SAVORY TOMATO BEEF SOUP

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Meet the Cook: This soup's one my mother taught me to make. It's good all year but especially when the weather's cold. In winter, I serve it with grilled cheese sandwiches. It would also be a nice lunch with a side salad or homemade corn bread. Even our grandchildren - we have four - like it. It's a good way of getting them to eat their vegetables. My husband and I have two grown daughters. -Edna Tilley, Morganton, North Carolina

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories Lunch

Time 4h30m

Yield 8 servings (about 2 quarts).

Number Of Ingredients 15

Ingredients

1 pound beef stew meat, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
1 small meaty beef soup bone (beef shanks or short ribs)
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
4 cups water
1 can (28 ounces) diced tomatoes, undrained
1 cup chopped carrots
1 cup chopped celery
1/4 cup chopped celery leaves
1 tablespoon salt
1/2 teaspoon dried marjoram
1/2 teaspoon dried basil
1/4 teaspoon dried savory
1/4 teaspoon dried thyme
1/8 teaspoon ground mace
1/8 teaspoon hot pepper sauce

Steps:

In a Dutch oven or soup kettle, brown the stew meat and soup bone in oil. Add the remaining ingredients; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 4-5 hours or until meat is tender. Skim fat. Remove meat from bone; cut into 1/2-in. cubes. Return to soup; heat through.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 142 calories, Fat 7g fat (2g saturated fat), Cholesterol 35mg cholesterol, Sodium 1057mg sodium, Carbohydrate 7g carbohydrate (4g sugars, Fiber 2g fiber), Protein 12g protein.