Trash Soup

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 1 1/2 lbs stewing beef
• 5 -6 carrots (1/2 inch dice)
• 10 ounces frozen baby lima beans
• 10 ounces frozen broccoli florets
• 1/4 cup barley
• 1 small zucchini (diced)
• 1 small yellow squash (diced)
• 1 (28 ounce) can diced tomatoes with juice
• 1 (1 1/2 ounce) package knorr vegetable soup mix
• 32 ounces beef broth
• 11 1/2 ounces v8 vegetable juice
• 1 cup small shell pasta
• 1/4 cup olive oil

Recipe

• 1 brown beef in hot oil in pan.
• 2 to this add beef broth with the knorr soup mix, barley that has been soaked for a few hours in water.
• 3 add canned tomatoes and v-8 juice to suit your taste.
• 4 add vegetables longest cooking first such as the lima beans, carrots then broccoli, zucchini and squash.
• 5 add pasta last. it will swell and get over cooked if you cook too long. i usually turn the soup off and add the pasta, stir and let set about ½ hour. or you can cook the pasta of choice separate and add to individual soup bowls as you serve it. you can adjust to your personal taste by adjusting v-8, beef broth and water.