Italian Beef Stew

INGREDIENTS

• 2 pounds of stew meat already cut up into chunks

• 1 cup of flour

• 2 15oz cans of diced tomatoes

• 2 15oz cans of tomato sauce

• 1 cup of water or enough to cover vegetables

• 1/2 cup of dry red wine or a little more depending on taste

• 2 green bell pepper cut in large chunks

• 2 onions cut in half and sliced

• 5 carrots peeled and cut into circles

• 1 large zucchini sliced into circles

• 1/2 pound of fresh green beans

• 4 stalks of celery sliced in small pieces

• 5 small baking potatoes cut into pieces

• 4 cloves of garlic crushed

• 2 Tbls of dried oregano

• 1/4 cup of extra virgin olive oil

• 1 Tbls fresh ground black pepper

• 1 tsp salt

  PREPARATION

• Trim the fat off the meat

• Dredge meat in flour and shake off any excess.

• Refrigerate until ready to use.

• Slice an dice all your vegetables.

• In a large brown the meat in oil stirring so it doesn’t stick to much.

• Add garlic,oregano and salt and pepper and stir some more.

• Add wine and let simmer for about ten minutes and keep on stirring.

• Add all the vegetable and stir. I think you get the idea about stirring by now.

• Add tomatoes, tomato sauce and water so the vegetables are covered and stir.

• Simmer about 1 hour and a half covered