This nourishing hearty beef soup is full of the rich flavor that is often lacking when just using beef broth. Searing the stew meat as well as some beef shanks, really ups the flavor and heartiness of this outstanding and nourishing soup....

I swear, the mint plant in my ‘herb garden’ went from winter hibernation to full-on crazy steroid-like production in the matter of a few days. It was out of the need to ‘tame the mint’ that this recipe was born. The recipe further developed when my daughter, who runs some grocery shopping errands for me, came home with some great looking zu...