Beef and Sausage Stew

Ingredients
1 lb sliced smoked sausage or polska kiebalsa
1 lb beef stew meat
1 cup chopped green onions
1 small onion chopped
1 cup chopped celery(4-5 stalks)
3 cups (approx 44oz) of canned diced tomatoes
1/2 cup of flour
2 cups of chicken broth
3 tsp of dry crushed garlic
12 oz package of egg noodles

Directions
• Add all vegetables, including tomatoes, garlic and sliced smoked sausage to large crock pot , mix and set aside.
• Using a Ziploc bag(easiest) put all but 2 tablespoons of flour and a little salt and pepper to taste in bag with stew meat and shake, remove stew meat shaking off any excess flour, discard Ziploc bag and excess flour, and stir meat into crock pot.
• Last step add chicken broth and mix ( I make my own using bouillon cubes and water.)
• Set crock pot on high for 4-6 hours or low for 6-8 hours.
• 15 min before serving, mix remaining 2 tablespoons of flour with 4 tablespoons of water and stir mixture into crock pot to thicken.
• Cook Egg noodles according to package.
• Serve stew over egg noodles