I thought this recipe was "okay"...after reading reviews, I kicked it up a little. I added mushrooms, some leftover cream of mushroom soup I had sitting in the fridge I needed to use anyway, an extra bay leaf, some garlic and seasoning salt. I halved the tomatoes (which I kinda wish I wouldn't have b/c there was not much "sauce" when served over egg noodles). All in all, it had good flavor, just not very exciting...I had some stew meat I needed to cook and was looking for something different, so it was GREAT in that sense ~ Thanks a bunch :)