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great vegetable summer (or winter) soup

(1 rating)
Recipe by
Alice Ames
Cleveland, TN

The following recipe is from 04-14-1981, just keeps better with age and is so delicious! You can add anything you want to add, or leave out anything you do not want to add.

(1 rating)
yield 6 serving(s)
prep time 20 Min
cook time 20 Min

Ingredients For great vegetable summer (or winter) soup

  • 1
    pound hamburger meat
  • 1/2
    pound sausage
  • 1/2
    medium onion, chopped, vidalia is my suggestion
  • 1
    15 oz. can of corn, undrained + 1 can of water
  • 1
    15 oz. can of peas, undrained + 1 can of water
  • 1
    15 oz. can lesueur tender baby carrots, undrained + 1 can of water
  • 1
    15 oz. can chopped stewed tomatoes, undrained + 1 can or water
  • 1
    8 oz. can tomato sauce w/mushrooms, or 1 can of plain tomato sauce, undrained + 1 can of water
  • 2
    tablespoons worcestershire sauce
  • 1
    tablespoon sugar
  • optional - to your taste: tabasco sauce, salt, pepper, garlic powder
  • other suggestions: lima beans, diced potatoes, chopped cabbage, but do not add until end of cooking, or could add 1/2 to 1 bag frozen okra, added last 15 minutes of cooking time.

How To Make great vegetable summer (or winter) soup

  • 1
    In a large soup pot, brown/saute 1 pound hamburger meat, sausage, and chopped onions.
  • 2
    Add each of the canned ingredients (above) + 1 can each of water.
  • 3
    Add Worcestershire Sauce.
  • 4
    Add sugar.
  • 5
    Add to your taste, Tabasco, salt, pepper, garlic powder.
  • 6
    While bringing the mixture to a light boil, stir ingredients and juices for a couple of minutes.
  • 7
    Once a light boiling point has been reached, cut the oven eye down to Simmer. Simmer for a minimum of 20 minutes. The longer this soup simmers, the more the flavors marry with one another.
  • 8
    Excellent to serve with cornbread or Frito chips.
  • 9
    Refrigerate leftovers, if there are any!

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