Marvelous Vegetable Soup Recipes

MARVELOUS VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• Brown beef in hot oil in a heavy, large stock pot; add 3 cups water.
• Bring to a boil, reduce heat; cover and simmer 1 1/2 hours.
• Add carrots and remaining 3 cups water; bring to a boil; reduce heat, cover and simmer 15 minutes.
• Add remaining ingredients; cover and simmer additional 35 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Yield: about 8 quarts.

MARVELOUS MINESTRONE SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the oil on medium-high in a 4 1/2-quart Dutch oven or soup pot. Peel and coarsely chop the onion, adding it to the pot as you chop. Stir. Coarsely chop the celery and add it to the pot. Stir. Thinly slice the carrots and add them to the pot. Stir. Remove the tough ends of the green beans and cut them in 1/2-inch pieces, adding them to the pot as you cut. Stir.
• Pour the chicken and beef broth into the pot. Add the tomatoes with their juice, tomato sauce, cannellini beans with their juice and the orzo. Cover the pot, raise the heat to high and bring the soup to a boil. This will take about 5 to 6 minutes.
• When soup comes to a boil, uncover and stir well. (The orzo sinks to the bottom.) Add the Italian seasoning and garlic. Boil until green beans and pasta are tender, about 9 minutes. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Remove soup from heat and ladle into bowls. Serve at once, garnishing each bowl with 1 tablespoon grated parmesan.

FABULOUS VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• Cut up rib eye steaks into bite size pieces cutting fat away from meat. Place in a large skillet with 2-3 cups of water, 1/2 tsp of salt and 1/2 tsp of pepper. Add 2 tbsp Olive Oil and boil for 20 minutes or until meat is tender. While boiling meat skim fat from top of water and dispose.
• While meat is cooking sauté onions in 1 tbsp of Olive Oil. Use the same pan the meat is in if you prefer not to dirty another pan after meat is cooked.
• Chop or dice potatoes and onion.
• While meat is cooking put the potatoes and the remainder of ingredients minus the macaroni in a large pot and bring to boil then turn down to med to med-high. Fill 1 28oz can with water and pour in with mixture.
• Once onions have cooked put meat, onions and optional macaroni in pot with other ingredients.
• Let cook for 45 minutes to 1 hour so flavors will thoroughly blend and pasta will cook.

QUICK AND EASY VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• In a large stock pot, combine broth, tomato juice, water, potatoes, carrots, celery, undrained chopped tomatoes, green beans, and corn. Season with salt, pepper and Creole seasoning. Bring to a boil and simmer for 30 minutes or until all vegetables are tender.

HEARTY VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• In a stockpot, heat oil over medium-high heat; saute carrots, onions, celery and green pepper until crisp-tender. Add garlic; cook and stir 1 minute. Stir in remaining ingredients; bring to a boil. , Reduce heat; simmer, covered, until vegetables are tender, 1 to 1-1/2 hours. Remove bay leaf.