Slow Cook Vegetable Cocktail Beef Stew

Courtesy of Bangers n'Mash cookbook a recipe by Joan Hutchins from Brampton, Ontario. This is a delicious tasting dish. Preparation is easy, and it's ready when you need it. This recipe is for 3. Just adjust quantities to your taste for more servings. Four hours into cooking add potatoes. Best not to alter ingredients, as this is the perfect mix.

• Ready In: 5 hrs 10 mins
• Serves: 3

Ingredients

• 2 1⁄2 lbs stewing beef
• 6  medium carrots
• 3  stalks celery
• 6  shallots or 2  big onions
• 1  green pepper
• 1 (950 ml) bottle  vegetable cocktail (V8)
• 2 1⁄2 tablespoons tapioca
• 2  large potatoes, chopped into small cubes

Directions

1. Cut beef into bit size chunks.
2. Chop celery and carrots into 1/2 inch pieces.
3. Slice big onions into quarters and quarter again.
4. Chop green pepper.
5. Pour vegetable cocktail into slow cooker pot, adding vegetables prepared as above.
6. Stir.
7. Add tapioca and stir again.
8. (Important- do not add potatoes for more than one hour, place in cooker after 4 hours.).
9. Set slow cooker on medium heat (or auto) and cook for five hours.