Nanni's Vegetable Soup

Ingredients 3 pounds stew meat 3 quarts water 2.5 tablespoons salt 1/2 teaspoon pepper Celery leaves 1 large onion chopped 2 bay leaves chopped 1/4 teaspoon oregano 1/4 teaspoon thyme 1.5 cups diced potato 1 cup diced carrot 1/2 pound green beans 4 cups shredded cabbage 1 large onion chopped 2 cans of dicedtomato 1 teaspoon sugar 1 can whole kernel corn 1 package frozen green peas 1 package frozen lima beans

Directions

Place the beef in a soup kettle with 2.5 quarts water. A 1 tbsp of salt, pepper, celery leaves and one chopped onion. Combine bay leaves, oregano, and thyme; tie in a cheese cloth bag and drop into kettle with meat. Cover and simmer for at least three hours. Remove celery leaves. Then add potatoes, carrots, green beans, cabbage and one chopped onion and 1 tbsp salt. Simmer for an hour. Add two cups of water, tomatoes, corn, sugar, peas and lima beans and 1/2 tbsp salt. Cook for an hour longer. Remove cheesecloth sack of spices.