Bev's Homemade Vegetable Soup

During the '70's when I was an Assistant Manager at some apartments in Arlington the older couple who were the managers there took us under their wing. Cleo was a great cook and when she made homemade soup she always added a dab of butter and a tiny amount of hot sauce to the soup. She preferred chopped sirloin to ground meat, but we couldn't afford the chopped sirloin so I used ground meat, I still do, and I still like to add that little bit of butter and a shot of hot sauce. This is one of those recipes I change up a lot. Sometimes I use 3 cans of the small cut, sometimes 1 large cut and 2 small.

• Ready In: 3 hrs 15 mins
• Serves: 8

Ingredients

• 1 1⁄2 lbs ground beef
• 1 (64 ounce) can tomato juice
• 3 (15 ounce) cans  Veg-All
• 1  onion, chopped (optional)
• 1 (1 1/4ounce) envelope  Knorr vegetable soup mix
• 2  beef, bouilion cubes
• 1  dash Worcestershire sauce
•  salt and pepper
• 1  tablespoon butter
•  hot sauce (to taste)

Directions

1. Brown ground meat with chopped onion, drain well.
2. Add the vegetables (I don't drain them), tomato juice and salt & pepper to taste.
3. Add onion soup mix, butter and hot sauce.
4. Just a tiny amount of hot sauce will do. I simmer on very low for at least 4 hours.
5. Serve with Jiffy Brand (my favorite) corn bread.