Fall Stew

It seems like a good time to make a stew. I start with 1 or 2 pounds of beef I brown it in a little olive oil. You can add a little sausage or Bacon cut it up and brown it with the beef. Then I put in the water or you could use broth Chicken oe Beef. I put in Onion Soup mix with salt,pepper basil. One can of Tomtoes diced. Cook tell almost done about and hour before done. Then add onion about 1/2 and celery. About 1/2 hr. before done add carrots and any other Vegethable that you want in the stew. Before it done I put some corn starch in a little water and thicken it.
I fix brown rice and put it in a bowl just before I serve