{"id":513,"date":"2012-03-14T09:29:03","date_gmt":"2012-03-14T14:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.elmbrookfamilydental.com\/?p=513"},"modified":"2025-07-17T07:25:52","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T12:25:52","slug":"perfect-slow-cooker-beef-stew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elmbrookfamilydental.com\/blog\/2012\/03\/14\/perfect-slow-cooker-beef-stew\/","title":{"rendered":"Perfect Slow-Cooker Beef Stew"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.elmbrookfamilydental.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/beefstew01sm.jpg\" alt=\"beefstew01sm\" title=\"beefstew01sm\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-515\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elmbrookfamilydental.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/beefstew01sm.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.elmbrookfamilydental.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/beefstew01sm-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This recipe comes straight from my kitchen. I feel like I finally perfected beef stew and I&#8217;m ready to share it with the world. The ingredients may seem a little strange, but believe me, they all work very well together. Make this instead of the same old corned beef and cabbage on St. Patrick&#8217;s day this year!<\/p>\n<p>2lbs beef stew meat<br \/>\n2 cups of carrots, sliced thick (or baby carrots)<br \/>\n1lb small red or yellow potatoes, cut into halves or quarters<br \/>\n1 large onion, diced<br \/>\n1 large stalk of celery, sliced<br \/>\n1 packet of Hidden Valley Ranch dressing<br \/>\n1 packet of Lipton Onion Soup mix<br \/>\n1 packet of McCormick Brown Gravy mix<br \/>\n1 can of cream of mushroom soup<br \/>\nwater<\/p>\n<p>Directions: <\/p>\n<p>1. Throw everything in the crock pot, then add the water until the vegetables are just barely covered. Stir.<br \/>\n2. Turn on low for eight hours.<br \/>\n3. Serve with warm, crusty bread.<\/p>\n<p>A few things&#8230;if you like a thicker broth, I&#8217;d add an extra can of cream of mushroom or use the large size can. You can also add any vegetables you like. I added turnips to mine, which are visible in the picture, although it turns out that I like them less than I thought I did. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This recipe comes straight from my kitchen. I feel like I finally perfected beef stew and I&#8217;m ready to share it with the world. The ingredients may seem a little strange, but believe me, they all work very well together. 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