Mom'S Vegetable Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb. beef tips or stew beef, cut in small pieces
1 can stewed tomatoes, cut up
1 bag Success rice or 1 c. rice
1/2 c. barley
1 pkg. French onion soup mix
1 can Bush's peas with snaps (use juice, too)
salt to taste (about 2 Tbsp.)
1 or 2 Idaho potatoes, cut up

Preparation

Use 4-quart pot.
Brown beef tips on high, stirring constantly, until they are light brown.
Remove from heat.
Add hot water until the pan is a little over half full.
Add rest of ingredients except onion soup mix, then add more water to fill the pan about 3 inches from top.
Bring to boil and then add onion soup mix.
Turn heat to low and cover.
Cook about 1 1/2 hours. May also be cooked in crock-pot for several hours.