Old-Fashioned Vegetable Beef Soup

By Thom7747

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 pounds beef
• 8 cups water
• 3 stalks celery, chopped
• 3 large carrot, chopped
• 2 red onion, chopped
• 1 (28 oz. can) italian style tomato, undrained and chopped
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 ½ teaspoons sea salt
• 1/2 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon dried basil
• 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1/2 teaspoon marjoram, dried
• 2 cups frozen green lima beans
• 1 cup frozen kernel corn
• 1 cup frozen green peas

Preparation

Step 1

Combine first 12 ingredients in a large Dutch oven.
1. Bring to a boil; cover, reduce heat, and simmer 1 hour.
2. Add lima beans, corn, and peas.
3. Return to a boil; reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, 15 minutes.
4. Remove bay leaf.