Beef Vegetable Garlic Soup

Total Time: 2 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1/2 lb ground sirloin or 1/2 lb sliced roast beef, leftover
• 6 cups beef broth
• 1/2 cup fresh parsley, chopped
• 7 whole garlic cloves
• 2 cups carrots, peeled and in chunks
• 2 cups stewed tomatoes
• 1/2 cup green beans, sliced
• 1/2 cup red wine (optional)
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 1/2 cups yellow onions, coarsely chopped
• 8 potatoes, peeled and cubed
• 1 cup celery, diced
• 1/2 cup corn
• 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
• basil
• oregano, to taste

Recipe

• 1 sprinkle meat with 1/4 teaspoons garlic powder and pepper.
• 2 brown and drain well if using ground sirloin.
• 3 put meat into a large soup pot or into sprayed crock pot.
• 4 add the remaining ingredients and bring to a boil. (crockpot put on high for about an hour).
• 5 reduce heat and simmer about 1 1/2 hours.
• 6 the longer you simmer the thicker the soup will be.
• 7 in a crockpot cook on low about 8-10 hours checking after about 6 hours to check the thickness.
• 8 the potatoes help to thicken this soup and the tomatoes give body to the broth.