Beef Stew - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb. stew meat
1 medium onion
1 c. water
1/3 c. flour
5 carrots
5 potatoes
1 tsp. salt
1 1/2 tsp. basil
1 tsp. paprika
1/8 tsp. sage
1/8 tsp. thyme
2 Tbsp. vegetable oil
2 Tbsp. margarine

Preparation

Cut stew meat in bite-sized pieces.
In clean sandwich bags, combine flour, salt, paprika and sage.
Crush basil and thyme; add to flour.
Shake well to mix.
Put stew meat in flour mixture and shake until meat is covered.