Vegetable Beef Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 lb. stew beef
1 onion
1 pepper
3 celery stalks
2 carrots
onion salt
garlic salt
salt
pepper
parsley
thyme
marjoram
ground cloves
1 beef bouillon cube
2 potatoes
1/2 bag frozen mixed vegetables
1 can stewed tomatoes
handful macaroni
1/2 c. barley
1 c. V-8 juice

Preparation

Cut stew beef into small pieces and brown on medium-high heat. Add onion, pepper, celery and carrots.
Add water to cover.
Add a sprinkle of all spices and bouillon.
Cook low-medium heat 1 to 1 1/2 hours.
Add potatoes, frozen vegetables, stewed tomatoes, macaroni and barley.
Add V-8 juice and enough water to have the consistency you like in soup.
Cook medium heat 1/2 hour to cook vegetables, then simmer.