Kitchen Sink Stew

This recipe was born from necessity. I had the ingredients and was craving a soup or stew. So using things that are always on hand in my kitchen, here is Kitchen Sink Stew. Serves 6. 229 calories, 19 g protein and 3 g of fat!

Here's the recipe:

96/4 Ground Beef - 1 lb
Russet potatoes - 2 medium diced
Green Peppers - .5 cup chopped
Red peppers -.5 Cup chopped
Red onion - .25 Cup chopped
Stewed Italian Style tomatoes (with oregano and basil) - 1 small can
Water -6 Cups
Beef bouillion cube - 1
Worcestershire - 1 TBSP
Ground thyme - 1 TBSP
Ketchup - 1/2 Cup
Spicy brown mustard - 3 TBSP
Corn starch - 2 TBSP

Start with the water, cold, and place potatoes in and bring to a boil. Use a dutch oven or large soup pot. Meanwhile, in a skillet sautee veggies until tender then add ground beef and brown. Season with salt and pepper the way you like it. Tip: GO EASY ON SALT. There is lots of sodium in beef bouillion cubes. Once potatoes are boiling pour out about half the water, keeping potatoes in the pot, so be careful. Add cube. You can sub a can of beef broth. Just pour out more water to compensate for the liquid.  Keep boiling and stirring until the cube is dissolved. Add in veggies, beef and tomatoes. Next add the rest of the ingredients except corn starch. Once it is all boiling reduce it to a simmer. Remove part of the liquid to a small bowl and add cornstarch. Blend them well until the starch dissolves. Pour back into soup. I brought it back to a boil then reduced back to simmer. Let it hang out for a while. Maybe 30-45 minutes. This is the kind meal you can get creative with ingredients. Add more veggies, maybe hot sauce or throw in some spinach at the end just to wilt it down.
The Spicy brown mustard made all the difference in flavor to my family. Enjoy!