Sandi's Crock Pot Vegetarian Stew With Dumplings

Total Time: 9 hrs Cook Time: 9 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 onion, minced
• 2 stalks celery, diced
• 1 -2 garlic clove, minced
• 4 potatoes, diced
• 3 medium carrots, diced
• 1/2 cup peas
• 1/2 cup corn
• 1/2 cup green beans
• 1/2 cup sliced mushrooms
• 3 cups vegetable broth
• 3 cups water (more if needed)
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• 8 ounces stewed tomatoes (optional) or 8 ounces fresh diced tomatoes (optional)
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 tablespoon fresh parsley
• salt and pepper
• dumplings
• 2 cups unbleached flour
• 1 1/2 tablespoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cups soymilk or 1 1/2 cups rice milk
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley (may use dried, if desired)

Recipe

• 1 put all ingredients into crock pot in the morning, cooking on low all day (8 - 10 hours). if desired, you may thicken the broth with a tablespoons of cornstarch mixed into a little water.
• 2 note: turn up to high, allow broth to bubble, then add cornstarch mixture or dumplings. dumplings will take longer to cook in the crock pot.
• 3 mix lightly then drop by tablespoon into simmering stew, cover and cook for 15 minutes.
• 4 note: by adding a little less milk and/or a little more flour, you can have drop biscuits (omit parsley, if desired). add your favorite herbs for delicious herb dumplings/biscuits.
• 5 oh yeah do not peek.