To make this stew in the slow cooker or crockpot after browning the meat, put all the ingredients into the slow cooker and cook on high for 3-4 hrs or on low for 5-6 hrs. Add in the cornflour ...

Sear the beef (in batches, adding more olive oil if necessary), along with the pearl onions, until well-browned, 2 or 3 minutes per side. Place the seared meat and onions in the crock pot.

The dense cakes won`t pass for homemade, but if you`re satisfied with cake mix quality results, it is hard to resist a cake that takes a mere 4 1/2 minutes to cook.

A savory beef stew, plopped on top of buttery mashed potatoes (or polenta, noodles or rice), is soothing like that. Image Red onions add a bit of sweetness to the stew.

Total time: 2 hours, 45 minutes; the beef needs to be seasoned between 1 and 24 hours in advance Servings: 6 Note: Adapted from Alice Waters' "The Art of Simple Food." ...

I never ate beef stew when growing up — or at least not the American kind you see on those Campbell’s Chunky Soup labels. The closest thing my Ukrainian immigrant mother ever made was a flour ...