Dinner
Soup
Healthy
Beginner

Healthy Beef Soup

A simple, budget-friendly soup made with ground beef and fresh vegetables. Perfect for meal prep and using up leftover veggies.

Servings

4

Difficulty

Beginner

Ingredients
  • •15 ml olive oil
  • •400 g ground beef
  • •1 whole onionfinely chopped
  • •3 cloves garlicminced
  • •2 whole carrotsdiced
  • •1 stalk celery stalkdiced
  • •2 whole potatoesdiced
  • •1 small turnipdiced (optional)
  • •5 ml salt
  • •2.5 ml black pepper
  • •5 ml paprikapowder
  • •2.5 ml chili powder (optional)
  • •1400 ml water
  • •200 ml cooking cream (optional)
Tags
easy
comfort-food
budget-friendly
beef
vegetables
Instructions
  1. 1

    Heat olive oil in a large pot. Add ground beef and cook until browned.

    5 minutes

  2. 2

    Add onion and garlic, sauté for a minute, then stir in the chopped veggies.

    3 minutes

  3. 3

    Add water. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for about 15 minutes.

    15 minutes

  4. 4

    Cook the ground beef in the pan to be almost fully cooked.

    5 minutes

  5. 5

    Add cream (if using) and the partially cooked beef to the pot, let simmer 5 more minutes.

    5 minutes

  6. 6

    Taste and adjust seasoning with salt, pepper, or chili.

    2 minutes

  7. 7

    Serve warm.

    1 minutes