Summers End Stew

Ingredients

1 1/2 lb stew beef
1 tb cooking oil
12 tomatoes
2 c tomato juice
1 clove garlic
1/2 ts pepper
2 ts salt
5 slices carrots
2 c corn
2 c green beans
2 c peas
3 celery stalks
1 summer squash
1/4 c parsley
1 t sugar

Instructions

Keywords: green, diabetic In a dutch oven, brown meat in oil over medium high heat. Add tomatoes, tomato juice or water, onions, garlic, pepper, and salt, if desired. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer for 1 hour. Add potatoes, carrots, corn, green beans, peas, and celery. Cover and simmer 30 minutes. Add squash simmer 10-15 minutes or until meat and vegetables are tender. Stir in Diabetic Exchanges: One cup without added salt equals 1 meat, 1 starch, 2 vegetable; also 189 Calories, 170 mg sodium, 32 mg cholesterol, 22 mg carbohydrate, 13 gm protein, 6 gm fat. SOURCE: Country Magazine Aug/Sept 92, Laura Garton, Lenox, MA SHARED BY:Jim Bodle 8/92