Beef Stew - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 can tomatoes with juice
4 carrots, peeled and cut up
3 onions, quartered
3 to 4 stalks celery, cut up
1 can beef broth or 2 to 3 beef envelopes with 1 1/2 c. water
1/3 c. tapioca (Minute, not Pearl)
1 tsp. instant coffee
1 1/2 lb. stew meat
salt, pepper, garlic powder and Italian seasoning to taste (at least 1 1/2 tsp. each)

Preparation

Put ingredients in crock-pot on low.
Cook all day (everything at once).
Great for working wives!!