We love stew. I discovered a way for my little ones to be able to enjoy it safely and easily is to cook the stew meat in the crock pot. This makes the meat so tender and soft and little ones can chew it. We all like it better too as the flavors are divine.
Generally this is how I make stew...
I start my stew meat and/or beef bones in the crock with a lot of water. 4-8 cups of water (depends on how much stew you are making. I use 1 lb stew meat and 3-4 meaty beef bones. Let meat cook ahead of time or with everything in the pot. If I don't have time to chop my veggies I throw my neat and water in the crock to start it ahead of time.
Add:
garlic powder to taste (1 tbs)
onion powder to taste (2 tbs)
salt (to taste)
sometimes I'll add a few teaspoons of organic salt-less seasoning mix
chopped onions (1/2 or 1 c I puree this because I have one kid that doesn't like chucks of onion)
chopped celery (1/4 c)
potato chunks or diced (2 c)
other options for good ad-ins (3/4 cup fresh or frozen): greens beans, chopped carrots, corn, peas, caned or freshly soaked lima beans, barely. I love butter beans in stew! YUM-O
Optional: tomatoes
Stew is what you make when it's cold, and what you make when you have a bunch of "stuff" on hand that will go in stew. Nothing says comfort food and relaxing home-time like stew!
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