The weather has turned chilly (high in the upper 30s) as winter should be. So I made a big pot of Vegetable Beef Soup. Don't go thinking it was all from scratch. I used a packet of soup mix, and added frozen carrots/peas, hash brown diced potatoes, a can of green beans, and some carrot medallions. Plus a couple pounds of browned ground beef, fried diced onion, fire-roasted tomatoes, and tomato sauce. For seasoning, there was ground black pepper, and dashes of ketchup, BBQ sauce, Worcestershire sauce, Heinz 57 sauce, and steak sauce.
Mmm. I must say, it was delicious! At least from the bites I tried to sample it and adjust the flavor. This it just a saucepan set out for supper. No need to heat the giant pot. I'm sure I will end up freezing some of this soup. It freezes well, and is a treat later without the preparation.
Farmer H declared that the soup was fantastic, and even had a second bowl. Plenty more where that came from. We will be eating it for three more days! I don't think there will be any complaints.
6 comments:
Sounds and looks delicious. Perfect soup for cold weather. I haven't made a vegetable type soup for some time. I make chili occasionally (husband not a big fan) and potato soup, but yours looks very tasty. That should help a cold disappear. Ranee
Rae,
I gave Farmer H the choice of soup, chili, or ham and beans. He chose the soup, which surprised me, as he loves chili. Must have been his sickness talking. I like potato soup, but I've never tried to make it.
That does look delicious. "no-one" does similar methods with tasting and adding until it looks, smells and tastes "right".
River,
Sometimes, I get it just right the first try. This time I had to add a bit more of the steak sauce and Worcestershire sauce. AND there's never enough black pepper. So I tell Farmer H to use the grinder after he dips his soup. Which we all know is just a bowl of assorted vegetables without any "juice."
It looks good. I use that better than bullion stuff, but sparingly because of the sodium content. HeWho is not a big fan of the veggies but will eat it if it has chunks of beef in it. I might try the steak sauce and see if he finds that more appealing. Low sodium soy sauce, too. I f I were forced to choose a favorite spice it would be salt. Salt makes everything taste better!
Kathy,
I've never used the bullion. The big pot of soup contained 2 pounds of browned ground beef. So it's meaty enough for Farmer H. The picture of this pan doesn't do it justice, since it sank to the bottom. One time I used ground beef AND a roast broken into chunks, only to find that Farmer H had put the whole roast in his towering bowl of soup!
I agree about the salt. All my added ingredients are pretty salty.
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