Hamburger Soup

By cartwohl

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 lb ground beef
• 1 med onion chopped
• 1 28 oz can stewed tomatoes
• 2 cups water
• 3 cans beef consomme
• 1 can tomato sauce or 1 can tomato soup
• 4 carrots diced
• 3 sticks celery diced
• chopped parsley
• 1 bay leaf
• 1/2 tsp dried thyme, or few sprigs fresh thyme
• pepper
• 5 tbsp barley (not heaping)

Preparation

Step 1

Brown meat & onions, drain. Add remaining ingredients and simmer at least 2 hours.