Savory Swiss Steak - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 lbs round steaks, approx. 1-inch thick (or cube steak as I use)
2 carrots, peeled and grated
2 celery ribs, finely chopped
1 onion, finely chopped
1/4 cup flour
2 teaspoons dry mustard
16 ounces canned diced tomatoes
salt and pepper, to taste
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons oil
2 teaspoons brown sugar (or sucanat)

Preparation

Cut round steak or cube steak into 6 or more serving size pieces.
Salt and pepper steak pieces.
Combine flour and dried mustard; then coat steak pieces with flour mixture.
Using a large frying pan, brown the meat in 1 tablespoon of oil and 1 tablespoon of butter.
Transfer to a crock pot.
Heat remaining oil and butter in the same frying pan.
Add onion, carrots, and celery. Saute until vegetables are glazed.
Add tomatoes, Worcestershire, and sugar. Heat, scraping up drippings from bottom of pan.
Pour vegetable mixture over the meat in the crock pot.
Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours, or until tender.
Serve meat with vegetable sauce over top. Sprinkle with chopped parsley as garnish, if desired.
Note: I won't claim that this is the most beautiful looking dish in the world but even the kids loved it once they got past their initial wrinkled nose inspections. It sure does smell good while cooking though.