Beef, Mushroom and Carrot Stew

I found this recipe on www.CookingLight.com, which is one of the ones I use regularly when searching for something new to try. I did not need to do much adapting to it, save I used grapeseed oil instead of olive oil, I used less flour, and I used a really lean roast and cut it into bite-sized pieces.

Ingredients

1 tablespoon grapeseed oil oil, divided
1 pound small cremini mushrooms
Cooking spray
2 cups chopped onion
3 garlic cloves, minced
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
2 pounds bite-sized pieces of really lean beef
3/4 teaspoon sea salt, divided
1 cup dry red wine
1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme
2 (14-ounce) cans less-sodium beef broth
1 bay leaf
2 cups cubed peeled white or red potato
1 cup (1-inch) sliced carrots
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground red, black, green and white peppercorn mix

Preparation
Heat 1 teaspoon olive oil in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add mushrooms, and sauté for 5 minutes or until mushrooms begin to brown. Spoon mushrooms into a large bowl. Lightly coat pan with cooking spray. Add onion; sauté 10 minutes or until tender and golden brown. Add garlic; sauté 1 minute. Add onion mixture to mushroom mixture.

Place flour in a shallow bowl or pie plate. Dredge beef in flour, shaking off excess. Heat remaining 2 teaspoons oil in pan over medium-high heat. Add half of beef mixture; sprinkle with 1/8 teaspoon salt. Cook 6 minutes, browning on all sides. Add browned beef to mushroom mixture. Repeat procedure with remaining beef mixture and 1/8 teaspoon salt.

Add 1 cup wine to pan, scraping pan to loosen browned bits. Add thyme, broth, and bay leaf; bring to a boil. Stir in beef mixture. Cover, reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer for 1 hour or until beef is just tender.

Stir in potato and carrot. Simmer, uncovered, 30 minutes to 1 hour or until beef and vegetables are very tender and sauce is thick, stirring occasionally. Stir in remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt and pepper. Discard bay leaf. Garnish with thyme sprigs, if desired.

8 servings

Adapted	Unadapted
Calories 215	Calories 303
Total Fat 5.5	Total Fat 9.8
Sat Fat   1.4 g	Sat Fat   3.2 g
Poly Fat 1.4 g	Poly Fat 0.6 g
Mono Fat 1.6 g	Mono Fat 4.7 g
Cholesterol 50 mg	Cholesterol 71 mg
Sodium 303 mg	Sodium 494 mg
Total Carbs 16 g	Total Carbs 26.8 g
Fiber 2.5 g	Fiber 2.3 g
Sugar 1.7 g	Sugars ? g
Protein 26 g	Protien 26 g