slow cooker beef burguignon

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 3 pounds stew beef cubes
• - salt & pepper to taste
• 1 cup burgundy wine or preferred red wine
• 1/2 cup beef broth
• 1 cup tomato sauce
• 1/4 cup all purpose flour
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 teaspoon ground thyme
• 5 - carrots, cut into 2 inch pieces, diagonally or whole baby carrots
• 1 pound baby new or fingerling potatoes, scrubbed, not peeled
• 1 package (8 oz.) fresh mushrooms, cleaned and sliced
• 2-3 tablespoons fresh chopped parsley