Country Beef Ragout (corrected)

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CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Vegetables, Meats	Dutch	Eat-lf mail, Main dishes, Potatoes, Salad dress	6	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1 1/2	lb	Round steak, lean and
		boneless
2	T	All-purpose flour
1/4	t	Salt
1/2	t	Pepper, divided
		Vegetable cooking spray
1	t	Vegetable oil
1 1/2	c	Chopped onion
1 1/2	c	Beef stock
1	c	Prune juice
1/2	t	Dried whole thyme
2	c	Round red potatoes
		peeled/diced
1	c	Sliced carrots
2	T	Lemon juice

INSTRUCTIONS

Trim fat from steaks. Cut steaks into 3/4 " cubes. Combine flour  ,salt
and 1/4 tsp. pepper in a large, heavy-duty zip-top plastic bag.  Add
steak, shaking well to coat; set aside Coat a large Dutch oven  with
cooking spray; add oil, and place over Medium-High heat until  hot. Add
steak; cook 4 minutes or until browned. Add onion; cook 3  minutes. Add
remaining 1/4 tsp. pepper, stock, prune juice and thyme;  bring to a
boil. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 30 minutes. Add  potato and
remaining ingredients. Cover and cook 1 hour or until  tender, stirring
occasionally.  Yield: 6 cups.  Per 1 1/2 cup serving: 4-5 calories, 8.4
g. fat, 97 mg. cholesterol.  MC formatting by Roberta Banghart
<bobbi744@sojourn.com>  Recipe by: Cooking Light Card Posted to Digest
eat-lf.v097.n110 by  Roberta Banghart <bobbi744@sojourn.com> on Apr 24,
1997

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“Let Him therefore send and do what He will. By His grace, if we are His, we will face it, bow to it, accept it, and give thanks for it. God’s Providence is always executed in the ‘wisest manner’ possible. We are often unable to see and understand the reasons and causes for specific events in our lives, in the lives of others, or in the history of the world. But our lack of understanding does not prevent us from believing God. #Don Fortner”

Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 375 Calories From Fat: 173 Total Fat: 19.1g Cholesterol: 115mg Sodium: 696mg Potassium: 808mg Carbohydrates: 12.7g Fiber: 1.4g Sugar: 4.1g Protein: 36.1g