Beefy Spaghetti Soup

This is one of the Zaar recipes that I adopted. The recipe was originally posted with microwave instructions. Based on talking with newspapergal, who made this during our Adopted Recipe Swap, I'm posting modifications for using the stovetop rather than microwave.

• Ready In: 30 mins
• Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 1⁄2 lb beef, Ground, crumbled
• 1  cup  frozen cut green beans
• 1  medium onion
• 1 1⁄2 cups spaghetti, Broken (uncooked)
• 1  garlic clove, minced
• 1  teaspoon parsley flakes
• 4  cups  beef stock
• 3⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1  teaspoon olive oil
• 1⁄8 teaspoon pepper
• 1  mushroom, sliced
• 1  bay leaf
• 14 1⁄2 ounces tomato sauce
• 1⁄2 teaspoon oregano

Directions

1. In a large dutch oven, brown the ground beef, onion and garlic in the olive oil.
2. Drain.
3. Add remaining ingredients to the dutch oven.
4. Simmer approximately 20 minutes or until spaghetti is done.
5. Individual bowls of soup may be topped with some freshly grated parmesan cheese if desired.
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