Stuffed Green Bell Pepper Soup

• 2 lbs ground beef
• 1 medium onion, chopped small
• 3 green peppers, chopped in 1 inch spuares
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 stalk celery, chopped small
• 6 cups prepared brown rice
• 1 teaspoon salt (more or less to taste)
• ground black pepper
• 2 (14 ounce) cans diced tomatoes
• 2 (15 ounce) cans tomato sauce
• 1/4 cup tomato ketchup
• 2 cups tomato juice
• 1 teaspoon sugar (more or less to taste)
• 1/4 - 1/2 cup basil

1. Prepare rice.
2. Brown ground beef along with onion, green peppers, garlic, and celery.
3. Drain.
4. Add rice, meat mix, and the remaining ingredients to crock pot and cook on low until heated. (About 2-4 hours.).

ground beef, onion, green peppers, garlic, celery, brown rice, salt, ground black pepper, tomatoes, tomato sauce, tomato ketchup, tomato juice, sugar, basil

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/stuffed-green-bell-pepper-soup-313070 (may not work)