3 hearty three stew Recipes

hot or sweet italian sausage, ground beef, onion, chopped, beef stew meat , cut into 1/2 inch pieces, diced tomatoes, dark beer, water, chili powder , or to taste, red pepper, white pepper, white sugar, ground cinnamon, salt and black pepper to taste, tomato paste (optional), kidney beans, rinsed and drained (optional)

olive oil, shallots, peeled and halved, baby carrots, new potato , scrubbed and halved, turnips or 1 small rutabaga, peeled and cut in 1 inch pieces, garlic cloves, crushed, salt & pepper, vegetable stock, dry red wine or 1/4 cup white wine, tamri soy sauce, dried thyme (or a mix of all three) or 1 1/2 tsp dried sage (or a mix of all three) or 1 1/2 tsp savory (or a mix of all three)