I’m a fan of the CrockPot Slow Cooker and single pan/pot meals, and this vegetable beef soup is no exception. It’s an easy-to-put-together recipe, and you can cook it all day when it’s super cold in the RV.
Five Ingredients make up this recipe.
1 pound of stir fry beef
1 pound of seasoned fajita beef strips
1/2 cup of flour with seasonings for the stir fry beef
Chupacabra Brisket Rub
McCormick’s Montreal Steak Seasoning
Weber Seasonings Cowboy Seasoning
1/2 cup of flour without seasonings for the seasoned beef strips
1 Can Hunt’s Diced Tomatoes – Roasted Garlic
1 Package of PictSweet Vegetable Soup Mix
4 Boullion Cubes or 1 Can of Beef Broth
Instructions:
Add two cups of water to the bottom of the crock pot, four bullion cubes, and set the crock pot to high.
Add diced tomatoes to the crock pot as it is heating.
Flour the beef and brown in two tablespoons of olive oil.
Add browned beef and vegetable soup mix to the crock pot.
Top off the crock pot with water and stir until well-mixed.
Cook on high for two hours and then reduce to low for the last three hours.
This beef stew is a stick-to-your-ribs meal that pairs well with a Coors – The Original Banquet Beer – and either Pillsbury Crescent Rolls or King’s Hawaiian Sweet Hawaiian Rolls. I enjoy it on cold or rainy days in the RV and it’s easy to put together even on work days when you can’t get away from the phone or the computer. It’s an easy prep and just let it cook in the Crockpot Slow Cooker all day.
Recipe
2 1/2 pounds of Beef Stew Meat
1 pound of Honey Gold Bite Sized Potatoes
8 ounces of Baby Carrots
8 ounces Sliced Baby Bella Mushrooms
1 Large Yellow Onion
1 Can Cream of Mushroom Soup
1 Can Beefy Mushroom Soup
1 Pouch Mushroom Onion Soup
3 Beef Boullion Cubes
3 or 4 Bay Leaves
1 to 2 teaspoons of Minced Garlic
1 Cup Flour
Seasonings
Chupacabra Brisket Rub
Nature’s Seasonings
McCormick Cowboy Seasoning
McCormick Montreal Steak Seasoning
1/2 cup to 1 cup Canola Oil
Instructions
Pour 1/2 cup to 1 cup of canola oil into the pan and start it heating. I use setting 5 on my propane stove in the RV.
Put one cup of flour into a gallon Ziploc bag and add seasonings to the flour at your chosen quantities. I liberally use Chupacabra and Nature’s Seasonings then finish up with Cowboy and Montreal Steak to get the flavor I enjoy.
Put all stew meat into the Ziploc bag and shake till all pieces are coated evenly with flour.
Set the Crockpot to high, pour the can of Cream of Mushroom Soup into the Crockpot, and add one can of water.
Pour the Beefy Mushroom Soup into the Crockpot and add another can of water.
Add the pouch of Mushroom Onion Soup for flavor
Brown meat in the oil until 90% to 95% done and add to the Crockpot.
Add minced garlic, bay leaves, and bouillon cubes, and let the stew simmer for about an hour in the Crockpot.
Quarter the onion and add to the stew. It will separate as it cooks
Cut potatoes into halves and add to the stew
Add carrots to the stew
Add mushrooms to the stew
Let simmer on high for three to four hours and it will be ready to serve.
When I started planning the Summer RV Tour 2023 trip, there were several places I wanted to visit, and my goal was to not have to drive more than 600 miles on weekends between work weeks. I knew I had to be in Alcova, Wyoming for a fishing trip on Saturday, May 13, and I didn’t close on Birdie Bea until March 31. That meant I had to make sure the RV had all its maintenance completed and I had to leave Belmont no later than April 22. With my personal requirement to be anchored no later than 4:00pm every day, I would have to take into account two very hard weekends of driving in excess of 800 miles.
What planning application do I use for my RV Trips?
For my trips, I use a number of sources to determine sights and other places of interest that I want to enjoy during my trips. As far as planning my trip, I use RV Life’s RV Trip Wizard which is a subscription based application to plan all my trips. It has all the right tools and it sets safe routes based on the size of Birdie Bea at 13′ 6″ tall and about 55′ long with Rosie in tow. RV Trip Wizard gives me everything I need to plan my trips.
Setting up a trip with RV Trip Wizard – Summer RV Tour 2023
Once you have logged into RV Trip Wizard, you will see a screen that looks similar to this:
You will click Create Trip and set up your trip information by inputting the trip name and when you plan to leave.
Knowing that I had to be in Alcova, Wyoming by 5/13/2023, I found a campground that would work in that area first. So, that I knew how much distance I had to cover by the arrival date. In looking at the Alcova area, there were four campgrounds to choose from.
Once you pull up the region, you can start looking at the campground details by clicking on one of the four campgrounds in the RV Life Trip Wizard GUI.
By clicking on Park Details, you can then see if this location will suit your needs and you will also be able to read reviews.
Once you determine if that campground is the choice, you will need to click Add to your trip and set the dates.
After you add your first stop, then you can start filling in the other stops along your way based on your preferences. At the end, your trip will look much like this one with distances, driving times, and other pertinent information related to your trip.
As you can see, the first three weeks of the trip had very long legs, but once I made Alcova, the trip distances started shortening to spend more time exploring areas of interest.
In conclusion, RV Trip Wizard is my go to tool for planning my RV tours because it has all the information I need in one convenient location. Check it out here.
