Venus De Milo Soup

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.

• Ready In: 35 mins
• Serves: 8
• Yields: 3 1/2 quarts

Ingredients

• 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 1/4ounce) envelope  Lipton French Onion soup mix
• 1 (14 ounce) can diced tomatoes
• 1 (12 -16 ounce) bag  frozen vegetables
• 1⁄2 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.