grandma's vegetable beef soup

Name: grandma's vegetable beef soup
Total time: 2700 s
Yield: 12 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 4 carrots; 4 stalks celery; 1 small cabbage; 1 onion; 2 turnips; 2 lb stew meat; 2 pints diced tomatoes; 1 pints corn; 1 pints green beans; 2/3 cup pearl barley; 1/4 cup beef soup base; 3 bay leaves; 1 1/2 tbsp italian seasoning; 2 tsp salt; 1 1/2 tsp black pepper, ground

kate @cook_3478240

This soup was always my favorite when I was a child. As I grew up, my grandma gave me the recipe, but she used a product called soup starter for most of it I found. I wanted a more scratch soup with basic ingredients. I think I nailed it! Now its my son's favorite soup too!

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Ingredients

45 mins

12 servings

4carrots
4stalks celery
1 smallcabbage
1onion
2turnips
2 lbstew meat
2 pintsdiced tomatoes
1 pintscorn
1 pintsgreen beans
2/3 cuppearl barley
1/4 cupbeef soup base
3bay leaves
1 1/2 tbspitalian seasoning
2 tspsalt
1 1/2 tspblack pepper, ground

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Steps

45 mins

1

brown meat in the oil in a large stock pot.
2

add chopped raw vegetables and sautee until tender. I use the pot lid and add as I chop. Then I can stir the pot well more often.
3

add 3 quarts of water to the pots and bring to a boil. Add the soup base and tomatoes, seasonings. Simmer for an hour or more. 30 min. Before serving add barley and canned vegetables.
4

Stir occasionally to keep from burning. Dish up and let set 10 min. Before eating. Goes well with sandwiches or just bread.
5

pick out bay leaves before serving. this makes a wonderful comfort food for anyone ! I think of my grandma every time I make it .