Cowboy Stew Recipe

1 lb. ground beef

1 large onion and 3 mushrooms, chopped

1 large bell pepper, chopped

1 clove of garlic, chopped

3 ribs of celery, chopped

1 or 2 cans of ranch style beans

1 can of whole corn (I use a frozen bag of corn)

2 cans of tomato sauce

3 large gold potatoes, diced small

1 Tbsp. chili powder

salt and pepper to taste

pince of basil and/or oregano

Brown the first six ingredients in a heavy pan. When cooked, add the remaining ingredients and cook over a medium heat until the potatoes are tender.

***Serve over brown rice. Cornbread, crackers, sour cream, shredded cheese and chives are all optional additions. 

One of my absolute worst pet peeves is having to scroll to the end of a blog to actually find the recipe that I was looking for, so I gave it to you right up front. You are welcome to try it, share it out and be sure to let me know how yours turned out. My dad would be so pleased to hear responses of his Cowboy stew. Who wouldn’t want to sit down to a big bowl of cowboy stew? It is the aroma of home for me. My dad, ever the gracious cook, makes comfort foods to fight away anything life throws at us. If we are having a bad day, my dad can fix our heartache and tears with a few cans of this and that…combined with his homemade biscuits…you’ll forget why you were upset in the first place. He really is one of a kind. I will post the biscuit recipe and photos at a different time.

 

Cowboys are gentlemen who treat women with respect and work hard. They use their manners more than any other man would and a true cowboy knows love, pain and shame but never cares about fame.

-Anonymous

Now, my dad may not ride horses and herd cattle but he has the heart of a romantic southern gentleman. 

“To make a point of declaring friendship is to cheapen it. For men’s emotions are very rarely put into words successfully. ”
— Hunter S. Thompson (The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967)

That is one thing Dad has never had to do, he never has to declare he loves you to the world, though he is capable of that….you just know he loves you and he cooks to prove it. Thankful I got to spend a few minutes in the kitchen with him today. There will definitely be more to come. You can check out our first video below. We had so much fun trying to make a video. I promise they can only get better! 

 

Watch the video here:  Cowboy Stew with Dad 

 

 

 

We had fun! It was so easy. Please let us know if you make this recipe and what you think!