Mom's Favorite Vegetable Soup
Ingredients
- 8 lb. boneless chuck roast
- 2 lg. soup bones
- 6 bay leaves
- 3 stalks celery, cut into large pieces
- 3 Tbs. salt
- 3/4 tsp. pepper
- 3 tsp. dried oregano
- 3 tsp. garlic powder
- 2 lg. cans tomato juice (48 oz.)
- 1 tomato juice can water
- 4 Tbs. chili powder
- 4 Tbs. Worcestershire sauce
- 2 28-oz. cans tomatoes (equal to 6 C.)
- 3 14.5-oz. cans Green Beans
- 2 15-oz. cans peas
- 3 15 1/4-oz. cans corn
- 1 1-lb. bag frozen baby lima beans
- 6 C. peeled cubed potatoes
- 3 C. sliced celery
- 3 C. chopped onion
- 3 C. sliced carrots
- 1/2 head cabbage, cored and chopped into bite size pieces
Directions
Add first 8 ingredients to a 16-qt. soup pot. Cover with 1 gallon of water, bring to a boil and reduce heat to simmer for 2 hours or until tender. Remove meat, soup bones, bay leaves and celery from broth, cut meat into bite size pieces. Add remaining ingredients to broth, bring all to a boil and reduce heat and simmer for 1 hour or until vegetables are tender.
Add meat to soup and season with more salt, Worchestershire sauce, chili powder and tomato juice as desired.






