Vegetable Beef Soup Recipe

It's that time of year! SOUPS!!!! 

Here is my favorite beef and veggie soup recipe.  My hubby doesn't even like veggie soups and he liked this one! 

Ingredients 

• 1/2 cup onion, chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 small can low sodium diced tomatoes (with juice)
• 1 cup chopped cabbage(optional)
• ¼ each cup chopped carrot and green beans(FRESH is best)
• ½ cup chopped bell pepper
• ¾ cup chopped broccoli or zucchini (I do both!)
• 5 cups low sodium beef broth
• 2 bay leaves
• ½ teaspoon each thyme & basil
• salt, pepper,onion powder, garlic powder to taste. I just keep tasting it until its good! 
• Beef tips or whatever beef meat you may have.  Stew meat....is that the same as beef tips?  IDK...haha 

Directions. 

I add everything BUT the meat in the crock pot and cook on high for 4-5 hours.  About an hour before we eat I will cook the meat in a pan with some olive oil.  I add some pepper to it as well.  Then add it all into the crock pot again an hour before we eat.