gail's homemade vegetable beef soup

Ingredients

• 2 packages stew meat (may use ground beef made into cooked meatballs
• 2 tablespoons cooking or olive oil
• 1 teaspoon lawry's season salt
• 4-6 cups water to boil stew meat-enough to cover well
• 3 medium potatoes, cut into cubes boiled until nearly done
• 4 large carrots, cut into rounds or 1 inch slices and cooked until almost done
• 3-4 cups water enough to cover potatoes and carrots
• 1 can diced tomatoes
• 2 cans tomato sauce 8 ounces each
• 1/2 cup corn-canned, frozen or cut off cob
• 1 can veg-all or mixed vegetables
• 1 can whole, sliced or diced potatoes
• 1 can green beans
• 1 can carrots, canned (optional)
• 1/2-1 teaspoon black pepper-coarse ground
• 1/2 teaspoon season salt-optional
• 3/4 cup large elbow macaroni or rotini-cooked (firm) according to package directions
• 1 can beef broth-optional
• 1 - bay leaf-optional
• 1-2 dash pepper sauce-optional