Basic Vegetable Soup

Ingredients

Amount		Ingredient	Preparation
3	cups	beef broth
2	cups	water
1	cup	tomato juice
2	each	potatoes	medium size
3	each	carrots	diced
1	small	onion	diced
2	each	celery stalks	diced
1/4	cup	green bell peppers	diced
1/2	cup	green beans
1/2	cup	lima beans
1/2	cup	corn
4	tablespoons	margarine	solid
1/4	teaspoon	black pepper
1/2	teaspoon	salt	or to taste

Directions

Melt 4 tablespoons margarine in skillet. Add the chopped green peppers, carrots, celery and onion.

Saute on low heat until vegetables are softened and onion
browned lightly.

Add this to the broth mixture which has been placed in a large,
heavy pan with lid.

Add to this the potatoes, green beans, lima beans and corn.
Cover and simmer for about 45 minutes or until all the vegetables are done.

Add the salt and pepper.

Remove about 2 cups of the mixture and put into blender.
Puree this mixture and return to pot with rest of soup.

Turn off heat and cover soup. Best if allowed to set for up to 1 hour to blend flavors.