Dom Deluise's Vegetable Stew

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 4 tablespoons olive oil
• 4 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 onions, sliced
• 4 carrots, peeled and cut into 1 inch pieces
• 2 celery ribs, cut into 1/2 inch pieces
• 2 large potatoes, peeled and cut into small cubes
• 2 cups frozen peas
• 1 (28 ounce) can stewed tomatoes
• 1 (28 ounce) can crushed tomatoes
• 1 teaspoon oregano
• 8 leaves fresh basil, coarsely chopped
• 10 -12 mushrooms, quartered
• pepper

Recipe

• 1 in a large pan, gently heat the oil, add the garlic and onions. saute for a few minutes.
• 2 then add the carrots and celery, potatoes, both kinds of tomatoes, pepper, oregano and basil; cover and simmer for 40 minutes or until the carrots and potatoes are just tender. (note: mine took about an hour).
• 3 then add mushrooms and peas and allow the stew to cook for 5 minutes more.