Mom's Basic Vegetable Beef Stew Recipe

Pour in enough olive oil into a large stockpot to coat the bottom; add 1 onion carrots garlic red pepper flakes Greek seasoning rosemary thyme basil Italian seasoning bay leaf salt and pepper. Cook and stir onion mixture over medium heat until onion is softened and lightly browned about 15 minutes.

Pour diced tomatoes over onion mixture; add ground beef breaking apart with a wooden spoon and stir. Bring liquid to a boil and cook until ground beef is cooked through and carrots are tender about 10 minutes.

Stir potatoes remaining onion and celery into tomato mixture and cook until potatoes are tender 15 to 20 minutes. Remove stockpot from heat and let sit 20 to 30 minutes.