Vegetable Beef Stew or Soup

(You Choose!)

Ingredients:

• 3 pounds grass-fed ground beef (does not have to be ground)
• 2 medium onions, coarsely chopped
• 9 cloves garlic, minced (Garlic Lover’s: just use the whole head!)
• 8 carrots, coarsely chopped
• 6 celery stalks, coarsely chopped
• 1 pound frozen green beans, whole
• 3 14.5 ounce cans whole tomatoes (slightly chopped in can)
• 1-2 cups beef broth (you can just use water)
• 1-2 cups filtered water
• 1 small head of cabbage (or what fits in your pot)
• Sea salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

Brown the meat, onions and garlic. Grass-fed meat will have little fat.

Add the diced tomatoes, broth and water, and bring to a boil. Then add the remaining vegetables, bringing to a boil once again. Reduce to a simmer and cook for 2-4 hours.

If you would like to make this recipe more of a soup, use a very large stock pot and add more broth, water, and canned tomatoes. The boys in our family like the stew and the girls like the soup. I compromise, making the soup but giving the girls all the broth! This will probably ALWAYS be my favorite soup!!! I personally love the whole tomatoes added and slightly chopping them in the can with a small spatula.

You can’t go wrong with soups and stews. Try different vegetables and add fresh herbs. I ix it up based on the season and what I have on hand.