Beef Minestrone

A recipe from Taste of Home. It's low-salt and low-cal. 1 cup is 141 calories. Maybe I cooked it too much because it turned out more like a stew than a soup. But it was great and healthy.

• Ready In: 1 hr 20 mins
• Serves: 10

Ingredients

• 1  lb lean ground beef
• 1  cup onion, chopped
• 6  cups water
• 1  cup potato, peeled chopped
• 1  cup tomatoes, chopped
• 1  cup cabbage, shredded
• 1  cup carrot, chopped
• 1⁄2 cup celery, chopped
• 1⁄4 cup long grain rice, uncooked
• 1⁄2 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1  bay leaf
• 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper
• 5  teaspoons parmesan cheese, grated

Directions

1. In a Dutch oven, cook beef and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink and onion is tender; drain. Add the water, potatoes, tomatoes, cabbage, carrots, celery, rice, thyme, bay leaf and cover and simmer for 1 hour.
2. Discard bay leaf. Sprinkle each serving with 1/2 teaspoon of parmesan.