mom's baked beef stew

Ingredients

• 4 tablespoons all purpose flour
• 1 1/2 pounds beef stew meat or cubed chuck roast
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 medium chopped onion
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1/2 teaspoon thyme, dried
• 2 cans 12 oz. cans v-8 juice
• 1 teaspoon beef base paste
• 3 dashes tobasco sauce
• 3 large potatoes, scrubbed and cut into chunks
• 1 1/2 cups chopped celery
• 1 1/2 cups peeled and sliced carrots
• 1/2 cup frozen peas