Reviewed: Feb. 20, 2012

Only used 4 cups of water, large tin of diced tomatoes instead of tomato sauce. I added four chopped carrots and two sticks of celery, 2 bay leaves, garlic and Italian seasoning. It needed to cook longer than 5 hours to get texture right, closer to 8. Very nice. I think a bit of tomato paste would have been nice, but I forgot. Also might have been nice to add some peas at the end.

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DEARSTARLA

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: San Diego, California, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 8, 2012

I didn't really enjoy this recipe. I am not sure if it had too much onions but the taste wasn't that good to me husband and I.

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Angie O.

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Alexandria, Virginia, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 6, 2012

Very tasty, very easy, very thick. I used boxed beef broth instead of bouillon. Would definitely make again--both my kids loved it.

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Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Evanston, Illinois, USA

Living In: Geneva, Illinois, USA

Reviewed: Dec. 20, 2011

yummy!

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pinkchick627

Reviewed: Nov. 8, 2011

Mmmmm.....very comforting food.

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Ardys

Cooking Level: Beginning

Home Town: Spring Grove, Minnesota, USA

Living In: Duluth, Minnesota, USA

Reviewed: Oct. 21, 2011

This is a great basic soup recipe that you can alter to suit your tastes. For example, I used beef broth instead of bouillon and water. I added garlic, carrots, celery, and a can of petite diced tomatoes (drained), as well as a splash of red wine. I also browned the meat (after dredging in flour, S&P) and veggies first before placing in the crock pot. Then deglazed the pan with some of the broth and added that to the crock pot. Tossed in some fresh rosemary from my garden. These extra steps resulted in a hearty soup with lots of Italian flavor!

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BlueHydrangea

Cooking Level: Expert

Living In: Belmar, New Jersey, USA

Reviewed: Oct. 15, 2011

I bought "stew meat" (whatever type of beef that is) and it worked perfectly. I also added chopped spinach towards the end of the the cooking time. I've made it twice in the last month thinking I was going to freeze some for later, but we just loved it so much that there wasn't any to freeze! Thank you for sharing this recipe!

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Amy R.

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: New Berlin, Wisconsin, USA

Reviewed: Oct. 11, 2011

love it is really good . i added cilantro and celery really good

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Yessenia

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Metairie, Louisiana, USA

Reviewed: Oct. 3, 2011

This was delicious & easy! All I added was mushrooms!!

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ma41

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Brooklyn, New York, USA

Reviewed: Oct. 3, 2011

So good and so easy! The only changes I made (as many others commented on) was to add carrots & celery & 1tbsp Italian seasoning. It was really good, we all liked it. It was the perfect choice of recipe to set up early, watch an afternoon football game without worrying about supper, then serve when ready. We'll have this again.

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