Old Fashioned Vegetable Beef Soup

• 1 lb (.5 kg). ground beef, fried and browned.
• 2 onions, chopped
• 1 garlic clove, chopped
• 3 carrots, chopped
• 3 celery stalks, chopped
• 2 cups (475 ml) frozen peas
• 2 cups (475 ml) frozen green beans
• 2 cups (475 ml) frozen lima beans
• 2 14.5 oz (406 grm). cans stewed tomatoes
• salt and pepper to taste
• 2 bay leaves, optional
• 1 cup (225 ml) uncooked pearled barley

1. Brown ground beef in frying pan.
2. Add water and boil to get brownings out of pan.
3. Pour browned water and ground beef into large stock pot.
4. Add vegetables and seasonings; cover with water.
5. Bring to a boil and simmer till vegetables are tender.
6. Add barley and bay leaves towards end of cooking time.
7. Remove bay leaves before serving.

ground beef, onions, garlic, carrots, celery stalks, frozen peas, beans, tomatoes, salt, bay leaves, barley

Taken from online-cookbook.com/goto/cook/rpage/00126C (may not work)