Diabetic Easy Oven Stew

3/4 lb Boneless beef round steak,

-trimmed and cubed 1 tb Cooking oil

4 ea Medium un peeled potatoes,

-cut into 1" cubes 5 ea Medium carrots, cut into

-1 1/2` chunks 1 ea Celery rib cut into 1"

-chunks 1 ea Large onion cut into 1"

-chunks 1 cn Chunky stewed tomatoes

-(14 1/2 oz size) 3 tb Quick cooking tapioca

1 ts Browning sauce

Pepper 1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon 1 c Frozen peas

In a Dutch oven, brown the steak in oil. Add the next eight ingredients; cover and bake at 300 degrees for 4-5 hours, stirring twice. Add the peas during the last 30 minutes of baking. One serving = 2 starch, 2 vegetable, 1 meat; also 263 calories, 257mg sodium, 33 mg cholesterol, 38mg carbohydrate, 17gm protein, 5gm fat. Recipe by Rita Zagrzebski as published in DEC/JAN 95 "Taste of Home" magazine.