Country French Beef Stew

This was delicious! I realized as I was making it that I didn't have any thyme, so I would like to add that in next time. Also tip to speed it up - because I was getting it in the crock pot an hour late, I slow cooked it 4 hours and then cooked in on high for the last two hours, adding the mushrooms and sun-dried tomatoes in the last 20 mins and keeping it on high. Instead of serving on noodles, I took another reviewers' suggestion and put it over a baked potato. I think it tastes great even on its own!

This was amazing! I used smoke turkey bacon wish blended really well. Because of time and very little bacon grease I did not brown the beef. I also omitted the julienne-cut sun-dried tomatoes. The egg noodles was a great accompaniment and most of my family had it that way, my husband however, had his with a baked potato and my son in a bread bowl. High thumbs up by all!