Queen Puff's Vegetable Beef Soup

Ingredients

• 1 lb stew beef chunks or 1 lb ground beef
• 15 ounces tomato sauce
• 4 (15 ounce) cans Veg-All
• drained
• 15 ounces triple succotash
• 11 ounces tomato soup
• 15 ounces potatoes
• drained
• 100 ounces water (approximately)
• 2 tablespoons parsley
• 2 beef bouillon cubes
• 1 teaspoon onion powder
• 14 teaspoon garlic powder
• 12 teaspoon ground pepper
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 bay leaf
• 8 ounces noodles (I like the multi-colored spirals for a colorful soup)

Instructions

1. Cut stew beef meat into small pieces and brown in a large pot (or ground beef).
2. Add tomato sauce and then use tomato sauce can to fill 4 cans full of water and add to pot to cover beef.
3. Cook slowly at least 1 hour.
4. Add Veg-all, succotash, tomato soup and potatoes.
5. Using tomato sauce or tomato soup can, fill can with water 4 times and add to pot.
6. Add parsley, beef boullion cubes, onion powder, garlic powder, pepper, salt and bayleaf.
7. Although not listed in ingredients, I also like to add 1 tablespoon of Paula Deen's House Seasoning Mix (Recipe# 57340).
8. Simmer 30 minutes.
9. Remove bayleaf.
10. Add noodles and cook 8 to 10 minutes.