Homemade stew?

[tbs727]

Ok, I'm not very good and just "throwing things together". So, I need some help. I have a few things I would like to put together to make a stew, so I wanted to run the ingredients by you girls to see if you would either add anything, or take something away. Or if I just just find a recipe to follow.
TIA!

These are the ingredients I want to put together in the crockpot,

2 small steaks, cubed and seared.
2 cans veg all
Some water
onion and garlic seasoning
frozen spinach
skinned cubed potatoes.

I thought I would cook all this in the crockpot until it looks done. What do you think? I'm going to serve it with some home made bread.

[SewCrafty]

Sounds good to me Tiffany, well except maybe the spinach part!

Let us know how it comes out.

[AmyMCGS]

What you have there looks good & I think it will work.

If it was me, I'd change two things: leave out the spinach, and add in either diced or stewed tomatoes to get a little more flavor in the "juice". I've never had spinach in stew before, so I'm not sure how that comes out. And the tomatoes, well... they add a lot of flavor, and we all love them in my house. But that's just to suit my family.... taste is really a personal thing, so you should go with whatever your family likes!

[cherrie79]

Looks good to me. I would only add beef broth instead of water or add some bouillon cubes to the water if you have them.

[wanderlusting]

I'm with everyone else-leave the spinach out, throw everything else in. Here are some add-ins if happen to have any laying around

-few dashes of Worcestershire sauce
-tomato sauce or any tinned tomato product
-beef boullion cube or a TB of granules
-a can of beer

Good luck!

[tbs727]

I will take this advise and run with it. No spinach! I will probably add some tomatoes, maybe diced tomatoes? I have diced tomatoes, tomato paste and tomato soup in the house right now. I will add beef bullion and maybe some worcestershie sauce. I wouldn't have thought to add that without the suggestion. Thanks again!!!

[Hollyhandi]

I'm thowing a end of the month stew together today in the crockpot.
Everything but the kitchen sink or spinach. LOL
How did it turn out?

[FrugalMomof3]

I also ditto the leaving the spinach out and possibly add in some stewed tomatoes and some beef stock or bullions. I am sure it will taste delcicious! Let us know how it turns out.

[tbs727]

It was OK. It didn't really have the flavor I wanted. Actually, I think I would have preferred it if I had used no meat at all and just used beef seasoning. The boys liked it, so thats all that really mattered. The worcheshire sause was a good idea, I probably used to much, it tasted a little like steak sauce. I still have some left, but not really enough to feed 5 of us (DH and I and his two friends) , so I'm adding some noodles and maybe a little more water and serving with grilled cheese sandwiches. It was super cheap and easy. Definitely something I'm going to work on and add to as needed. Thanks girls!