Beef Vegetable Soup For Crock Pot

Total Time: 9 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 9 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 7
• 1 lb ground beef
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 4 cups beef broth
• 3 medium potatoes, peeled and cut into 3/4-inch cubes
• 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can italian-style diced tomatoes, undrained
• 1 (11 1/2 ounce) can v8 vegetable juice
• 1 cup chopped celery (i love using some of the tops)
• 1 cup sliced carrot
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 tablespoon dried parsley flakes
• 2 teaspoons dried basil
• 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1 bay leaf

Recipe

• 1 in a nonstick skillet, cook beef and onion over medium high heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. stir in salt and pepper.
• 2 transfer to a 5 quart slow cooker. add the remaining ingredients. cover and cook on low for 9 to 11 hours or until vegetables are tender. discard bay leaf before serving.
• 3 depending on how "juicy" you like your soup, you can add more beef broth and v8 juice if you like.
• 4 a little sweet potato substituted for some of the potato might be good -- and i find adding a little cabbage to vegetable soup always kicks up the flavor just a notch.