Portuguese Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 lb. stew meat, cut in bite size pieces
2 carrots, diced
4 stalks celery, chopped
2 round onions, diced
4 medium potatoes, diced
1 medium head cabbage, sliced 1/2 inch thick
1 can kidney beans
1 can cut string beans
1/2 c. washed rice
1 can corn (small corn on-the-cob; optional)
1 can stewed tomatoes
1 can tomato sauce
salt and pepper to taste

Preparation

Brown stew meat; add water with onions, carrots, stewed tomatoes, potatoes, beans, string beans and corn.
Add salt and pepper to taste; boil over medium flame for 1 hour, then add rice, cabbage and tomato sauce.
Simmer on low flame about 20 minutes.