Gaston beef stew

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Mom's stew.

Ingredients

2lbs beef
1 and 1/2 cloves chopped garlic
1 large chopped onion
1 cup beef/chicken stock
1 cup tomato sauce
pepper
cumin/spices
1/4 cup chopped parsley
bay leaf
6 medium pared quartered potatoes (canned are good)
6 chopped carrots
1 stalk chopped celery

Instructions

Brown the meat over high heat w/ olive oil. Sprinkle with seasoned flour (salt/pepper). In heavy saucepan, add all other ingredients and simmer for 2-3 hours. During last hour of cooking add 1/2 cup dry white? wine. Separately, cook vegetables until almost tender - add these to the beef in the last 15 minutes of cooking.