Orange Honey Vegetable Soup

Ingredients

• 1 lb stew beef chunk (optional)
• 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
• 1 large garlic clove (pressed)
• 1 beef bouillon cube
• 14 cup honey
• 12 cup orange juice concentrate
• 12 cup cooking sherry
• 1 cup baby carrots
• 1 cup dried shiitake mushroom
• 1 cup baby carrots
• 2 cups stir fry vegetables (frozen)
• 3 cups water
• 12 teaspoon peppercorn
• 5 Red Bliss potatoes
• quartered
• 2 stalks celery

Instructions

1. Dissolve bullion into a cup of hot water.
2. Next add the honey to the hot water.
3. Cut celery into 1 inch pieces.
4. Place all vegetable ingredients into your crock pot.
5. Put (optional) meat on top of vegetables, keeping away from the sides if possible as the vegetables will need to cook more than the meat.
6. Add the pepper, cooking wine and the honey-water, then add enough of the remaining water to cover the meat.
7. My 4 1/2 quart crock pot took almost 2 additional cups, but for you this may differ.
8. Cook in your Crock pot on the low setting for 8 to 10 hours.
9. Enjoy!