Snow Day Beef Stew

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup chopped onion
• 2 medium carrots, sliced on diagonal, about 1/4-inch thick
• 3 to 4 medium potatoes, peeled and cut into bite-size pieces
• 8 ounces sliced mushrooms
• 2 to 2 1/2 pounds lean boneless
• beef round, trimmed and cut into 1-inch cubes, or lean stew beef
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons dried leaf thyme, crumbled
• 1 can (about 14 1/2 oz.) stewed tomatoes
• 1/4 cup red wine or beef broth
• 1 to 1 1/2 cups frozen peas, thawed
• salt

Preparation: