Hearty beef and vegetable soup

tasty and filling soup which freezes well

Ingredients

• 1 pack good quality diced stewing or braising steak
• 1 large onion
• 1 parsmnip
• half a diced swede
• 2 carrots
• 1 leek
• few mushrooms
• handful new potatoes halved
• 4 beef oxo
• salt and pepper to taste
• 2 tsp mixed herbs
• cupful of soup mix or dried lentils of your choice
• tin of canelleni or butter beans drained and rinsed
• 1 tablespoon flour
• 2 litres boiling water

Instructions

STEP 1:

Fry beef and onion in an little olive oil until brown, add the tablespoon of flour and mix well

STEP 2:

Add all the other ingredients and simmer for at least one hour.

STEP 3:

If at any time the soup becomes too thick add more water and one more stock cube each time. serve with crusty bread and cooked rice at bottom for a more filling meal

STEP 4:

this will keep for three days in the fridge or freezes very well