Homemade & Easy Vegetable + Beef Soup

[mega_leg]

Turns out my family's soup recipe that we eat every winter is Whole30 compliant!  

Ingredients:

• 1 lb stew beef
• 1 lb carrots (peeled and cut into small pieces)
• 1 small onion, peeled, and cut
• 6-8 stalks of celery (with leaves on if possible), cut
• 2-3 parnsips, peeled and cut
• 1 28-oz can of diced tomatoes
• 5-8 bay leaves
• 3 Tbls Parsley
• 1 Tbls Thyme
• 1 Tbls Summer Savory/Herbs de Provence
• 1 Tbls Basil
• Salt & Pepper to tatse

 

Directions:

• In a large soup pot, fill 2/3 with salted water and/or broth of your choice
• Add beef, cover, and bring to almost a boil.  Water will start to foam.  Remove foam as it starts to appear with a large spoon and toss out.  As water starts to boil, the foam will get bigger - just keep removing with a large spoon.  Turn heat down a little if necessary to keep water from boiling over.  
• When the water doesn’t foam anymore, add cut up vegetables, tomatoes, and spices. 
• Bring back to a boil, cover, lower heat and simmer for ~ 30 minutes until vegetables are tender

It's really easy, just slightly time consuming.  It makes 8-12 servings so I keep half in the fridge and eat over a week, then freeze the other half which is really easy to defrost in a pan when I need something quick to eat at night.

[PilatesGuru]

Thanks for posting! Easy, economical and tastey!