Soup Special of the Day!...........Beef Vegetable Soup

This week's Soup Special of the Day is Beef Vegetable Soup. It's from the Diabetic Gourmet Magazine website. This is one of many delicious and Diabetic Friendly recipes that you'll find at the site. Enjoy and Eat Healthy!  http://diabeticgourmet.com/

Beef Vegetable Soup
Servings: 10
Ingredients

1 beef shank bone with 1lb. meat

2-1/2 quarts water
2 bay leaves
1/3 cup chopped celery leaves
1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
1 tsp Morton Lite Salt Mixture
1/2 tsp freshly ground pepper
1 envelope (1oz.) onion soup mix
1 can (15oz.) stewed tomatoes with juice
1 package (10oz.) frozen mixed vegetables
1 cup peeled, diced potatoes
1 cup sliced celery
Directions

1 - Remove any fat from the beef.
2 - In a large, covered soup pot, simmer the beef bone with meat in water with bay leaves, celery leaves, parsley, Morton Lite Salt Mixture, pepper, and onion soup mix until meat is tender, about 2-1/2 hours.
3 - Remove the one, meat and bay leaves. Chill broth and remove any fat. Cut meat into bite size pieves and return to broth. Discard bone and bay leaves.
4 - Add tomatoes, frozen vegetables, potatoes, and celery.
5 - Cover and simmer for 25 minutes. Serve hot.
6 - Nutritional Information Per Serving
7 - Calories: 106 ; Protein: 12.2 g ; Fat: 2.46 g ; Sodium: 306 mg;
8 - Cholesterol: 28 mg ; Carbohydrates: 8.6 g
Find this recipe at:
http://diabeticgourmet.com/recipes/html/119.shtml