March 13th, 2013 
Celebrate this St.Patrick’s day with an easy traditional Irish stew. Fix it and forget it. By the time you make it back home, you will have discovered the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. A delicioius dinner ready to enjoy.
Photo Credit: tastefoodblog.com
Ingredients
- 2 pounds of beet stew meat, cut into 1 to 2 inch cubes
- 2 tablespoons flour
- 2 cups dark beer
- 1 6oz jar of tomato paste
- 1/2 onion, cut into 1 inch pieces
- 1 clove of garlic, coarsly chopped
- 1 tablespoon of dried thyme or 2 to 3 fresh springs
- 4 to 5 carrots, chopped into 1 inch pieces
- 1 pound of chopped, new potatoes
- 2 parsnips, cut into 1 inch pieces
- 1/2 cup of flat leaf parsely, finely chopped, or 1 tablespoon dried parsely
Instructions:
- Placeall ingredients into your slow cooker and add the 2 cups of beer
- Cook on low for 8 hours or on high for 4
- It can stay on the warm setting for several hours after it is done, if you have a cooker that automatically switches to the warm setting once it is done cooking
