Nita's Colorado Vegetable Soup

This is the soup my parent's church made for the workers during the Christmas bazaar season in Pagosa Springs, Colorado. Before Christmas, the church would get together and make pine wreaths from the bows of the trees on the mountains and decorate and sell them all over the country. This is a major fund raiser each year for the church and lasts for a few weeks. This is the soup served to the workers during that time.

Colorado Hamburger Vegetable Soup

1 pound ground beef browned with one chopped onion
2- 10 oz bags of frozen vegetables
2- 8 oz cans of tomato sauce
2- 15 or 16 oz cans of tomatoes
1 package of dried onion soup mix
2 T sugar
4 Cups of water
salt and pepper to taste
Brown beef and onions in soup pot. Salt and pepper as needed. Add vegetables, tomato sauce, canned tomatoes and onion soup mix. Add water and cook about an hour.