SUPPER TONIGHT……..

EASY VEGETABLE SOUP

4 cups vegetable, beef, or chicken stock
4 cups vegetables (I keep a bucket in the fridge and if we every have left over vegs I freeze them and use then for soup as needed)
left over meat, cut in small pieces, or 1 lb cubed beef, browned in oil in skillet
15 -oz can chopped tomoatoes
1 bay leaf
1/4 cup uncooked rice or barley or 1/2 cup cooked orzo or small shells

1.  Combine all ingredients in slow cooker except pasta.

2.  Cover.  cook on low for 6 hours, adding pasta 1/2 hour before serving.

3.  Serve with rolls and a salad for a great comfort meal.