Easy Slow Cooker Soups – Vegetable Soup with Beef

This morning I planned ahead and tossed a bunch of goodness into the crock pot before heading out to the garden to shovel bark. After a long day of working in the garden it’s pretty awesome to walk in to the kitchen to find a crockpot full of hot soup waiting for you.

Plain and simple, this soup rocks!

Ingredients

1 pound ground beef, buffalo or venison browned
1 onion, chopped
1 can {15 oz} black beans, drained {kidney or white beans work too}
2 large carrots, chopped
1/2 cup rice, uncooked {I used jasmine rice}
2 cans {15 oz each} stewed tomatoes
4 cups beef or vegetable stock
1 tablespoon parsley flakes
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes {optional}
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/2 teaspoon dried basil
1 bay leaf

Directions

Toss everything in your crock pot and cook on low for 8 hours or high for 4 hours. Discard bay leaf prior to serving. Serve with a bread and butter if you have it.

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