Orange Honey Vegetable Soup

Total Time: 8 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 8 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 lb stew beef chunk (optional)
• 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
• 1 large garlic clove (pressed)
• 1 beef bouillon cube
• 1/4 cup honey
• 1/2 cup orange juice concentrate
• 1/2 cup cooking sherry
• 1 cup baby carrots
• 1 cup dried shiitake mushroom
• 1 cup baby carrots
• 2 cups stir fry vegetables (frozen)
• 3 cups water
• 1/2 teaspoon peppercorn
• 5 red bliss potatoes, quartered
• 2 stalks celery

Recipe

• 1 dissolve bullion into a cup of hot water. next add the honey to the hot water.
• 2 cut celery into 1 inch pieces. place all vegetable ingredients into your crock pot.
• 3 put (optional) meat on top of vegetables, keeping away from the sides if possible as the vegetables will need to cook more than the meat.
• 4 add the pepper, cooking wine and the honey-water, then add enough of the remaining water to cover the meat. my 4 1/2 quart crock pot took almost 2 additional cups, but for you this may differ.
• 5 cook in your crock pot on the low setting for 8 to 10 hours. enjoy!