Trail Stew

Ingredients

• 2 cups chopped onion
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 5 cups peeled baking potato, cut into 1-inch pieces
• 2 cups sliced carrot
• 1 cup chopped red bell pepper
• 1 (1-ounce) package onion soup mix, such as Lipton
• 2 pounds lean ground round
• 2 (14 1/4-ounce) cans low-salt beef broth
• 2 cups frozen green beans
• 2 cups frozen whole-kernel corn
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper