Ground Beef and Vegetable Soup

This easy recipe makes a large pot of soup that will feed a small crowd or leaves leftovers for those nights you just don't feel like cooking. The leftovers freeze well in meal-size containers or plastic bags. You can add potatoes or use any combination of vegetables to suit your taste.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 1 hr 25 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins
• Calories: 341 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
• salt and pepper to taste
• ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1 (15 ounce) can cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
• 2 cubes beef bouillon
• 3 cloves garlic, chopped
• 2 ½ pounds lean ground beef
• 1 (28 ounce) can diced tomatoes
• 1 teaspoon ground thyme
• 1 (15 ounce) can Great Northern beans, drained and rinsed
• 1 (15.25 ounce) can yellow corn, drained
• 1 (14.5 ounce) can cut green beans, drained
• 8 ounces frozen peas
• 2 large yellow onions, diced
• 6 stalks celery, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
• 4 carrots, sliced 1/8-inch thick
• 46 ounces low-sodium vegetable juice (such as V8®)
• 46 ounces reduced-sodium beef broth
• 1 (15.25 ounce) can red kidney beans, drained and rinsed
• 8 ounces frozen lima beans
• 8 ounces frozen sliced okra

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium heat. Cook and stir onion, celery, and carrots until tender, 6 to 8 minutes. Stir garlic into onion mixture; cook, stirring, until fragrant, about 1 minute. Remove pot from heat.

Step 2

Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir ground beef in batches in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 10 minutes. Transfer browned beef to onion mixture in the large pot using a slotted spoon.

Step 3

Heat onion-beef mixture over medium heat. Stir vegetable juice, beef broth, tomatoes, Italian seasoning, beef bouillon, thyme, cayenne pepper, salt, and black pepper into beef mixture. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer to blend the flavors, at least 1 hour.

Step 4

Stir corn, kidney beans, cannellini beans, great Northern beans, green beans, peas, lima beans, and okra into beef mixture; bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer until heated through, about 10 minutes.