Hiii! Remember me?! Dusting off my blogging shelves again…hope you’ve all been wonderful, and are ready for some new recipes, new workouts, and other fun goodies coming to Sea Shells & Sit Ups soon! Speaking of recipes, hope you enjoy this skinny beef stew made from organic clean goodies sure to please your hearty stew cravings!

There’s nothing better than comfort food on chilly evenings, and after my trip to visit my sister in Jackson Hole, I was inspired to come up with a clean version of one of my favorite comfort food crock pot recipes, beef stew.  Stay tuned later this week for a few other crock pot recipes we created during our ski trip!

SKINNY BEEF STEW

Ingredients:

• 1 32oz container of beef stock
• 1-2 small can[s] beef broth
• 6oz can tomato paste
• 3-5 tablespoons arrowroot powder [add 30 mins. before serving following directions below] OR 1/4 cup 100% whole wheat flour [add 30 mins. before serving following directions below]
• 6 carrots or 1 bag small baby carrots, peeled & chopped
• 1-2 large sweet potatoes or yams, peeled and chopped
• 1/3 cup baby portabella mushrooms, sliced
• 2 celery stocks, chopped
• 1/2 white or yellow onion, chopped
• 1 tablespoon Worchister sauce
• 2 tablespoons Flavor God‘s all-seasoning, spicy [for meat]
• 2 tablespoons Flavor God‘s all-seasoning
• 2 tablespoons garlic, minced
• 1 tablespoon garlic, minced [for meat]
• 1 teaspoon Mexican oregano
• 1/4 teaspoon dried rosemary
• 1 teaspoon dried parsley
• 1 teaspoon onion powder
• 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1 1/2 pounds stew meat
• 1/2-1 cup frozen peas
• 1/3 tablespoons olive or coconut oil
• 1 tablespoon olive or coconut oil [for meat]
• Optional: 1/2 teaspoon salt and/or salt & pepper to taste

Directions:

1. In large non-stick frying pan, add stew meat
2. Add 1 tablespoon garlic, minced + 2 tablespoons Flavor God’s all-seasoning, spicy + olive or coconut oil to meat
3. Brown meat until at least medium-rare, or all edges of stew are browned
4. Add stew meat to crockpot
5. Add all veggies [EXCEPT PEAS] & herbs to stew meat, stir
6. Add beef broth & stock and mix everything together
7. Cook on LOW for 9-10 hours or HIGH about 7 hours [can cook faster but low temp for longer time is ideal for best flavor]
8. About 30 minutes before serving, ladle about 1/4 cup of the broth from crockpot into a small mixing bowl. Add arrowroot powder OR whole wheat flour & mix. Add mixture into crockpot to create a nice, thicker broth.
9. About 30 minutes before serving, add frozen peas
10. Serve and enjoy!

Enjoy!

XO, Shelley

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