slow cooker beef tortellini soup

This was a pretty regular stew type soup. It gets 4 stars because all children ate it without complaint. DH added hot sauce to his for more flavor. It comes from Nov '03 Betty Crocker cookbook magazine as well, with some switches for my family. I forgot to take a picture until we were dishing seconds. Oops. It isn't the prettiest picture in the world, but the stew was pretty good.


Ingredients

• 1 1/2 lb beef stew meat. (I had chuck roast that I cut up.)
• 1 onion, chopped
• 2 carrots sliced
• 1 stalk celery, sliced
• 1 tsp. minced garlic
• 2 tsp sugar
• 1 14.5 oz. can diced tomatoes, undrained
• 2 10.5 oz cans condensed beef consomme
• 1 tsp dried basil
• 2 cups frozen cheese-filled tortellini
• 1 can green beans (drained)

Directions

1. Add beef, onion, carrot, celery, garlic, sugar, tomatoes, and beef consomme, and basil to slow cooker. Stir.
2. Cover and cook on low heat setting 8 to 9 hours.
3. About 25 minutes before serving stir in frozen tortellini and green beans. Cook on High about 25 minutes or until tortellini are cooked.