Crockpot Beef Stew

Beef stew was perfect on a cold, cloudy day like today. We modified the recipe from the book, "Where's Mom Now That I Need Her?" (Yes, I still have that book since college) to cook in the crockpot. The recipe makes enough for leftovers!

Ingredients:
1 pound stewing beef
1/2 cup flour
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
3 tablespoons cooking oil
1 1/2 cups water
2 onions, sliced and separated
3 potatoes, cubed
3 carrots, sliced
3 stalks celery, sliced

We added:
1/2 cup sliced mushrooms

Directions:
1) Cut meat into bite-sized pieces. In bag, combine flour, salt, and pepper. Put pieces of meat, and shake to coat.
2) Brown meat until browned on all sides.
3) In crockpot add potatoes, carrots, onions, celery, and mushrooms.
4) Add meat and water.
5) Cook on low for 8 hours or high for 4 hours. (We only had 4 hours, so we cooked it on high all day).
6) Add flour (by tablespoonful at a time) for desired thickness. (We only added 1 tablespoon).

Husband Rating: A-
Jared thought the stew was good, but that the water could be replaced with beef broth for more flavor.

Wife Rating: A-
I definitely agree with Jared...more beef flavor would have been perfect. Although, I would eat the stew with all the vegetables and no meat!

We'll make this again... and probably will alter the recipe a bit.