Recipe: Meatball Stew

Title: Meatball Stew
Categories: Ground beef Main dish Meatballs Meats Vegetable
Servings: 4

1 ea Recipe Of Basic Meatballs; *
4 ea Carrots; Md, **
2 ea Celery Stalks; ***
3 ea Potatoes; Md, ****
16 oz Stewed Tomatoes; 1 Cn
1 t Salt
1 t Instant Beef Bouillon
1/8 t Pepper
1 ea Bay Leaf
3/4 c Water

* See Recipe 12.
** Carrots should be scraped and cut into 1-inch
pieces. *** Celery should be cut into 1-inch pieces
with strings removed. **** Potatoes should be pared
and cut into 1-inch dice.
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~----------------- Prepare basic meatballs except --
cook in a Dutch oven. Drain off excess fat. Add the
remaining ingredients and heat to boiling. Reduce the
heat, cover and simmer, stirring occasionally, until
the vegetables are tender, about 40 minutes. Remove
the bay leaf and serve. NOTE:
You can substitute 1 24-oz package of frozen stew
vegetables for stew for the carrots, celery and
potatoes.