Hearty Vegetable Beef Soup

Vegetable Beef Soup is the epitome of comfort food in cool chilly weather. I think cool, crispy weather just brings out the Hunger deep within. As I grew up in the South, this was a staple almost weekly in our house.  Of course we grew all our own vegetables so we had to do was add the beef that was so conveniently stored in our freezer.  My Mother would either add, beef, venison, squirrel, rabbit or whatever we had on hand, though I will admit most readers will not have these ingredients so to make it simple and easy I have given you my beef vegetable recipe. Once you make this you will do so again and again. 

Vegetable Beef  Soup

 

1 pound ground beef

2 medium potatoes diced

½ head of cabbage (sliced in thin strips)

1 medium onion diced

2 cloves of garlic minced

1 can diced tomatoes (15½ ounce)

1 can beef broth (15½ ounce)

1 small can tomato paste

½ package of frozen okra

1 package frozen mixed vegetable

½ package frozen baby Lima beans

2 cups water

1 bay leaf

1 teaspoon garlic salt

½ teaspoon pepper
 

Directions:

Brown ground beef in a large Dutch oven; add diced potatoes, sliced cabbage, diced onions and minced garlic to pot. Cook for five minutes then add beef broth, tomato paste, diced tomatoes and water, stir until mixed then add frozen vegetables and bay leaf. Cook for 45 minutes.

Yield: 8 to 10 servings