Creole Vegetable Soup

Ingredients

• 1 kg stewing beef, diced
• 1 liter beef stock
• 1 1/2 liters water
• creole seasoning
• 2 celery ribs
• 1 large onion
• 1 large potato

• 1 (800 g) can chopped tomatoes
• 1 cup cabbage, chopped
• 3 carrots, chopped
• 2 stalks celery, chopped
• 1/2 onion, chopped
• 1/2 potato, chopped
• 3 sprigs parsley, minced
• 1 cup corn kernel, frozen
• 2 tablespoons uncooked rice
• 1 turnip, diced
• 1 handful broken spaghetti or macaroni

Directions

1. 1

   In a large covered pot, boil meat in seasoned stock and water with whole ribs of celery, whole onion and whole potato.

2. 2

   Simmer for 3 hours or longer.

3. 3

   Take soup meat from pot and remove meat from bone. Chop into bite sized pieced, discarding bone and fat.

4. 4

   Mash well cooked vegetables through a strainer or puree with stock blender. Return these ingredients and meat to the liquid.

5. 5

   Add al other vegetables and rice, cook until vegetables are well done.

6. 6

   Break small amount of spaghetti or macaroni into soup during last 20 minutes of cooking.