Souper Sunday Series: ABC Soup

I've been told this is one of the best soups I can make, and I think it's pretty good too! Not too hard and only takes about an hour including prep and cook time.

Ingredients

1 pound of ground beef
1/4 butter
1 medium sized onion, diced
2 carrots, chopped
1 cup of mushrooms, quartered
2 Potatoes, quartered
1 tsp of minced garlic
1 quart of V-8 Vegatable Juice
2 cubes of Beef Bullion 
1 cup of Water
1 cup of alphabet pasta
Salt 
Pepper
Cayenne
Oregano




Directions

1. Chop all vegetables before hand, store potatoes in a bowl of water to avoid browning
2. In a frying pan, brown ground beef with half of the onions. Drain and reserve.
3. In a soup pot, melt 1/4 stick of butter over medium heat, add onions, carrots, and a pinch of salt. Sweat for 4 minutes.
4. Add mushrooms and continue sweating for 3 minutes. Add minced garlic and cook for 1 minute.
5. Add V-8 Juice, Bullion Cubes, and 1 cup of water. Bring soup to a good boil and simmer for 15 minutes. Stir well.
6. Drain water from potatoes and add to the soup, continue simmering for another 15 minutes. Stir well.
7. Check veggies for softness, add salt, pepper, cayenne, and oregano to taste.
8. Stir in beef and onion mixture, in another pot boil salted water and cook alphabet pasta till done (follow package instructions)
9. Drain pasta and add to the soup mixture, bring heat down to low and cook for 5 more minutes. Serve and enjoy!

Tonight we had our soup with Katie's special Chicken Salad Sandwiches, it was an awesome combination! Tomorrow we will share the recipe for the delicious Chicken Salad! Hope everyone has a great Labor Day!!!