Italian Sausage And Beef Stew - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb stewing beef
1 lb mild Italian sausage
2 onions, sliced
1 garlic clove, minced
1 green pepper, cut in strips
3 -4 potatoes, peeled and cut up
2 (15 1/2 ounce) cans kidney beans, drained
salt and pepper
1 cup beef broth
basil

Preparation

Cut sausage into round slices, and stew beef into smaller, bite-size pieces.
Brown sausage, then meat, in garlic.
Saute onions in same pan.
Put meats, onions, potatoes, pepper and kidney beans into Dutch oven. Sprinkle with salt, pepper, and a generous amount of basil. Stir to mix ingredients, and pour broth (or bouillion dissolved in 1 cup water) over all.
Cook in a 350 degree oven for 1 hour.