Add water and tomatoes and cook until beef is tender. Add vegetables except peas and cook until tender. There was always a pot of soup in Grandma's kitchen in the winter. She would never have added a can of crushed tomatoes in hers, tomato only juice. Sometimes, she would add pasta, rice or barley to it, it was always delicious.
Vegetable soup is a great way to use leftovers in the refrigerator.
Small amounts of fresh vegetables, to few to serve alone are a miracle in the pot, when served together as a soup.