Vegetable Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 lb. beef stew meat, cut up
6 c. water or more
1/2 c. chopped onion
1/2 c. celery
2 cubes beef bouillon
salt and pepper to taste
1 c. finely cut carrots
1/2 tsp. bay leaf powder
1/2 c. chopped tomatoes
1 c. chopped cabbage
2 handfuls noodles or 1/4 c. barley cereal

Preparation

Brown beef stew meat (optional) and cook in water.
Add noodles or barley cereal at this time, until done.