There’s a chill in the air 🍂& that means bring on the comfort food 🥣

Delicious Vegetable Beef Soup

★★★★★

Kid-Friendly, Soups & Stews

Makes 8 ∙ Difficulty Easy ∙

INGREDIENTS

1 cup dry white beans

1 pound lean ground beef

1 cup chopped onion

1 cup diced carrots

1½ cups diced potatoes

¾ cup diced celery

3 cups canned tomatoes or juice

2 cups frozen peas

1 cup macaroni, rice, barley OR fine egg noodles

1½ TBSP beef bouillon granuals

1 TBSP Worcestershire sauce

1/8 TSP cayenne pepper

10 cups water

2 TBSP sugar

½ TBSP salt or to taste

½ TSP pepper

½ TSP basil

½ TSP parsley

DIRECTIONS

Soak beans in 10 cups of water overnight. Cook beans one hour. Brown and drain hamburger. Add to soup pot. In hamburger pan, saute onion & celery til softened; add to soup pot. Add carrots & potatoes to soup. Simmer 30 minutes. Add remaining ingredients and simmer 30 minutes more or until macaroni (or barley or whatever) is tender.Absolutely Wonderful! Kids LOVE it and it freezes well.