One of the most important things is to brown the floured meat slowly and well with the onions and celery, add a cup, of the 3cups water to your skillet so that all the good brown pieces loosen, put in your crock-pot (this is actually the secret to making it really good), mix the mix in the other 2 cups of water and pour over the meat and stir well, the last hour add the vegetables. I sometimes par boil the vegetables to hasten the cooking time.
FOLLOW DIRECTIONS on the package for the rest.