Making Shwan's Steak Bites Edible

The first time I cooked these in the microwave,
very salty but chewable and tasted good.
The second try I decided to bake them,
they turned out chewy and inedible.
Couldn't eat them at all so
I gave them to the dog!
The third time was the charm,
very tender and tasty good.
I slow cooked them into
a very good tasting beef stew.

Ingredients:
1 package Shwan's Frozen,
seasoned steak bites
1 (28 ounce) can diced tomatoes
1 onion, peeled and sliced
1 carrot, peeled and sliced
1 celery stalk, sliced
1/2 pound cremini mushrooms
3 russet potatoes, washed and quartered
4 cups water
2 tablespoons corn starch

Directions:
In a large soup pot, place Steak bites,
onion, mushrooms and water.
Bring to a simmer, do not boil!
Simmer covered 1 hour.
Add potatoes, carrots, celery
and canned tomatoes.
Cover and simmer another hour.
Remove 1 cup of the liquid, let cool.
Add corn starch to 1 cup liquid and
stir to desolve corn starch.
Add back to soup pot, stir, cover
and again simmer for 1 hour.