Brown Gravy Stew

If you are craving hearty, hot, comforting, wrap yourself in a blanket on a rainy night sort of food, this is it! The radishes look just like little potatoes once cooked and taste similar, too (especially when made in the crockpot), from soaking in all that good gravy. Don’t be afraid of that bitter bite that comes to mind with radishes—all bitterness goes away after cooking. You’ll sigh... feel your stress levels go down, and dig into goodness in a bowl without a trace of guilt. This recipe is a family-serve recipe that feeds 6 to 8 people. This recipe is found in the "Sanity-Saving Crockpot & Electric Pressure Cooker Meals" section, page 94 of the Trim Healthy Table Cookbook.

Cooking Method: Slow Cook

Courses: Dinner, Lunch, Soups

Servings: 6

Description

If you are craving hearty, hot, comforting, wrap yourself in a blanket on a rainy night sort of food, this is it! The radishes look just like little potatoes once cooked and taste similar, too (especially when made in the crockpot), from soaking in all that good gravy. Don’t be afraid of that bitter bite that comes to mind with radishes—all bitterness goes away after cooking. You’ll sigh... feel your stress levels go down, and dig into goodness in a bowl without a trace of guilt. This recipe is found in the "Sanity-Saving Crockpot & Electric Pressure Cooker Meals" section, page 94 of the Trim Healthy Table Cookbook.

Ingredients

2 1/2 lbs stew meat (2½ to 3 pounds; diced)
2 carrots (sliced)
1 lb radish (trimmed and halved)
8 stalks celery (sliced)
32 oz beef broth (1 quart beef broth (with an optional 3 to 4 tablespoons TH Just Gelatin or TH Integral Collagen, see page 40)
1 tsp onion powder
1 tsp garlic powder
2 1/2 tsp TH Mineral Salt
1 tsp black pepper
1/8 tsp cayenne pepper (¹⁄8 to ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper; or more to taste)
1/4 cup TH Nutritional Yeast
2 generous squirts Bragg liquid aminos (a couple generous squirts Bragg's liquid aminos; optional but makes it yummier)
2 tsp TH Glucomannan (Gluccie) (2 to 2¼ teaspoons Gluccie)
2 handfuls frozen peas (2 handfuls of peas, either frozen or canned)

Instructions

1
Put all the ingredients (except the Gluccie and peas) in a crockpot and stir. Cover and cook on low for 7 to 8 hours.
2
During the last half hour, take out about 1½ cups of the broth and place it in a blender with the 2 teaspoons Gluccie. Blend well for about 1 minute, holding the lid on tightly. Vent hot air. Let the blender rest for 30 seconds, then seal again and blend for another minute. Return the thickened broth to the crockpot. Add the peas and cook for another 15 minutes. If the gravy doesn’t get quite as thick as you like it, take a little more of the broth out, add another ¼ teaspoon of Gluccie to it, and blend again. Taste and adjust the flavors to “own it!”

Note

From Trim Healthy Table~

ELECTRIC PRESSURE COOKER DIRECTIONS: Add all the ingredients (except the Gluccie and peas) to a pressure cooker. Seal and cook at high pressure for 35 minutes. Use natural pressure release. Add the peas to soften in the piping hot sauce and follow the directions in the crockpot version to thicken the gravy with Gluccie.

NOTE: This recipe was created and tested using a 6-quart Instant Pot. If you are using a different brand or different size electric pressure cooker, consider modifying the recipe as your results may vary from ours. Example: If you are using an 8-quart, consider adding more liquid as the larger circumference often needs more liquid to come to pressure.

MAKE A FAMILY MEAL:

For the weight-loss plan, make up some Fifteen-Minute Focaccia Bread (page 247) and put it on the side of this stew . . . mmmm, or eat the stew ladled over Mashed Fotatoes (page 264).
Growing children can have a healthy carb on the side, such as buttered sprouted-grain bread or whole milk, or they can enjoy their stew over regular mashed potatoes.

Read it online: https://trimhealthymama.com/recipe/brown-gravy-stew/