I’m making beef stew for the first time. I’m making it in a slow cooker. My sister, the good cook, assures me that this is okay, although she’s never done it, before. I don’t have a recipe, and I’m sort of nervous about the whole thing. Here are my ingredients:

1 pkg. (about a pound?) of beef stew meat
4 medium potatoes, peeled and cubed
baby carrots (maybe 20 or so?)
1 can golden corn
1 can green beans
1/2 yellow onion, sliced
2 bay leaves
beef broth, enough to cover all the above ingredients

I put all the vegetables in the slow cooker, first. Then, I browned the meat using vegetable oil, salt, pepper and a little bit of Worcestershire sauce. I placed the meat on top of the vegetables and covered the whole shebang with beef broth.

I’m not serving this until tomorrow, but I cooked it on low for about 4 hours, today. It started to smell good, but the vegetables were still very uncooked. So, I’ll turn it on in the morning before work, and we’ll have it for dinner, later.

I’ll be keeping my fingers crossed hoping for a tasty meal!

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UPDATE: The slow-cooker beef stew was a success! I served it with rolls, and we both enjoyed it. I added salt, he added pepper.