Carrot Chowder

Ingredients

  • 1 lb ground beef - browned & drained
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup celery - chopped
  • 1/2 cup green pepper - diced
  • 1/2 cup onion - diced
  • Add all above to ground beef cover & simmer on low for 10 minutes.
  • Add beef mixture listed above to the combined soup base listed below.
  • 4 cups tomato juice
  • 1 1/2 cups water
  • 2 cans cream of celery soup
  • 2 1/2 cups carrots - grated
  • 1/2 teaspoons garlic powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/8 teaspoon marjoram
  • Cheese slices - swiss or Montery Jack

Directions

  1. Combine all ingredients, except the cheese slices, into a large soup pot.
  2. Bring to a boil & simmer for 30 minutes

Serve by placing a slice or chopped Swiss or Monterey jack cheese in bowls and pour “hot” soup over the cheese.

Tastes much like a hearty tomato soup.