Oven Beef Stew Simple Step by Step

Fall is in the air and our thoughts are turning to comfort foods that warm your soul.

I've been making this recipe for years and it's my number one when the weather turns cold in the midwest.  Did I mention how the house smells amazing when this stew is in the oven?  

Ingredients: stew meat, baby carrots, baby yellow potatoes, yellow onions, V-8, Campbells tomato soup, can of  Muir Glen fire roasted crushed tomatoes, salt and pepper. 

Place stew meat in the bottom of a large baking pan.

Place baby carrots on top of the stew meat.

Next, top with baby yellow potatoes. 

Chopped onions layer on top of the carrots.

Add a large can of Campbells tomato soup undiluted, half a 64 oz. bottle of V-8 and a can of Muir Glen fire roasted crushed tomatoes. 

Salt and pepper, cover the pan with foil, place the pan on a baking sheet in case it bubbles over, and bake at 300 degrees in preheated oven for 3-4 hours.  Turn the oven to 350 degrees and bake another 2 hours.  Carefully remove from the oven and slowly uncover. Serve and enjoy this hearty meal with hot rolls or biscuits. 

This makes a great make ahead dish too. I usually make 2 pans of this and cool and freeze one for a later date.  I recommend eliminating the yellow potatoes if freezing, and making mashed potatoes as a side when serving. 

Thaw overnight in the refrigerator when frozen and reheat at 325 uncovered until warm. 

What's your favorite comfort food?

Easy Beef Stew like Mom Used to Make

Super Easy. Super Delicious. Good for the soul hearty beef stew just like Mom used to make.  Okay, Mom did make it and I modified to shorten prep time, yet providing hours of filling your home with an aroma reminding you of Mom's cooking.  Here's all you need to be on your way to dinner tonight.

Cut up beef stew cubes, can of Campbells tomato soup, tomato juice, can of chopped tomatoes, small unpeeled yellow potatoes, chopped carrots, onion salt, salt, pepper, and my spice of choice for this meal are The Spice House White Onion and Back of the Yards.  Back of the yards is an awesome blend of freshly ground Tellicherry pepper (also a favorite of mine), pepper, garlic, salt, sugar, shallots, bell peppers and parsley. Magic in a jar!  Toss everything together in a 13 x 9 baking dish, bake on 350 for 3 hours. 

Inhale, serve and enjoy!

Slow Cook Your Beef Stew

When midwest temps are cooling and the leaves are falling, I begin to pull together my favorite cold weather recipes.  They are my comfort foods that remind me so much of my childhood and coming in from school to smell the aroma of dinner cooking. With so many working parents in the household now, it's easy to keep the tradition going.  This can be put together and made in your slow cooker all day, or you can make it the night before in your oven, refrigerate and heat before serving the next day.  Both my Mom and Mother in Law made delicious beef stews, and I hope my family carries on the simple recipe we love.

Peel and slice a yellow onion.

Wash and slice fresh carrots.

Bag of small yellow potatoes, washed and no peeling required.

Large undiluted can on tomato soup, diced tomatoes and 46 oz. container of tomato juice. 

Place everything together in a slow cooker, cover and cook for 8-10 hours. If you are cooking it in the oven, place everything is a 13x9 pan, cover with aluminum foil, and bake for 3-4 hours at 350.  

Sprinkle the ingredients with your favorite seasonings. TheSpiceHouse are my spices of choice for their flavor and freshness.

Smells amazing and tastes delicious!

Happy Fall!🍂🍁

Easy Slow Cooker Beef Stew

I love meals I can throw together quickly in the morning in the crockpot, turn it on, go about my day and have a delicious dinner in the evening for my family.  This beef stew is so easy and takes just a few minutes to assemble.

Beef stew cubes, 1 can www.campbells.com tomato soup, 32 oz. bottle tomato juice (you can substitute 2 small cans v-8 for a little extra flavor and spice), chopped onion, baby carrots, and peeled and quartered potatoes. Salt and pepper to your liking.  Cover and set it on low for 8 hours.  It's that easy.  Dinner is served!