Old School Vegetable Soup

Ingredients

• 1 pound Ground Beef
• 1 teaspoon Black Pepper
• 1 tablespoon Seasoned Salt
• 1 tablespoon Olive Oil (or grapeseed/avocado oil)
• large diced onion Yellow Onion
• one small chopped carrot Carrots
• two stalks Celery
• a little bit (to deglaze) Beef Broth
• 1 cup Water
• 14.5 ounce can Diced Tomatoes with Juice
• 15 ounce can Tomato Sauce
• one large chopped potato Roasted Potato
• 28 ounces bag Mixed Vegetables (frozen)
• 1 tablespoon Beef Base
• some Thyme
• 1 teaspoon Onion Powder
• 1 tablespoon Garlic Powder
• ½ teaspoon Black Pepper
• ¼ teaspoon Crushed Red Pepper
• 1 teaspoon Italian Seasoning
• 1 tablespoon Seasoned Salt
• 1 to 2 Bay Leaves
• 1 teaspoon Brown Sugar (or white sugar)