Making beef stew on a cold sunny Sunday

[irisblue]

Last edited Sun Mar 29, 2026, 12:58 PM - Edit history (1)

2# of chuck roast, potatoes, celery, onions, beef broth, tomato paste, low & slow cooking, a half hour before serving cabbage & mushrooms added in.
No real recipe, just what I rember seeing my Mom & best friend do.

Sometimes meal prep will smell so danged good.

https://postimg.cc/gallery/kMVpDqb

Not seen is the thyme leaves. The tomatoes & avocado are for later this week

[AllaN01Bear]

1. mmmmm.

[SheltieLover]

2. Sounds delic, Iris!

Enjoy!

[SWBTATTReg]

3. Quit it you!! Now I'm going to have hunger pains all p.m. because of your posting!! Ha ha heh! It's got to thinking

too, about what I'll fix for dinner today and this recipe by you is one of the top ranked ones in my thoughts thus far!!

Enjoy your meal IB!!

[irisblue]

4. Stove top will take about 2-3 hrs. I have too many onions in this batch.

And there will be many leftovers in the freezer

[SWBTATTReg]

5. I don't think, if it is homemade, that one can mess up the recipes that they cook up. It's a meal

put together by love and companionship and enjoyment, can't ask for anything better!

Take care of yourselves and have a nice 'No Kings Day'!

[irisblue]

6. Welp my new to me west bend crockpot is a fast cooker.

I put the thermometer in a beef cube, it was done. Carrots & potatoes are soft.
So now everything is resting before I divvy it up for freezing for next weeks

[LisaM]

7. No carrots? I put a lot of carrots in mine.

They're starchy so they provide some natural thickening and I like the taste.

I don't use tomato in my beef stew at all. I find it gives a metallic taste (I think this is peculiar to me). I also often turn the leftovers into pot pie or add dumplings, and neither one would work with tomatoes, IMO.

[irisblue]

8. There are 2 handsfull of carrots, gotta have that. You ever put a puff pastry crust on top of stew

Then bake a steak & ale pie?

[LisaM]

9. Yes, I have.

Sounds good about now - it's a chilly day!