Busy Day Beef-vegetable Soup

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 lb boneless beef chuck
• 3 medium carrots, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch pieces
• 2 small potatoes, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
• 1/2 cup chopped onion
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme, crushed
• 1 bay leaf
• 2 (14 1/2 ounce) cans diced tomatoes, undrained
• 1 cup water
• 1/2 cup frozen peas
• fresh parsley sprig

Recipe

• 1 trim fat from meat; cut meat into 3/4-inch pieces.
• 2 in a 3 1/2 or 4-quart slow cooker, combine meat, carrots, potatoes, and onion.
• 3 sprinkle with salt and thyme; add bay leaf.
• 4 pour in undrained tomatoes and the water.
• 5 cover and cook on low for 8-10 hours (6 hours in my slow cooker).
• 6 discard bay leaf.
• 7 stir in frozen peas.
• 8 if desired, garnish each serving with parsley.