This is my absolutely FAVORITE recipe that I saved to my recipe box. I try to watch what I eat, and this recipe provides a strong, rich taste of a "unhealthy dish" without all of the added carbs and fat. Two things I do when I make this recipe - replace the ground beef with ground turkey meat, use tons of fresh basil instead of dried ground basil. The basil leaves end up leaving an incredible flavor, and are very tasty.

Reviewed On: Sep. 3, 2009

This is my absolute favorite beef stew recipe! I add red wine to the recipe and cook everything in a pressure cooker (I don't know if a dutch oven and pressure cooker are the same thing).

Reviewed On: Oct. 29, 2008

This was a great recipe, but I found I had to simplify it further for my tastes. I left off the salt (I was already using V8 low sodium for the tomato juice), left off the butter, and left off the sugar. The tomato base seemed sweet enough to not need anything added. Great and simple recipe, and great for the fall!

Reviewed On: Sep. 27, 2008