Hearty Hamburger Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 Tbsp. butter
1 c. chopped onion
1 c. sliced carrots
1/2 c. sliced celery
1 lb. ground beef
2 c. tomato juice
1 c. diced potatoes
1 1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. seasoned salt
1/8 tsp. pepper
1/3 c. flour
4 c. milk

Preparation

Melt
butter in saucepan;
brown meat.
Add onion and cook until transparent.
Stir
in
remaining
ingredients,
except flour and milk. Cook over low heat until vegetables are tender, about 20 to 25 minutes. Combine flour
with
1
cup
milk.
Stir into soup mixture.
Boil.
Add remaining milk and heat, stirring frequently.
Do not boil after adding remaining milk.
This makes quite a large amount.
(Green pepper can be substituted for celery.) This is also a good recipe to can as vegetable soup, omitting flour and milk until opening.