Old-Fashioned Vegetable Soup (Beef Based
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INGREDIENTS
  • Cooking Time: 150
  • Servings: 4-6
  • 1 beef soup bone with meat
  • 1 to 2 Tbsp. fat
  • 4 cups water
  • 1 med. onion, chopped
  • 1 c. sliced carrots (2-3 med)
  • 1 c. cut-up celery and leaves (2 long stalks)
  • 1 can (1 lb.) tomatoes (2 cups)
  • 3 sprigs parsley, finely chopped
  • 1 Tbsp. salt
  • 1/2 bay leaf, crumbled
  • 3 peppercorns
  • 1/4 tsp. marjoram
  • 1/4 tsp. thyme
DIRECTIONS
  1. Cut meat off bone into small chunks. Brown the meat in hot fat in large kettle. Add water and bone and simmer covered 1½ to 2 hrs.
  2. Remove bone and skim fat from top of soup. Add vegetables, salt, bay leaf, and peppercorns, marjoram, and thyme; cook an additional 20 to 30 minutes, until vegetables are tender. Yield: 6-8 servings
  3. Note: Pour soup in plastic container and freeze. Always ready to heat and serve.
RECIPE BACKSTORY
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