Slow Cooker Beef Stew

Ingredients:

1.5 - 2 lbs of beef stew meat (leaner the better), the kind that is in bite size pieces
2 (1.25 oz) dry onion soup mix packages
1 Tablespoon of paprika
3 medium russet potatoes(2 cups), cut into a bit larger than bit size
1 small package of baby carrots (2 cups)
1 medium onion (1 cup), chopped (not diced)
2 (10 oz.) cans of cream of celery soup
1 cup of ketchup

Mix the onion soup mix and paprika in a gallon size Ziploc bag.  Add the meat, zip the bag shut (leaving a bubble of air) and shake until the cows come home (ok--- shake until the seasoning is evenly distributed).

In a 7 quart slow cooker, spray the inside with cooking spray.  Add the meat until the bottom of slow cooker is distributed. Add the vegetables on top (if you can mix them up but don't disturb the meat layer when you do).

In a medium bowl, mix the celery soup and ketchup together.  It looks questionable but it turns out delicious.  Add the mix to the top of the vegetables.  Put the lid on and cook on low for 8 hours.

Enjoy!

*You may be able to freeze the leftovers.  Worth a try because this makes a huge batch, probably feeds at least 8.