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Healthier Beef Stew is for Soup.

Healthier Beef Stew takes several minutes to prepare.

Healthier Beef Stew takes several minutes to cook.

Healthier Beef Stew makes 8 servings.

The ingredients for Healthier Beef Stew are:

1 lb stew beef, lean/trimmed
1 quart beef or chicken broth, all fat removed
2 sweet potatoes, scrubbed but not peeled
1 lb carrots, peeled
1 cup chopped onion
1/4 cup chopped celery
1 clove garlic, crushed (substitution-1/2 tsp garlic powder)
2 whole allspice
salt to taste/individual preference
Additional spices as desired

Here is how you make Healthier Beef Stew:

Cut the beef and sweet potato into 1 to 1-1/2 inch cubes, and cut the carrots into 1-inch lengths (split the thick ends if they are larger than an inch and a half). Using cooking spray, lightly brown the onions and garlic, then add the beef and brown the surface of the cubes. Place all ingredients except carrots in a crock pot and cook on low 4-6 hours, or until meat and potatoes are tender. Add carrots about an hour before serving.*If thickened broth is desired, finely grate about a tablespoon of sweet potato into the broth or add corn starch about halfway through the cooking process. These are not included in the nutritional calculation. I don't use salt, and the nutritional information does not include any. Number of Servings: 8Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user MOMMAGINI.

The nutritional information for Healthier Beef Stew is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 8
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 167.8

• Total Fat: 3.7 g
• Cholesterol: 36.6 mg
• Sodium: 852.3 mg
• Total Carbs: 14.0 g
• Dietary Fiber: 2.3 g
• Protein: 19.2 g