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[Lord Fyre]

Set this up on the morning of Game Day ...
This is a simple, basic beef stew made with stew beef, potatoes, carrots, onions, and seasonings. Feel free to add some diced rutabaga to this tasty stew.

Ingredients:

3 carrots, sliced

3 potatoes cut in 1-inch pieces

2 pounds beef stew meat in 1-inch cubes

1 cup beef broth

1 teaspoon Worcestershire

1 clove garlic, minced

1 bay leaf

Salt to taste

1/2 teaspoon pepper

1 teaspoon paprika

3 onions, quartered

1 celery rib, cut up

Preparation:
Combine all ingredients in slow cooker in order listed. Stir just enough to mix seasonings throughout. Cover and cook on LOW for 10 to 12 hours. (High 5-6 hours)

[DungeonmasterCal]

And I just got a new slow cooker to make this in! Huzzah!

[Lord Fyre]

After you try it, you may want to up the seasoning a bit. It can be a little bland is my stick to the recipe.

[Lord Fyre]

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3 x 14½oz Cans of Beans (Mix of types for color)
1 x 14½oz Can of Diced Tomato
1 x Large Onion, chopped & browned
3 x Table spoons of Lemon Juice
2 x Cloves Garlic, minced
2 x Cans of V-8 Vegetable Drink
1 x 1lb of Stew Beef, chopped & browned
3 x Teaspoons of Southwest seasoning (I like Emeril's Southwest Essence)

Steps:
1) Pour each can of beans, one at a time, into a strainer and wash thoroughly!*
2) Pour washed beans into crockpot
3) Drain can of tomatoes, and add to crockpot.
4) Add chopped onion to crockpot
5) Add meat to crockpot
6) Add minced garlic to crockpot.
7) Add seasoning to crockpot.
8) Add Lemon Juice to crockpot.
9) Cover with V-8 (should take 1½ cans). Drink remaining portion.
10) Stir crockpot.
11) Cook on low 6-8 hours or on high for 3 hours. (recommend low)

Serves 6 or 7.

(*- Since some types of beans are perfectly capable of dying the entire crockpot if not washed.)