Beefy Pepper Noodle

Beefy Pepper Noodle has become a "go-to" dinner for our family, especially since I have been pregnant and craving beef like nobody's business.  This is another recipe that can be done either in the crock pot or dutch oven.  I almost always cook this in the dutch oven because I tend to forget about supper until about 2:00 and then I scramble for something to throw together and I can get it done faster in the dutch oven.  This cooks in the oven for about 4 hours and only requires about 10 minutes of hands-on time.

Vegetable Beef Soup

I have been playing around with Vegetable Beef Soup for a few years now and this is the first batch that I didn't find a single thing wrong with.  I should say up front that I believe Vegetable Beef Soup should have noodles in it.  I never knew there were two camps of vegetable beef soup folks--Noodles vs. No Noodles (Matt is in the no noodle camp).   Anyhow, this takes a few hours of simmering but very little hands-on work.