Ground Beef Vegetable Soup Recipe

Crumble ground beef into a stockpot over medium-high heat; cook and stir until beef is crumbly evenly browned and no longer pink 7 to 10 minutes. Drain and discard any excess grease.

Stir carrots celery and onion into the ground beef; cook and stir until vegetables are soft about 5 minutes. Add potatoes tomato sauce crushed whole tomatoes undrained peas corn and green beans to the pot; season with black pepper. Stir mixture until evenly mixed. Add thyme and bay leaf to the pot. Pour 1/4 cup water over the mixture if needed to moisten mixture replenishing as needed while cooking.

Bring soup to a simmer place a cover on the pot and cook stirring regularly until potatoes are tender about 1 hour.