Vegetable Beef Soup is one of my favorite cold weather dishes. I'm sure there are many variation of this, and, it can't be coined "Cajun". Here's a Cajun's way to cook it.

Use a large (12 quart or so) stock pot. (I don't know how to make a small soup!)

1 pack of beef ribs cut in two "lengthways". (your butcher can fix you up with this)
You can also add cut up beef chuck roast or steak for added meat.

Group 1:
1 med. onion chopped
1/2 lg. bell pepper chopped
6 carrots skinned and sliced
1 small head of cabbage, core out,  cut in 2" x 2" pieces (roughly)
3 ribs of celery chopped
4 leaves of fresh mustard greens washed and torn
1 can of stewed tomatoes
1 sm. can of tomato sauce or 2 sm. cans V-8 juice
1 - 15 oz. can whole corn
1 - 15 oz. can baby lima beans
1 - 15 oz. can Petit-Pois (small sweet peas)
1 - 15 oz. can green beans
(Same amounts of fresh or frozen canned veggies will do)
Water

Group 2:
3/4" round spaghetti pasta broken in 4
1/4 cup long grain rice
2 med. potatoes peeled and cut into bite sized pieces.
1 tsp. Salt
1/2 tsp Pepper (black and cayenne mixed)
8 beef bullion cubes or 1 tsp. More Than Gourmet ® Demi-Glace Gold

Group 3:
Pinch of Thyme
Handful of fresh parley
Handful chopped Green onions

Instruction:

Fill the pot a little over half with water and put to boil.
Wash and slice the ribs individually. Trim as much fat off as you can, slice them crossways to the bone (this helps the meat fall into bite sized pieces) and put them in the pot. Boil for 1/2 hour. Skim any fat off.

Add Group 1 to the pot. Boil for 30 minutes (about). Skim any fat off.

Add group 2 and do the same.

Add group 3 and boil for 15 minutes. Lower fire and simmer. Begin tasting and add salt and pepper as you see fit.

The longer you let this simmer the better.

Remove bones.