Vegetable Soup

1 tablespoon olive oil
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
1 medium sized onion
2 each carrot
1 handfull green beans
8 each button mushrooms
4 cups chicken stock
3 cups water
6 each potato
salt and pepper
1/4 cup parsley

PREP WORK Not too much prep for this soup. Just chop up the onion, slice the carrots into 1/4 inch thick pieces, trim and halve the green beens. Slice the mushrooms into 1/4 inch pieces, chop the potatoes into 1/8's or 1/4's depending on their size and chop the parsley. Now you are ready to put it all together.

Heat butter and oil on medium high in a soup pot. Sauté onion, carrot, green beans for 3-4 minutes.

Add mushrooms and cook for another 2 minutes. Add chicken stock and water, potatoes, and season with salt & pepper.

Bring to a boil, cover, reduce heat and cook at a gentle boil until the potatoes are tender. (approx. 15 minutes) Add parsley just before the potatoes are cooked.

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Vegetable Beef Soup Recipe

1 pound very lean ground beef
1 large can stewed tomatoes
1 large can tomato sauce
1 package dry onion soup mix
1 can beef broth & 1 can water
1 package frozen, mixed vegetables

In a large skillet, brown ground beef. Mix all above ingredients together in 4-quart crockpot; cover and cook on LOW for 7 to 9 hours, until vegetables are tender. Good Vegetable Soup Recipe.

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Creamy Vegetable Beef Soup

1/2 cup chopped green bell pepper
1/2 cup chopped onion
2 teaspoons butter
2 teaspoons olive oil
1/2 pound lean ground beef
1 cup tomato juice
1/2 cup diced potato
1/2 cup diced carrots
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons flour
2 cups milk

Heat 2 teaspoons butter and olive oil in a skillet over medium-low heat; sauté green bell pepper and chopped onion until soft. Add ground beef and cook, stirring and breaking up, until browned. Drain off excess fat.
Add tomato juice, potatoes, carrots and salt. Cover and simmer 20 minutes, or until vegetables are tender.
Melt butter in a saucepan over medium-low heat; blend in flour until smooth and bubbly. Gradually stir in milk and cook, stirring constantly, until thickened. Blend sauce with beef and vegetable mixture in the skillet. Heat through and serve.

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Italian-Style Vegetable Soup Recipe
site: www.recipezaar.com/7076
A vegetable soup recipe for the slow cooker, made with beef broth, vegetables, ground beef, and tomatoes.

Winter Vegetable Soup Recipe
site: southernfood.about.com/od/crockpotsoup/r/bl69c8.htm

Soup Recipe Index: Vegetable Soups
site: soup.allrecipes.com/directory/1723.asp
soup recipes from the soup kitchen, try our vegetable beef soup recipe.

Vegetable beef soup recipe
site: www.thatsmyhome.com/soupkitchen/vegsoup.htm