Baby It's Cold Outside!!

It's been pretty cold here in Texas this week. But of course not the whole week, Tuesday it was almost 70 degrees and now we are sitting at 28 lol!

 Anyway, once the cold weather starting hitting I like comfort type foods. Stews and soups mostly, so I called up my sister and asked her for a stew recipe that we had while we were visiting her during the Christmas break. I ended up not having all the stuff needed for that recipe but used what I did have on hand and it was great! 

This was super easy to throw together and since it's in the crock pot it's one of those make and forget about type meals that is perfect for busy cold days. All you need is...

                        

1- 2 lb boneless beef chuck

1 small onion

2 garlic cloves minced

baby carrots

7 to 10 baby yellow potatoes 

1/3 cup coconut aminos (this is a soy sauce substitute that has no soy in it, that you can find in the international food section next to soy sauce most of the time)

2 Tbls arrow root flour (in place of corn starch)

2 cups beef broth  

salt and pepper to taste

So get a pan on the stove and start to heat that up with some coconut oil. 

While waiting for that to heat up chop up your beef into cubes and salt and pepper them.

Once the pan is hot start throwing in the chunks just to get a nice sear on the outsides

After you get all the beef seared throw it in the crock pot.

Turn down the heat on the pan and throw in your diced up onion and garlic.

Saute those together just till they turn clear.

Add the coconut aminos, beef broth and arrow root flour to the pan

As soon as that starts to thicken pour it over the beef in the crock pot

Also cut up your potatoes and add those along with the carrots to the crock pot, add more salt and pepper.

Then put the lid on it and turn it to low. Let that cook for about 6 to 8 hours. 

If you like your carrots a bit more crunchy add them about half way through, if you can't do that because you're not home don't worry about it they will just be softer but not to the point of mushy. 

That's it guys, that's all you have to do for this amazing stew! It was so nice to make it in the morning and then forget about it till dinner time. No stressing about what I was gonna make for dinner that night and no mess other than the bowls to clean up after. 

Try it out, tell me what you think!