Mom's Basic Vegetable Beef Stew

Mom's basic vegetable beef stew is loaded with potatoes, onions, carrots, and celery for a hearty and warming meal for cold winter evenings.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 40 mins
• Total Time: 55 mins
• Calories: 279 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 pinch Italian seasoning
• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• 1 stalk celery, chopped
• 1 pound ground beef
• 1 pinch dried basil
• 1 pinch dried rosemary
• 1 tablespoon olive oil, or as needed
• 1 pinch ground thyme
• 2 onions, roughly chopped, divided
• 4 carrots, cut into 1/2-inch rounds
• 1 (32 ounce) can diced tomatoes with juice
• 4 potatoes, peeled and cut into chunks
• 0.25 teaspoon red pepper flakes
• 0.25 teaspoon Greek seasoning (such as Cavender's®)

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Pour in enough olive oil into a large stockpot to coat the bottom; add 1 onion, carrots, garlic, red pepper flakes, Greek seasoning, rosemary, thyme, basil, Italian seasoning, bay leaf, salt, and pepper. Cook and stir onion mixture over medium heat until onion is softened and lightly browned, about 15 minutes.

Step 2

Pour diced tomatoes over onion mixture; add ground beef, breaking apart with a wooden spoon and stir. Bring liquid to a boil and cook until ground beef is cooked through and carrots are tender, about 10 minutes.

Step 3

Stir potatoes, remaining onion, and celery into tomato mixture and cook until potatoes are tender, 15 to 20 minutes. Remove stockpot from heat and let sit, 20 to 30 minutes.