A Chunk Of Minestrone - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb. ground sirloin
1 onion
46 oz. tomato juice
15 oz. Hunt's tomato sauce
3 carrots, diced
2 celery stalks, sliced
pinch of basil
salt and pepper to taste
2 c. water
1 heaping c. shredded cabbage
1/4 c. rice
1/4 c. rosamarina macaroni
1 Tbsp. chili powder
1 large can red beans or kidney beans

Preparation

Brown onion with meat.
Add tomato juice, tomato sauce, carrots, celery stalks, basil, salt, pepper and water and cook, covered, for 45 minutes.
Add shredded cabbage and cook 30 minutes. Add rice and cook 10 minutes.
Add rosamarina macaroni and cook 15 minutes.
Lastly, add chili powder and red beans or kidney beans, with juice.
Simmer a few minutes and add more water, if needed.