak tips in the fridge and so a beef stew idea was born.

To make this, I simply dumped the entire package of steak tips in (the less expensive stew meat would also work nicely), then add the following:
2-3 medium red potatoes (chopped)
One beefsteak tomato (diced)
3 cloves of garlic (minced)
1 small onion (diced)
5-6 full size carrots (chopped)
One medium box package of beef broth
Salt and Pepper
Seasonings to taste (I used my go to rosemary and garlic spice shaker)

I cooked it on high for an hour (stirring occasionally) and then let it sit on low heat all night (10 hours) to really stew. When I woke up I turned the Crock Pot off and let it cool a bit before putting the inner part of the pot in the fridge (lid on) to let cool  - and hopefully thicken a bit - before reheating for dinner tonight.

We will see how it tastes this evening as I did not do this from recipe but what I really enjoyed about this is that it was easy to include almost any vegetable I had around. Admittedly potatoes and carrots are pretty standard stew ingredients, but you could just as easily have added green beans or something else instead to make it your own.

I'll let you know how it turns out!