Brown ground beef with minced garlic and salt and pepper to taste. Drain ground beef and set aside.

Place oil and onions in a saucepan and sauté on high heat until soft. Add all cans of tomato products.

Fill the tomato purée can with hot water and dissolve beef and chicken base in this water. Add this water and base mixture to saucepan.

Add all other ingredients and heat through.

Once hot, add the browned ground beef and simmer on low heat for approximately 1 hour, stirring occasionally.