Ragu

Ok so this one has taken me awhile to get up but Carley keeps reminding me to get it done and I have finally gotten the pic downloaded.

So this is a recipe that my family has had around for years passed down from my grandma. My dad changed it to a clean recipe, taking out the baking potatoes and adding sweet potatoes during our last clean eating challenge and it worked out great.

This one is perfect for a bulk meal either lots of people or portioned into several different meals for those of us with crazy busy schedules (which is really all of us isn't it!) Great for freezing, and storing for later!

Ingredients:

2 lbs stewing beef or steaks cut into cubes

2 large sweet potates peeled and sliced thin

1 sweet onion sliced

1 lbs bag of baby carrots

1 package of bacon

1-2 tablespoons plus chopped garlic

lots of salt and pepper

cut the bacon into small pieces and fry on med high in a stewing pot with the garlic and onions until the bacon is cooked and the onions are soft and browning. Stir this constantly so it doesn't burn or brown too fast. You want the bacon and onions to make the bottom of the pot brown and sticky with cooked grease (this is the good stuff!)

You can choose to empty some of the fat from the bacon but I like the flavor and leave most if not all of it in. Add all the beef and brown all sides adding salt and pepper throughout. when the beef is totally browned and mostly cooked add the carrots and the potatoes about 3/4 cups water to cover the bottom of the pot and more salt and pepper.

Turn the temp down to medium low cover with a lid and let the water steam the carrots and potatoes. Check on it every once in awhile and stir them around. Waiting for the carrots and potatoes to be softened. Remove the lid when they get soft turn the temp up a little, just enough to boil the water down a little (5 minutes or so) to thicken up the broth.

YUMMY!!