Hearty Ground Beef Stew

Have left-over ground beef?  Sick of hamburgers or tacos?  Try this quick and easy soup.  It'll put some meat on your bones (as my mamaw used to say).

Hearty Ground Beef Stew

1 lb. lean ground beef or ground chuck
2 medium potatoes, cut into large chunks
1/4 onion, roughly chopped
6 baby carrots, sliced into 1/4" pieces
2 cans beef broth
1 Tbsp. ground pepper
1 tsp. Italian Seasonings
1 heaping Tbsp. cornstarch

Brown ground beef (chuck) with onion and drain.  Peel and cut up the two potatoes and slice 6 baby carrots into 1/4" pieces and add both to a stock pot in enough water to cover them.  Boil for about 8 to 10 minutes, or just until done.  Drain water off.  Add 2 cans beef broth to the potatoes/carrots and stir in the ground beef/onion mixture.  Bring back up to a boil, add seasonings and boil on medium heat for another 10 minutes. 

In a small cup, mix 1/4 cup water and 2 heaping Tbsp. cornstarch.  Drizzle into the boiling mixture, stirring constantly, until it just starts to thicken a little.  You don't want it really thick.

Serve and Enjoy!