Ha! If only they knew.

You know what most children are like with vegetables, well dhylan especially is not too bad but both he and Lennon 'Don't like Onions, peppers, celery'.
Well, the photo is the beef stew Marlane made today and there are copious amounts of Carrots, Onion, Sweet Peppers (Capsicum) and Celery, plus fresh bay leaves out of the garden but I didn't have them when I took the photo.
It all goes in after the beef has been seasoned and seared and they LOVE IT, especially with Marlanes' dumplings which she is very good at.
By the way, that's 5.5lb (2.5kg) of beef there. We always buy a beef joint when we want chunks for a stew or mince for bolognese etc. You know what  you are getting and how much fat there is, not much because we trim most of it off.