Football Friday: Crock Pot Beef Stew

It really is one of the most wonderful times of the year: crunchy leaves, Pumpkin Spice flavored everything, football on the television and beef stew in the crock pot. 

The Wisconsin Test Kitchen received a few packets of organic beef stew meat in our most recent order from Door to Door Organics and decided nothing goes together like the Packers 6-0 record, and a warm tasty beef stew. #gopackgo 

Crock Pot Beef Stew
Recipe courtesy of: http://life-in-the-lofthouse.com/crock-pot-beef-stew/

2 (1 oz) packages dry onion soup mix
1/2 teaspoon paprika
2 pounds lean beef stew meat (cut up into bite sized pieces)
5 medium potatoes, peeled and diced
2 to 3 cups baby carrots
1 small Onion, chopped
2 (10 oz.) cans cream of celery soup
1 cup ketchup

In a large plastic bag, combine the dry onion soup mix and paprika. Add in meat and shake the bag to coat meat with the seasonings. (You may have to do that step in two batches, for all the meat to fit).

Once meat is coated, spread out evenly into a greased 7 quart crock pot.

Top meat evenly with diced potatoes, carrots and onion.

Mix the cream of celery soup and ketchup in a small bowl. Pour mixture over the meat and vegetables.

Cover crock pot with lid. Cook on low heat for 8 hours or until meat is cooked through and vegetables are tender. Stir to combine everything then serve.

A quick note from the Test Kitchen: we mixed the vegetables up a little bit- we only had a few carrots, but a bunch of leftover turnips. So, we added those. Really any thick, root vegetables will work well in this stew. 

Also, we found this stew tastes even better the next day!

And now some football picks from our Mini Chefs!
After week 6, Sawyer still has a 2 point lead over Tristan, with 17 correct picks. Now here's week 7

Seattle vs. San Francisco
Sawyer: 49ers
Tristan: Seahawks

Buffalo vs. Jacksonville
Sawyer: Jaguars
Tristan: Jaguars

Cleveland vs. St. Louis
Sawyer: Rams
Tristan: Rams

Houston vs. Miami
Sawyer: Dolphins
Tristan: Dolphins

NYJ vs. New England
Sawyer: Patriots
Tristan: Patriots

Pittsburgh vs. Kansas City
Sawyer: Steelers
Tristan: Steelers

Tampa Bay vs. Washington
Sawyer: Buccaneers
Tristan: Buccaneers

Minnesota vs. Detroit
Sawyer: Lions
Tristan: Lions

New Orleans vs. Indy
Sawyer: Colts
Tristan: Saints

Atlanta vs. Tennessee
Sawyer: Falcons
Tristan: Falcons

Oakland vs. San Diego
Sawyer: Chargers
Tristan: Raiders

Dallas vs. NYG
Sawyer: Cowboys
Tristan: Giants

Philly vs. Carolina
Sawyer: Panthers
Tristan: Panthers

Baltimore vs. Arizona
Sawyer: Cardinals
Tristan: Ravens

Have a great weekend full of football, food and fun!
Stay Cool,
The Cool Dads Crew