Bill's Vegetable Soup

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Bill's Vegetable Soup

Ingredients

2 quarts water -approximately 1 soup bone -optional 1 tablespoon thyme salt and pepper -to taste 1 medium onion -diced 2 cloves garlic -chopped 2 cans beef broth 2 tablespoons kitchen bouquet 1 package frozen mixed vegetables -large 1 can tomatoes -diced 1 package frozen stew vegetables -large 4 potatoes -cut up 1 can corn 1 can green beans 1 cup barley

Brown meat in vegetable oil. Add two cups water and celery. Allow to simmer about twenty minutes covered.

Add beef broth (the non-condensed kind), soup bone, garlic, onion, and Kitchen Bouquet. Simmer about one hour covered.

Add barley. Simmer one-half hour.

Add frozen, fresh, canned vegetables, thyme, salt and pepper . Simmer one-half hour or until vegetables are tender.