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In Dutch oven or big soup pot, heat olive oil. Sauté leeks a few minutes or until softened.
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Add carrots and mushrooms and sauté an additional 3-5 mins.
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Add vegetable broth, potatoes, tomato sauce, molasses, bay leaves, garlic salt and thyme.
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Bring to a boil, turn heat to low and simmer 30-40 minutes or until potatoes and carrots are cooked.
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Remove some broth and mix with the tapioca starch in a separate container to make a slurry, mixing a little flour at a time, so clumps do not form. Once all flour is mixed in, add the liquid back to the pot and cook for 5 more minutes, until the stew thickens.
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Serve warm.