CABBAGE SOUP WITH HAMBURGER

This is a very good for you and tasty soup, however, when I used to make this some time ago, I also thought that it lacked something or needed a little more flavor. To give it the flavor it needs, I decided an old trick my grandmother use to use in her vegetable soup…..add a jar or can of sauerkraut in place of some of the cabbage and it gives it just the zing it needs. Other than that, I left the recipe pretty much as is, I just didn’t do a whole lot of measuring, just threw it all together and let it cook. Enjoy!

CABBAGE SOUP WITH HAMBURGER

Ingredients:
2-3 pounds of hamburger (can substitute ground turkey)
1 head of cabbage, chopped
2 cup celery, diced
2 cup white or yellow onion, diced
1 green bell pepper, diced
2-3 cloves garlic, minced
5-6 cups beef broth
2 – 14 oz can basil, oregano, garlic diced tomatoes
2 teaspoon oregano
2 teaspoon basil
½ teaspoon red pepper flakes
few shakes of black pepper
½ teaspoon salt (optional)

Directions:
Brown your hamburger before adding to crock pot.
Put all the ingredients in the crock pot, stir it around
Cook on high between 5-6 hours
or cook on low between – 6-8 hours
Enjoy!