It seems we might be trying a bunch more slow cooker recipes, judging this school year's schedule.
For this one we first prepared 1 lb. of curlicue pasta and stuck it into the fridge.
Then we tossed the following into the slow cooker: 2 lb. stew beef, dried oregano, dried basil, salt, pepper, 1 quart of vegetable broth, 3 tablespoons of Worcestershire Sauce, 2 minced cloves of garlic, and 1 tablespoon of mustard.
Then we mixed roughly 4 tablespoons of flour with a bit of water and added it as well. We turned the pot on low for 8+ hours and went about our day.
When we came home we looked into the pot, added the pasta and 1 cup of sour cream, set the table, and ate. Yummo!