Venus De Milo Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb ground beef
2 (14 ounce) cans condensed chicken broth
2 (14 ounce) cans water (use empty broth cans)
4 cups water
1 (1 1/4 ounce) envelope Lipton French Onion soup mix
1 (14 ounce) can diced tomatoes
1 (12 -16 ounce) bag frozen vegetables
1/2 cup small shell pasta (like orzo, stars,alphabets, etc)

Preparation

In a large pot brown ground beef, stirring to break up.
Drain well.
Add broth, onion soup mix, water, tomatoes, bring to a boil, reduce heat simmer 5 minutes, add frozen vegetables, continue to simmer 10 minutes more.
Stir in pasta cook about 8 minutes more till pasta is done.
This makes a fast, great-tasting soup in no time at all--freezes well.