Britt's Beef Stew

1 lb (ish) stew meat
3 carrots (chopped)
3 small-med potatos(chopped)
1 large onion (chopped)
2 T. olive oil
2 T. butter
3-4 T. flour
splash white cooking wine
3 c. beef stock
3 T. tomato paste
1/4 t. basil
1/4 t. thyme
1/4 t. oregano
couple dashes parsley
2 dashes Worcestershire sauce
Salt and Pepper to taste


Heat oil and butter in saute pan. Sear beef seasoned with salt, pepper, garlic powder and Essence. (emril's homemade seasoning blend. can find on foodnetwork.com). once seared, sprinkle flour over the meat and cook for 2 min. dump meat into a slow cooker. add chopped veggies to same saute pan and saute for 3 min or so. then add a little stock and the white wine to de-glaze the pan. (scrape the bits off the bottom of pan) then dump all veggies and juice from saute pan into crock pot. add remaining ingredients to crock pot and stir.
Cook on low for 6-8 hours.