Bill's Vegetable Soup

1 tablespoon vegetable oil

2 pounds london broil -- cubed

2 stalks celery -- sliced

2 cups water

2 quarts water -- approximately

1 soup bone -- optional

1 tablespoon thyme

salt and pepper -- to taste 1 medium onion -- diced

2 cloves garlic -- chopped

2 cans beef broth

2 tablespoons kitchen bouquet

1 package frozen mixed vegetables -- large

1 can tomatoes -- diced

1 package frozen stew vegetables -- large

4 potatoes -- cut up

1 can corn

1 can green beans

1 cup barley

Brown meat in vegetable oil. Add two cups water and celery. Allow to simmer about twenty minutes covered.

Add beef broth (the non-condensed kind), soup bone, garlic, onion, and Kitchen Bouquet. Simmer about one hour covered.

Add barley. Simmer one-half hour.

Add frozen, fresh, canned vegetables, thyme, salt and pepper . Simmer one-half hour or until vegetables are tender.