healthy eating

[widows son]

Potatoes are the healthier choice when thickening. Give it try, the taste is much better too. I find that flour or cornstarch add a pasty taste even after its been cooked out.

 

[crono782]

Indeed. I'd been using cornstarch forever to thicken my crockpot stews, but recently (like last week), I started adding a potato flour roux to thicken it. Tasted WAY better! I'm sure it's quite a bit more unhealthy though.

 

[widows son]

Try plain mashed potato, count how many you use in your stew, let them cook in the stew, then remove them ( that why you count them) mash them till really smooth and add back to your stew and let it cook out and thicken. If you have a mixer you can mash them well using the paddle attachment. Salute. Good eats.