Linda'S Beef Stew - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 lbs stew meat
6 -8 potatoes, peeled, and quartered
2 large onions, halved, and then sliced
4 stalks celery, diced
6 carrots, sliced thin
salt and pepper, to taste

Preparation

Brown stew beef in a small amount of oil.
Put meat and onions in a pot covered with water. Add salt and pepper to taste, and cook for 2 hrs, adding more water, if needed, as meat cooks.
After cooking for 2 hrs., add the vegetables, and cook another 1/2 hours.
Serve, or if you like the gravy thick follow directions below.
You may thicken the juice by adding 2 T. of corn starch to 1/2 cup cold water and mix, then pour into pan.
Stir, and let cook for a few minutes to thicken to desired consistency.
Serve.