I Made Beef Stew!

I am not the greatest cook, but I am working on it. One thing I am always super scared to cook is beef (unless it's ground beef, that's easy) so I typically avoid any beef recipes...poor J has to be so sick of ground turkey and chicken breast. Anyways, I have seen so many of you posting delicious Fall Crock Pot recipes. I have a crock pot, but all I ever use it for is entertaining....ya know, when I'm right there watching it. The thought of leaving this thing on at my house ALL day made me SOOO nervous. But, I figured if you all do it, I can do it. So I decided to conquer my fear of beef and of Crock Pots in one swoop.

So, on Monday night I bought stew beef chunks (or whatever the hell they're called), baby red potatoes, onion, carrots and celery and chopped them all up and threw them in my Crock Pot. I would love to tell you how much of everything I used but I was TOTALLY and COMPLETELY flying by the seat of my pants on this one. Then I added a can of Beef Broth, about a cup of flour, about two cups of water and waaaay too much worcestershire sauce, I wish I would have measured so I know how much NOT to use next time. Finally, I seasoned the mixture with a little brown sugar, some garlic, basil, and J's Uncle's crazy spicy seasoning mix (just a pinch). Then I mixed it all up, threw it in the fridge and Tuesday morning right before I left for work I set the Crock Pot to low and went about my day. 

I have to take a second to thank Caroline for inspiring me to try a c.p. recipe and Katie for talking me through my anxiousness because I literally thought about my house burning down the entire day...thank goodness Bailey wasn't home. 

About 9 hours after plugging in the Crock Pot I made it home from work and the house was not only intact but smelled delicious! The stew was SO good! I definitely need to tone back the worcestershire sauce next time...but other than that it was a success! 

GO ME! 

Have a great weekend dolls!