Venus De Milo Soup

Iron Bloomers's Note:

Fast vegetable soup with old fashioned taste. Sent to me by mom years ago. It was a big time saver while I was raising 3 boys as a single parent.

• Total Time: 35 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 8

Yield: 3.5 quarts

• 1 lb ground beef
• 2 (14 ounce) cans condensed chicken broth
• 2 (14 ounce) cans water (use empty broth cans)
• 4 cups water
• 1 (1 ¼ ounce) envelope Lipton French Onion soup mix
• 1 (14 ounce) can diced tomatoes
• 1 (12 -16 ounce) bag frozen vegetables
• ½ cup small shell pasta (like orzo, stars,alphabets, etc)

Directions:

1. In a large pot brown ground beef, stirring to break up.
2. Drain well.
3. Add broth, onion soup mix, water, tomatoes, bring to a boil, reduce heat simmer 5 minutes, add frozen vegetables, continue to simmer 10 minutes more.
4. Stir in pasta cook about 8 minutes more till pasta is done.
5. This makes a fast, great-tasting soup in no time at all--freezes well.

Reviews

[Lali]

This is almost EXACTLY the "Quick" recipe I use for soup. If I don't have time to simmer for hours and hours. Instead of the frozen veggies, I use Veg-All and I also add a can of dark red kidney beans. Sometimes I use sausage instead of the ground beef. Gives it an extra "Kick". I'm a Soup kinda girl. Love Soup!! :)

[MizzNezz]

This is a fantastic soup recipe! I had this cooked and on the table in 40 minutes. I had printed this out some time ago and up came the perfect opportunity to try it. I added a can of navy beans and still put in 1/4 cup of pasta. I also added 1 t garlic powder and 1/4 t red pepper flakes. Heat it up a little!! Barb, I love this soup! Thank you for the recipe!

[Graybert]

Excellent Soup - Yummy and great for those cold Manitoba nights! I added a few more veggies to mine.