Cabbage Celery Soup

Ingredients

• 2 med-large onions - chopped
• 2 celery ribs, split and chopped
• 2 pounds ground beef
• 1/2 cabbage head, cleaned and chopped
• 2 carrots, scrubbed and sliced to around 1/8" - 1/4" thickness
• 6 beef bouillon cubes
• 1 tsp salt or to taste
• 1/4 - 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder or 2 cloves, diced
• 1/4 - 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 - 29 ounce can of *concentrated crushed tomatoes
• 2 - 29 ounce "cans" of water

Directions

Cook onions, celery, and beef in an 8 quart pan over medium to medium-low heat until the ground beef is done and vegetables are soft. Add the rest of the ingredients. Bring to boil, reduce heat to simmer. Cover pan and simmer for an hour or more. Season to taste
Leftovers can be refrigerated for a couple of days. Beyond that freeze leftovers in quart size jars.
*Concentrated Crushed Tomatoes
This product can be found at Wal-mart under their generic label. Don't confuse them with Crushed Tomatoes. The ones I call for are Concentrated. They have the purple and red label. Currently they cost around $0.94.