Basic Crockpot Beef Stew

Ingredients:

• 2 lbs stew meat
• 1 6oz can tomato paste
• 1/2 large onion
• 5 celery stalks
• 5 carrots
• 32oz vegetable stock
• pink himalayan salt and pepper
• 1 tbsp fresh ginger, minced
• 2 tbsp coconut aminos

Directions:

1. Layer stew meat (chopped into chunks) in bottom of crockpot.
2. Season lightly with pink salt and pepper.
3. In a small bowl, mix tomato paste and coconut aminos until paste is lighter and spreadable.
4. Spread mixture evenly across top of meat and sprinkle minced ginger on top.
5. Chop onions, celery, and carrots into medium sized chunks.
6. Layer veggies across top of meat in pot.
7. Fill crockpot with vegetable stock until it is covering meat and all veggies.
8. Cook on high for 4-6 hours.