Homemade Vegetable Beef Soup

1 pound cubed beef chuck or stew beef
2 large potatoes, peeled and cubed (or 1 can)
2 cups of cut green beans (or 1 can)
2 cups of lima beans (or 1 can)
1 can of peas
2 cups chopped carrots (or 1 can)
1 can of yellow sweet corn
6 cups of tomato sauce
3 small cans of tomato paste
1 large onion - chopped
1 tsp of salt
1 tsp of pepper
1/2 tsp of garlic powder
4 cups of water

Put cubed stew beef, chopped onion, salt, pepper, garlic powder and 2 cups of water in crockpot. Let cook while at work all day. After minimum of 7 hours, in a separate pot, combine the cubed potatoes, green beans, lima beans, peas, carrots and corn. Cook until vegetables are soft (around 45 minutes). While the vegetables are cooking, add the tomato sauce, tomato paste and remaining 2 cups of water to the meat and onion mixture. Once the vegetables are done, add them to the crockpot with everything else. Let simmer together for around 15 minutes and then enjoy! Makes 16 very hearty cups of vegetable beef soup! It will fill you up!

Serving Size: Makes 16 1-cup servings.

Number of Servings: 16

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user ANNE737.