Ronald Reagan's Hamburger Soup

I decided it was time for some hearty soup with the falling leaves, and colder nights! I'm so bad about cooking soups in the summer because it's one of those things that warms your bones and when it's 110 degrees outside, it's hard to get in the mood for that! So, I looked through Tasteful Traditions cookbook put together by Fellowship Bible Church here in Tulsa, and found this recipe which was submitted by Connie Athens.

It is delicious, it is hearty, and it is easy....so here we go!

The ingredients you will need for this are as follows:
2 lbs. ground beef (we used venison)
2 T butter
2 cloves chopped garlic
1/4 tsp pepper
1 (10 oz) can Hominy (I used white hominy)
1 c diced green peppers
12 c beef broth or water with bouillon cubes (I used 10 cups of water (because I ran out of room in my pot) and 10 bouillon cubes)
16 oz Chopped tomatoes, canned or fresh (I used petite diced)

The portions of this I omitted are:
1 1/2 c sliced carrots
2 c celery
Only because I couldn't wrap my brain around carrots, and celery on a hamburger. The hominy....well, I just love hominy! So it stayed!!

You are going to brown the beef in a 6 quart sauce pan (I used an over-sized skillet) in the 2 T butter.
Next you will add onions, garlic and green peppers-Cover and simmer for about 10 minutes. Next add your beef broth or water with bouillon cubes. Then add the chopped tomatoes (I drained mine first), and the pepper. Simmer the soup on low for 35 minutes and then add the hominy and bring the soup back to a boil for another 10 minutes. (I boiled it for 10 minutes and then I put it back on low/warm and covered it until Dee Jay got home about 30 mins later).

To top off our bowls we added a small handful of shredded Cheddar cheese (so I guess we actually had cheeseburger soup) and that really put it over the top on the greatness scale!

If you're looking for a quick meal, I had most of these ingredients in my pantry already! 

The only thing I would have to leave out was the hominy (::sigh::) but use what you have and get creative! We hope everyone is having a great week so far (it's almost over)!! Stay tuned! 

New recipes are coming soon!! 

~Happy Eating~