Cabbage and Vegetable Soup with Sausage or hamburger IP

This Hearty, Healthy delicious Soup is literally a toss and Go Soup. Perfect Recipe for New Instant Pot users. It can also easily be made Stove top so don’t let the fact that you don’t have an IP stop you! Don’t worry if you have a bit more or less of one of the Ingredients. It’s Soup!☺️
Can be made in the 6 or 8q Pots.

INGREDIENTS:
1 Lb Ground Italian Sausage or Hamburger.
1/2 head Cabbage. Chopped
1 1/2 c Chopped Sweet Onion.
1 1/2 c Chopped Celery.
1 1/2 c Chopped Yellow Squash
1 c Chopped Carrot.
5 mini multicolor Peppers. Chopped
2 c frozen Mixed Veggies ….Peas Carrots Corn (save out till end)
2 Cloves Garlic. Minced
1/2-1 tsp Salt.
1/2- 1 tsp Pepper.
2 1/2 tsp Italian Seasoning
1 1/2 c Fresh Green Beans chopped into 1”- 1 1/2” pieces. (Mine we’re French).
1 Box..32oz (4 c) Chicken Bone Broth (or use your own homemade).
1 can Diced Tomatoes.
1 1/2 Tbsp Reduced Sodium Better than Bullion Chicken.

OPTIONAL:
Add a can of drained Black Beans, Garbanzos, or Kidney Beans for Extra Protien.

DIRECTIONS:
Use a Frying Pan to Sauté and Brown your Sausage, Drain the Fat off.
while the Sausage Browns, Chop all the Veggies and add them to the Pot.
Add the Italian Seasoning, Salt and Pepper.. (Start with 1/2 tsp Salt and 1/2 tsp Pepper. You can always add more after it’s done.)
Add the Cooked Sausage to the Veggies.
Deglaze the Frying Pan with about 1/2 c of of the Chicken Broth, scraping the bottom to loosen any Brown bits up and poor that over the Veggies.
Pour the rest Chicken Broth in with the Veggies.
Add the Can of Diced Tomatoes on top.
Scoop your Better than Bullion on top of the Veggies. Stir it down into the mix.
Add your Frozen Veggies to a separate BOWL and hold them out til after the Soup is cooked.
Put the Lid on the Pot and set the Time for 3 min and allow 5 min NPR. Do a CR (Controlled Release, which is tap tap tap the vent until you know it won’t Spit out the Vent.) Then QR the rest of the Pressure out of the Pot and open the lid. Add the rest of the Frozen Veggies and gently stir them in to the Rest of the Soup.
Let them set for a couple minutes to heat through before serving. Taste the Soup and add more Seasoning at this point to taste.(Salt Pepper, Better than Bullion, Italian Seasoning etc).