Name: Perfect Vegetable & Beef Soup
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 6 people
Ingredients: 1 pound Simple Truth Organic Ground Beef; 1 teaspoon minced garlic; 1 14.5 ounce can Fire roasted diced tomatoes use juice; 1 19 ounce can Progresso tomato basil soup; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoon pepper; 1/2 teaspoon dried parsley group; 1/2 teaspoon dried basil; 1 tablespoon worcestershire sauce; 2 teaspoons tomato paste; 1 12 ounce bag of frozen mixed vegetables (corn, carrots, green beans, green peas); 1 cup frozen sweet corn; 1 12 ounce bag of frozen lima beans; 2 cups frozen diced potatoes (I used Ore-Ida Potatoes O'Brien with the pepper mix); 1 1/4 32 ounce cartons beef broth (so you can buy 2 -32 ounce cartons); 2 teaspoons olive oil

Perfect Vegetable & Beef Soup

Ready in 35 min · Yield 6 people

Brown your ground beef properly and let it sit in the pan for a minute before stirring, so it develops real color and flavor rather than just turning gray. Everything else is just dumping and simmering, but that browning step is what gives this soup its savory backbone.

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In a large dutch oven or soup pot, heat 2 teaspoons of olive oil. Add the minced garlic. Cook until fragrant. Add in the raw ground beef. Cook until brown and fully cooked. Drain any excess grease and return meat back to pot.
Pour in the can of diced tomatoes with the juice. Stir to combine. Pour in the can of tomato basil soup. Stir to combine.
Stir in spices. (salt, pepper, parsley, basil)
Stir in special sauce (Worcestershire)
Stir in tomato paste
Pour in mixed veggies, corn, lima beans, and potatoes all from frozen. Stir to combine.
Pour in 1-32 ounce beef broth plus 1/4 of another 32-ounce beef broth. Stir to combine.
Cover with lid and let simmer on medium-low for 20-30 minutes. If it starts to bubble over turn to low. ENJOY!

Perfect Vegetable & Beef Soup

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