Instructions: Spray Dutch oven with cooking spray. Add 1 teaspoon olive oil. Brown a portion of the meat on all sides in the hot oil. Remove browned meat from Dutch oven; set aside. Repeat browning till all meat is cooked, adding the remaining olive oil a teaspoon at a time, as needed. Return all of the meat to the Dutch oven. Add water, chopped onion, minced garlic, and salt. Bring to boiling. Simmer, covered, till meat is tender, about 1 1/2-2 hours.

Cover and refrigerate. When cold, skim fat from surface. Pour stew mixture into three 1-quart freezer containers. Seal, label, and freeze.

Makes 3
quarts.

NOTES : Prepare this stew mixture in quantity and freeze. Then, use it to prepare any of the recipes provided (Beef Pie, Old-Fashioned Stew, German Stew or Shortcut Stew.)

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