Mom'S Eat Your Veggies Minestrone Soup

• 1 c. dry baby lima beans
• 1/4 lb. ground beef, cooked
• 1 medium chopped onion
• 1 clove fresh minced garlic
• 6 c. boiling water
• 2 cubes beef bouillon
• 2 tsp. salt
• 1/4 tsp. pepper
• 1 large carrot, diced
• 2 c. turnips, cut in 1/2-inch
• 2 stalks celery, sliced
• 1 (19 oz.) can tomatoes
• small piece of bay leaf
• 1/4 tsp. dried leaf basil
• 2 c. finely shredded cabbage
• 1 c. torn up spinach, packed

1. Cook ground beef; add onion and cook for approximately 3 minutes, stirring.
2. Add water, bouillon cubes, salt, pepper and lima beans.
3. Bring to a boil.
4. Cover and simmer for about 1 hour (until lima beans are tender).
5. Then add carrots, turnips, celery, tomatoes, bay leaf and basil.
6. Simmer until veggies are tender (about 30 minutes).
7. Add cabbage and cook 5 minutes.
8. Add spinach and cook 5 more minutes.
9. Taste; season to taste, if needed. Serve hot.
10. Great anytime!!

beans, ground beef, onion, garlic, boiling water, beef bouillon, salt, pepper, carrot, stalks celery, tomatoes, bay leaf, dried leaf basil, cabbage

Taken from www.cookbooks.com/Recipe-Details.aspx?id=914616 (may not work)