Pennsylvania Beef Vegetable Soup
US Copy write # TXu 1-354-553
1 lb. Ground Round
4 cups Canned, Fresh or Frozen Soup Mix Vegetables (green beans, sweet peas, corn, carrots, celery, diced potatoes and cut okra, according to individual tastes)
1 med. Diced Onion
1 Diced Cabbage Leaf (you may add more cabbage if you desire to)
1 tsp. Salt
1 tsp. Pepper
2-28 oz. cans Diced Tomatoes
Brown meat & sauté onions on medium heat (7). Salt & pepper meat. Add all other ingredients & enough water to cover veggies. Add more salt (to taste) if you use frozen or fresh vegetables. Bring to a boil. Simmer on low heat for 1 ˝ hour, stirring occasionally or cook overnight in Crock-Pot on low. Serves 8-10
Serve with:Whole Wheat Crackers
Iced Tea or Milk
Vitamins
Beef A, B 3, B 12, Zinc, Iron, Protein
Vegetable Mix A, B 9, C, Magnesium, Potassium
Onion A, B 9, C, Flavonoids, Quercetin, Sulfur Compounds
Cabbage A, B 9, C, E, Beta-Carotene, Indol-3-carbinol, Magnesium, Selenium
Tomato C, Potassium
I could never get my soup quiet right. A young lady from Pennsylvania suggested I chop up and add one leaf of cabbage. That’s all it needed.
by Frances M. McCrory-Meservy