Old Fashioned Beef Stew

Ingredients

• 1 14 lb boneless beef round steak cut into 1-inch cubes and fat trimmed
• 1 Tbsp diet margarine
• 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 clove garlic minced
• 12 tsp paprika
• dash of ground cloves
• 8 medium carrots quartered
• 4 small potatoes peeled and quartered
• 6 stalks celery chopped
• 4 small onions quartered
• 1 Tbsp cornstarch

Directions

1. In oven brown beef in margarine
2. Add Worcestershire sauce bay leaves garlic paprika ground cloves 1 12 cups hot water and 12 teaspoon pepper
3. Cook covered for 1 14 hours stir often
4. Remove bay leaves
5. Add vegetables cook covered for 30 to 45 minutes
6. Drain reserve liquid
7. Skim fat
8. Add water to liquid to equal 1 14 cups
9. Return to oven
10. Combine cornstarch and 14 cup cold water stir into hot liquid
11. Cook and stir until thickened
12. Stir in beef and vegetables
13. Heat through