Beef and Vegetable Stew | Bush Cooking

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons oil (or butter)
• 4 pounds beef
• 1 large yellow onion (diced)
• 2 stalks celery (sliced)
• 1 leek (quartered and sliced)
• 1 tablespoon tomato paste
• 4 cups beef stock (or broth)
• 1 teaspoon thyme
• 6 cups winter vegetables (cubed such as carrot, potatoes, turnip, rutabaga, and/or parsnip)
• salt and pepper (to taste)