Simple Stew
“I love a one pot dish. It makes dinner time so much easier as there is less cooking and less washing up! This is a budget friendly recipe perfect for a chilly evening.”
Prep time - 10 minutes
Cook time - 40 minutes
Difficulty - Easy
Serves / makes - 3-4 portions
Ingredients
300g onions
300g potatoes
300g carrots
150g split dried peas
2t stock powder or 1 stock cube
1/2t salt
1t fresh thyme leaves
Freshly ground black pepper, to taste
Enough water to cover the ingredients
Equipment
Peeler
A large saucepan with a lid
Method
Cut the top off the onions and remove the skin. Slice them as finely as possible, they need to be cut fine.
Peel the potatoes and cut them into large pieces, about 3cm square. Cut the carrots into smaller pieces, about 1.5 cm wide.
Put the onions, potatoes, carrots, peas, stock, salt, thyme leaves, pepper and water. Heat the pan, on a high heat, with the lid on. Once it starts bubbling lower the heat to low-medium.
Allow the stew to cook for around 40 minutes, until the peas are soft. Lower the heat until you are ready to serve the stew.
This recipe is perfect for batch cooking as it freezes very well.
Simple Stew

Ingredients
- 300g onions
- 300g potatoes
- 300g carrots
- 150g split dried peas
- 2t stock powder or 1 stock cube
- 1/2t salt
- 1t fresh thyme leaves
- Freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- Enough water to cover the ingredients
Method
- Cut the top off the onions and remove the skin. Slice them as finely as possible, they need to be cut fine.
- Peel the potatoes and cut them into large pieces, about 3cm square. Cut the carrots into smaller pieces, about 1.5 cm wide.
- Put the onions, potatoes, carrots, peas, stock, salt, thyme leaves, pepper and water. Heat the pan, on a high heat, with the lid on. Once it starts bubbling lower the heat to low-medium.
- Allow the stew to cook for around 40 minutes, until the peas are soft. Lower the heat until you are ready to serve the stew.
- This recipe is perfect for batch cooking as it freezes very well.
Notes:
Equipment
Peeler
A large saucepan with a lid