Salt and Pepper your meat and brown it in the large soup pot.
Drain off any excess fat
add onion, tomatoes, tomato sauce, beans, mixed vegetables, corn and water
Bring to a boil and reduce heat to low. Cook, stirring occasionally until vegatables are done (approximately 1-1 1/2 hours)
add cup pasta to the mixture
simmer approx 30 minutes
In a seperate pot. Bring diced potatoes to a boil. Take off heat and allow to stand.
Add drained potatoes and any seasonings you may want to soup pot. I like to salt mine a good bit! Just keeps tasting as you add.
Simmer until ready to serve