Cookbook - Soups

German Vegetable Chowder

• 1 1/2 lbs ground beef*
• 2 medium onions
• 46 ox bottle of V8 juice or tomato juice, low sodium
• 3 large stalks of celery-diced
• 4 large carrots-diced
• 3 medium potatoes-diced (try sweet potatoes)
• 1 (15 oz) can whole corn (not drained)
• 1/2 green pepper-chopped
• 2 tsp beef bouillon dissolved in 1 cup hot water
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 tsp garlic powder

Instructions

1. Brown meat with onion. Put in a large kettle and add juice, beef bouillon/water, celery and carrots. Simmer slowly until tender.
2. Add potatoes and green pepper. Simmer. Add corn and seasonings. Heat and stir occasionally while cooking.

Makes 2.5 quarts.

*Substitute with ground turkey or soy crumbles.