Busy Day Beef Vegetable Soup Recipes

HEARTY BUSY-DAY STEW

Steps:

• In a 5- or 6-qt. slow cooker, combine the first ten ingredients. Cook, covered, on low 7-9 hours or until beef and vegetables are tender., In a small bowl, mix cornstarch and water until smooth; gradually stir into stew. Cook, covered, on high 30-45 minutes longer or until stew is slightly thickened.

GROUND BEEF VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• Crumble ground beef into a stockpot over medium-high heat; cook and stir until beef is crumbly, evenly browned, and no longer pink, 7 to 10 minutes. Drain and discard any excess grease.
• Stir carrots, celery, and onion into the ground beef; cook and stir until vegetables are soft, about 5 minutes. Add potatoes, tomato sauce, crushed whole tomatoes, undrained peas, corn, and green beans to the pot; season with black pepper. Stir mixture until evenly mixed. Add thyme and bay leaf to the pot. Pour 1/4 cup water over the mixture if needed to moisten mixture, replenishing as needed while cooking.
• Bring soup to a simmer, place a cover on the pot, and cook, stirring regularly, until potatoes are tender, about 1 hour.

EASY VEGETABLE BEEF SOUP WITH GROUND BEEF

Steps:

• In a large soup pot, cook ground meat over medium heat until browned. Drain grease from the pot.
• Add chopped onion, mixed vegetables, and tomatoes. Give it a stir. Reduce heat, and simmer for about 3 to 4 hours. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

BUSY DAY BEEF STEW

Steps:

• Place roast in a 5-qt. slow cooker; sprinkle with soup mix, browning sauce if desired, salt and pepper. Pour water over meat. Cover and cook on low for 8-10 hours or until meat is tender., Remove roast to a cutting board; let stand for 5 minutes. Add vegetables to slow cooker. Cube beef and return to slow cooker. Cover and cook on low for 1-1/2 hours or until vegetables are tender. , Combine cornstarch and cold water until smooth; stir into stew. Cover and cook on high for 30-45 minutes or until thickened.

BUSY DAY BEEF STEW

Steps:

• Place into crockpot in this order: potatoes, carrots, meat.
• Sprinkle the meat with the soy sauce, salt, paprika, flour, in that order.
• Spread the chopped onions on top of that.
• Combine the beef broth and tomato sauce; pour over all of the above.
• Cover and cook on low 9 to 11 hours.
• May be cooked on high for 5 hours.
• May be stirred during cooking, although, stirring is not necessary.

BUSY-DAY VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• Mix ingredients together in a large stockpot stir to mix well. Bring to a boil reduce heat and simmer for 20 to 25 minutes. Discard bay leaves before serving. From "5 Ingredients or Less!" Copyright Gooseberry Patch. Used with permission of the publisher, Gooseberry Patch. All Rights Reserved.

BUSY DAY BEEF-VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• Trim fat from meat; cut meat into 3/4-inch pieces.
• In a 3 1/2 or 4-quart slow cooker, combine meat, carrots, potatoes, and onion.
• Sprinkle with salt and thyme; add bay leaf.
• Pour in undrained tomatoes and the water.
• Cover and cook on LOW for 8-10 hours (6 hours in my slow cooker).
• Discard bay leaf.
• Stir in frozen peas.
• If desired, garnish each serving with parsley.