Awesome Beef Stew

Ingredients

3/4 cup Italian Dressing
2 lb beef in 1 in chunks
6 slices of bacon
1 large onion
3 cups sliced mushrooms
3 cups sliced carrots
3 medium potatoes cubed
1 14.5 oz can stewed tomatoes
1 14.5 oz can beef broth

Directions

1. Trim excess fat from meat and cut into even 1-inch chunks
2. Place dressing and beef in large resealable plastic bag. Refrigerate 30 min. to marinate.
3. Cook bacon in large pot on medium heat 5 min. or until crisp. Remove bacon from pot using slotted spoon.
4. Drain excess bacon fat
5. Add onion and mushroom to pot; cook on medium-high heat 10 min or until softened. Add beef with marinade, carrots, potatoes, tomatoes with their liquid, broth and bacon to pot.
6. Bring to boil, stirring occasionally. Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer 1 hour and 15 min. Uncover and simmer 15 min.

I did not put the mushrooms in and only used half the onion, I also used twice as much broth.