Supreme-trying stew! I dusted my stew meat in seasoned flour and browned it in olive oil earlier than striking it in the crock pot. I added some issues-chopped onion, celery, more carrots (6), recent sliced mushrooms, 6 minced garlic cloves reasonably than the powder, Worcestershire sauce, pepper, Emeril’s Essence, seasoned salt, and a bay leaf. I feeble pink meat consomme reasonably than the broth. I feeble Enormous Northern white beans and I added in some recent minced parsley when I put them in. If the stew is too soupy for you, the flouring /browning meat step will abet and one other expansive tip is : when adding the beans, catch away a quarter of them and mash them with a potato masher earlier than striking them in the crock pot with the relaxation of the beans. This may per chance thicken the stew neatly. I advocate the usage of the wine reasonably than the water, as Parsley did. I served this with crusty sourdough rolls. My complete family LOVED it and I will create this again for certain-so simple and economical too! Thanks!