Cookin' Like Grannie

I do not claim to be the best cook but I enjoy it! So Sunday when I saw the weather forecast for a chilly week, I knew I had to make Grannie's beef and vegetable soup! 

It turned out SO GOOD that I want to share the recipe with you! 

Ingredients: 

Steak Tips 

Ground Beef

2 Large Cans of Diced Tomatoes 

V8 Juice

Beef Broth

Elbow Macaroni

1 Potato 

Celery 

1 Onion

1 Bag of Frozen Soup Vegis

1 Small Bag of Frozen Sweet White Corn 

Adobo (in the spice section)

Cook time: 2.5 Hours

Step 1: Add your cans of tomatoes, half the bottle of V8 juice, 2 cups of beef broth and 4 cups of water to a GIANT soup pot and start to heat on the stove on low. 

Let sit for 30 min stirring occasionally.

Step 2: Cook your steak tips with onions and celery for flavor in a separate pan. I also like to sprinkle Adobo on everything, so I have added it here. That is the ONLY spice outside of salt and pepper I used! As Grannie says, "You don't want it to taste like an Itallian dish because its not!"

Once cooked, add to the soup pot. I like to add this early so the meat can soak up the juices and unlike the ground beef, it won't fall apart in the mixture.

Step 3: Cut up your potato into bite sized pieces and add to the soup pot. These will take an hour to get to the right consistency in the heated liquids. 

Step 4: Add your bags of frozen vegis and corn. Yum. 

Step 5: Take a break. Keep the pot on low heat and cover. Stir occasionally for 40 min.  

Step 6: Next, add elbow macaroni.

I used noodles made of quinoa since I am trying to be healthy haha. They actually tasted exactly like traditional pasta.

Step 7: Pack the ground beef into small meat balls and cook with onion and Adobo. 

And then add to mixture.