Baked Stew

Ingredients

• 2 lb lean stew
• 2 c onions diced
• 2 c potatoes quartered
• 2 c carrots cut in chunks
• 2 c celery cut large
• 1 4 oz can mushrooms
• 2 tsp salt
• 12 tsp pepper
• 5 Tbsp tapioca
• 1 tsp sugar
• 3 c V-8 juice

Directions

1. Place in Dutch oven with tight fitting lid in the order listed
2. Bake at 250 for 5 hours
3. No browning necessary
4. When done gravy is brown and thick