Diabetic Easy Oven Stew

Ingredients

3/4 lb beef round steak
1 tb cooking oil
4 un potatoes
5 carrots
2 1/2 chunks
1 celery rib
1 onion
1 package chunky stewed tomatoes
14 1/2 size
3 tb quick cooking tapioca
1 ts browning sauce
1 c peas

Instructions

In a Dutch oven, brown the steak in oil. Add the next eight ingredients; cover and bake at 300 degrees for 4-5 hours, stirring twice. Add the peas during the last 30 minutes of baking. One serving = 2 starch, 2 vegetable, 1 meat; also 263 calories, 257mg sodium, 33 mg cholesterol, 38mg carbohydrate, 17gm protein, 5gm fat. Recipe by Rita Zagrzebski as published in DEC/JAN 95 "Taste of Home" magazine.