Ground Recipe • Hobo Ground Beef and Vegetable Soup

Here's an old-time hamburger and mixed vegetable soup, made the way Grandma made it...if Grandma had a slow cooker. If you can't go home and check on it on a week day be sure to added extra broth at the beginning. A large bag of frozen mixed vegetables can be used in place of the canned vegetables.

Ingredients

• 1 (32 fluid ounce) container beef broth, or more if needed
• 1 pound ground sirloin beef
• 1 (15.25 ounce) can whole kernel corn, drained
• 1 (15 ounce) can green beans, drained
• 1 (15 ounce) can peas, drained
• 1 (14 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 3 carrots, cut into bite-size pieces
• 2 potatoes, peeled and cut into bite-size pieces
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 large stalk celery, cut into bite-size pieces
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1 ½ tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
• ½ teaspoon celery seed
• 2 bay leaves
• salt and ground black pepper to taste

Cooking Directions

1. Stir beef broth, ground sirloin, corn, green beans, peas, tomato sauce, carrots, potatoes, onion, celery, garlic, parsley, celery seed, and bay leaves together in a slow cooker.
2. Cook on Low for 4 hours. Check for moisture and add broth as needed. Continue cooking another 4 hours. Season with salt and black pepper.

Nutrition Facts

• calories353.9
• carbohydrateContent45.9 g
• cholesterolContent45.9 mg
• fatContent10.4 g
• fiberContent9 g
• proteinContent22.4 g
• saturatedFatContent3.9 g
• sodiumContent1465 mg
• sugarContent12.2 g