This tasty vegetable beef soup recipe is made with meaty soup bones and a variety of vegetables. The soup is a fabulous cold-weather meal, and the fact that it is made with beef shanks means it is easy on the budget. The bones from the shanks add flavor to the soup, but stewing beef or cubed beef chuck can be used instead. For a meatier soup, add about 1/2 pound of cubed beef to the soup along with the beef shanks.