Garden Vegetable and Beef Soup

Garden Vegetable and Beef Soup

This soup has so many reminders of my big Garden/ the summer season that went by so quickly. I did can so many tomatoes, and many other vegetables, so those flavors can come back to life through opening a jar.

Combine in large soup pot:
1 ½ lb lean ground beef, cooked and chopped fine
6 c. low sodium chicken broth
6 carrots, peeled and chopped
Bring to a boil; simmer 10 min.

Add:
32 oz. Diced tomatoes
1 ½ c. diced bell pepper (I used some green and yellow peppers)
Simmer 5 min.

Add:
1 cucumber or zucchini, peeled and chopped
Simmer 10 min.

Add:
1 c. fresh or frozen peas
salt and pepper to tastePinch of pepper flakes