Beef stew laden with vegetables

This delicious and nutritious vegetable and beef stew is sure to fill you up and make sure you will have your 5 a day. I made this stew, and everyone wanted seconds and even thirds, so no leftover stew for lunch the next day. But I didn’t mind because I wanted more stew as well, it was just so yummy. 

Putting the beef stew to bed

Before people had slow-cookers, they still needed to live their lives and make sure they wouldn’t burn their house down. So what they used to do was put their pots in blankets or boxes with straw for insulation. That way, the food would be able to continue to cook even though it wasn’t on the stove. I still remember from my own childhood my parents telling me to not jump on the bed because the rice or some stew was there. There would be a big pile of blankets in the middle of the bed. If it was cold in the winter, I would sometimes lift up the blankets a bit to tuck my hands in there with the pot to warm them up. I still love the feeling of the warm pot and blankets after it comes out of the bed. 

One good tip that I would highly recommend you doing is using an old towel when doing this. Because you might not spill anything on your bed, but your pot might have some grease or other things on the outside that might soil your bedlinens. I always lie the towel on top of the blanket or duvet then I put the pot on top, then I fold the towel around the pot, after that the blanket and lastly I put a tea towel on top. I do that so that everyone in the house understands that there is a pot in the bed. 

Laden with veggies 

I absolutely adore carrots together with swede, they are both quite sweet vegetables and make a lovely combo. We all know that carrots are rich in beta-carotene (vitamin A), but both carrots and swedes also contain several B vitamins. They both also contain quite a bit of vitamin C just like cabbage, which when prepared well, is very tasty indeed. So with all these vitamin-rich veggies, you will be sure to get your required vegetable intake for the day.

How to get super tender beef stew

You can use any type of stewing beef or if beef ain’t your thing you can simply replace it with any other kind of meat. For instance, if you would prefer lamb in your stew or even pork or chicken. Although, do alter cooking times for whatever meat you’re using, so that you won’t end up with chicken that is too dry.

I have noticed that if I remove my beef from the pot before adding the stock, I end up with beef that is more tender. So I like to remove the beef and leave it to the side and only once the stock is at a roiling boil, will I add the beef back in. This way I have super tender beef each and every time.

Lovely mushrooms to replace the beef

If meat ain’t your thing or you just have some extra mushrooms lying around that need to be eaten. You can, of course, replace the beef with some tasty mushrooms. Then just skip the whole 3 hours of stewing your beef, which makes it a great option if you’re stuck for time as well. If you want to make it completely vegetarian don’t forget to also use some vegetable stock instead of chicken or beef.

Just chop the mushrooms into bite-sized chunks and fry them in some oil of your choice. Then just add the rest of the veggies and the vegetable stock.

Want to try some more delicious soup and stew recipes:

• Rustic beef stew recipe for Crockpot
• Golden potato soup recipe
• Rich French traditional onion soup

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