Ground Beef and Vegetable Soup

Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium heat. Cook and stir onion celery and carrots until tender 6 to 8 minutes. Stir garlic into onion mixture; cook stirring until fragrant about 1 minute. Remove pot from heat.

Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir ground beef in batches in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly 5 to 10 minutes. Transfer browned beef to onion mixture in the large pot using a slotted spoon.

Heat onion-beef mixture over medium heat. Stir vegetable juice beef broth tomatoes Italian seasoning beef bouillon thyme cayenne pepper salt and black pepper into beef mixture. Bring to a boil reduce heat to low cover and simmer to blend the flavors at least 1 hour.

Stir corn kidney beans cannellini beans great Northern beans green beans peas lima beans and okra into beef mixture; bring to a boil reduce heat to low and simmer until heated through about 10 minutes.