Hearty Old-Fashioned Vegetable Beef Soup

Recipe Ingredients: 

• 2 pounds beef soup bones (with meat, shanks)
• 7 cups water
• 1 can/10 1/2 ounces condensed beef broth (or homemade beef stock*)
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup onion (chopped)
• 3/4 cup celery (chopped)
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper (coarsely ground)
• 1 bay leaf
• 2 14.5-ounce cans tomatoes (diced)
• 2 cups cabbage (shredded)
• 1 cup carrots (thinly sliced)
• 1 1/2 cups green beans (fresh cut or frozen)
• 1 1/2 cups potato (diced, raw)
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce

Recipe Method: 

• Cut meat into small cubes, discarding excess fat. Put in a large stockpot with the bones, water, broth, salt, onions, celery, pepper, and bay leaf. Cover and simmer for 3 hours.
• Add remaining ingredients; simmer 45 minutes longer, or until vegetables are tender. Taste and adjust seasonings.
• Remove bay leaf and serve.
• Makes about 3 quarts.
• *If you use homemade stock, use 3 cups of broth and 5 cups of water.

Recipe Tips: 

• Brown Sugar Hack
• To keep brown sugar fresh, put a few marshmallows in the sugar bag