Recipe of the Week #2
Hey it has been a week already. It is Tuesday and I actually thought of posting a recipe. I am getting good at keeping up with this blog! So with school starting this week for Taylor, it is time to think about fall (even though it is quite hot and humid still). Here is a favorite at our home for a fall evening or even a rainy day-Mama's Vegetable Beef Soup aka V-8 Beef Soup. It is quick and easy and I make it often throughout the year.
Here is the story. When I was growing up my grandmother put up "soup mixture" when doing her summer canning. It was a combination of veggies and tomatoes that could be used to make a vegetable soup. Beef could be added to the soup or it could be fixed without meat by just adding broth. My mama who does not have a vegetable garden anymore (lives up north with a tiny yard) makes this version that copies the taste of that "soup mixture". When I was overdue with Taylor and could barely eat carrying around that big baby in my belly, darling Mama made this for me so I could get my "veggies". I could not get enough! Now I would have to eat a little bowl at time, then I would come back in about 2 hours and eat another bowl. It was delish and so comforting at the time. Then the following winter when Mama and Don came to visit us at Christmas, she made this again and baby Taylor was just eating table food and loved this! We drained the soup base and just let her eat the veggies and meat with her fingers. This was one of her fave meals for a while that winter too. Maybe, it carried over to her from when I was pregnant!
Mama's Vegetable Beef Soup
1 lb Ground beef of your choice
1-46 oz can of V-8 juice
1 16 oz package of frozen Mixed Veggies (corn,carrot,lima, greenbean blend)
1 Potato (diced) or can sub 1 can diced potato
1 can Beef Broth
Salt and Pepper to taste
Brown beef and drain. Combine juice and broth and just almost to a boil. Add veggies and beef. Simmer cook until veggies are tender. Try not to boil soup.Serve with crusty warm bread or saltine crackers.
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Here is the story. When I was growing up my grandmother put up "soup mixture" when doing her summer canning. It was a combination of veggies and tomatoes that could be used to make a vegetable soup. Beef could be added to the soup or it could be fixed without meat by just adding broth. My mama who does not have a vegetable garden anymore (lives up north with a tiny yard) makes this version that copies the taste of that "soup mixture". When I was overdue with Taylor and could barely eat carrying around that big baby in my belly, darling Mama made this for me so I could get my "veggies". I could not get enough! Now I would have to eat a little bowl at time, then I would come back in about 2 hours and eat another bowl. It was delish and so comforting at the time. Then the following winter when Mama and Don came to visit us at Christmas, she made this again and baby Taylor was just eating table food and loved this! We drained the soup base and just let her eat the veggies and meat with her fingers. This was one of her fave meals for a while that winter too. Maybe, it carried over to her from when I was pregnant!
Mama's Vegetable Beef Soup
1 lb Ground beef of your choice
1-46 oz can of V-8 juice
1 16 oz package of frozen Mixed Veggies (corn,carrot,lima, greenbean blend)
1 Potato (diced) or can sub 1 can diced potato
1 can Beef Broth
Salt and Pepper to taste
Brown beef and drain. Combine juice and broth and just almost to a boil. Add veggies and beef. Simmer cook until veggies are tender. Try not to boil soup.Serve with crusty warm bread or saltine crackers.
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posted by Thalia @ 8:48 AM
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