30 Minute 3 Bean Beef Soup

Ingredients:

• 1 lb. beef cube steaks, cut into 1 inch pieces
• 2 Tbsp. butter or margarine
• 1 qt. whole tomatoes
• 1 can condensed beef consomme
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• 1/2 cup quick barley
• 1/4 cup chopped onion
• 1 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1/4 tsp. each dried marjoram and thyme leaves
• 10 oz. pkg. frozen baby lima beans, broke apart
• 16 oz. can green beans, undrained
• 15 oz. can butter beans, undrained

Directions:

Brown beef in butter in Dutch oven over medium heat. Stir in tomatoes, consomme, barley, onion, salt, marjoram, and thyme. Simmer 10 minutes. Add lima beans and simmer 10 more minutes. Add string beans and butter beans and simmer 10 minutes. Sprinkle each serving with Parmesan cheese. Serves 10.

By Robin from Washington, IA