Try-Day-Friday: Crock Pot Beef Stew

I found this recipe on Pinterest through a site called life-in-the-lofthouse.com. So it does take 8 hours to make so I had to remember to start it in the morning (which I almost forgot). So we really liked this recipe too. We had my brother-in-law over too so had another person to try it. It was a thicker soup. Not really a soup but more like a cream sauce on top of vegetables and stew meat. I really loved the meat with the onion soup mix with it. Lots of great flavor! It reminded my husband and brother-in-law of a casserole their mother would make with leftovers of Sunday dinner. I made corn bread with it which my two year old ate more of but did have some bites of carrots and potatoes. I did half of the recipe and pretty much filled up my large crockpot so it does make a lot.

INGREDIENTS
 (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

INSTRUCTIONS
1. 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.
2. Top meat evenly with diced potatoes, carrots and onion.
3. Mix the cream of celery soup and ketchup in a small bowl. Pour mixture over the meat and vegetables.
4. 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.

*Music during meal prep- Rachel Platten Pandora mix