CORE Farmhouse Beef and Veg Soup

Serves: 15-20 cups

Difficulty: Easy

Ingredients:

• 500g premium beef miced (or diced beef)
• 1 packet french onion soup
• 4 beef stock cubes
• 2 cloves garlic, chopped/crushed
• 1 tsp curry
• 1/2 cup pearl barley
• 2 cups (300g) potato
• 1 cup (150g) 200g pumpkin
• 1 cup carrot
• 1 cup beans
• 1 cup cauliflower and / or broccoli
• 2-3 cups of watery vegie - cabbage, spinach, zucchini, celery

All vegies should be diced to approx 1cm

Method:

Add beef, garlic, french onion soup mix and 1/4 cup water to a hot saucepan. Brown beef.
Add 6 cups water, curry powder, stock cubes, pearl barley, potato, carrot, beans and pumpkin.
Simmer for 20 minutes, covered.
Add waterey vegies, simmer for 10 mins.

Serve as is for a very thick soup, or add 1/4 cup water to each 1 cup soup for thinner style

Not on Core? The total for this recipe as soup is 24 points

To turn into a stew, add 1 1/2 cups rolled oats and simmer 10 mins
See CORE Farmhouse Beef and Veg Stew

Not on Core? The total for this recipe as stew is 32 points