Crock Pot Vegetable Beef Soup Recipes

Steps:

• In a 3 1/2 or 4 quart slow cooker, combine beef chuck pieces, sliced carrots, sliced celery, cubed potatoes and chopped onion.
• Sprinkle with seasonings.
• Add bay leaf, tomatoes with their juices and broth and brown sugar.
• Stir until all ingredients are combined.
• Cover, cook on low heat for 8-10 hours or on high for 4-5 hours.
• About 1 hour before soup is done, stir in the peas and green beans.
• Remove and discard bay leaf.
• To serve, garnish with parsley if desired.

Steps:

• In a large skillet brown beef. Drain off fat.
• Transfer meat to 3 1/2- to 4-quart slow cooker. Add the remaining ingredients to the cooker.
• Cover; cook on low-heat for 7 to 8 hours or on high-heat for 3 1/2 to 4 hours.

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients in crock pot except for spinach.
• Cook on high 6 hours, or until potatoes and turnips are tender.
• Reduce heat to low and add spinach.
• Cook an additional 30 minutes.

Steps:

• Put all ingredients in a 6 quart crock pot and stir well.
• Cover and cook on high for 6-8 hours. If you cook on low, you need a minimum of 12 hours.

Steps:

• Place all except frozen vegetables in crock pot.
• Turn on low and cover, cooking for 6 hours.
• One half hour before serving, turn up to high, add frozen veggies, stir and cover.
• NOTES: If you are in a hurry you can do this in 3 1/2 hours on high heat.
• Remove the bay leaf before serving.
• You can add 1/2 cup of red wine with the vegetables for a more robust flavor.

Steps:

• In a large soup pot, heat the one tablespoon of the olive oil over medium high heat.
• Add the onion and cook till nearly translucent.
• Now add the garlic. Don't let the garlic brown and saute another couple of minutes.
• Add the rest of the chopped veggies, sauteing for just a minute or two; the extra tablespoon of olive oil is if you need it for the rest of the veggies. Remember--you're not cooking them-- just sauteing them for the wonderful flavor this quick step will infuse in your soup.
• Add the thyme and salt and pepper while sauteing.
• Now put the veggies in the crock pot, add the tomatoes and broth.
• Cook on low 7-9 hours (depending on your crock pot) or high 4-6 hours.
• Just before serving, gently mash some of the potato chunks against the side of the crock pot to thicken the soup, give it a stir and serve.
• SERVING SUGGESTIONS: Grilled cheese sandwiches on whole grain bread and a spinach salad.
• Quick Fixes for Variations on the Basic Veggie Soup: Now remember, don't do these to the whole pot of soup! Just the little bit you pull out to fix yourself for lunch, etc. so that you can do all the Quick Fixes.
• Quick Fix #1: Tex Mex Veggie Soup. Add some (eyeball it--how much do you want?) canned black beans (drained and rinsed), a little bit of cumin and chopped cilantro. Top with some tortilla chips and cheese, or serve with a quesadilla.
• Quick Fix #2: Tuscan Veggie Soup. Add some (eyeball it again) canned cannellini (white kidney beans) or white beans (drained and rinse), a little bit of Italian seasoning and some chopped kale. Cook till heated through and the kale is tender.
• Quick Fix #3: Minestrone Veggie Soup. Add some cooked pasta, a little dried basil and top with a fresh grating of Parmesan cheese.
• Quick Fix #4: Autumn Veggie Soup. Add some diced acorn squash or butternut squash, a handful of cooked brown rice, a sprinkling of nutmeg and some chopped parsley.

Steps:

• In 3- to 4-quart slow cooker, mix all ingredients except frozen vegetables.
• Cover; cook on Low heat setting 7 to 8 hours.
• Add mixed vegetables. Increase heat setting to High. Cover; cook 20 to 30 minutes longer or until vegetables are crisp-tender. Remove bay leaves before serving.

Steps:

• Rinse the frozen vegetables under cold running water to separate and partially thaw before adding to soup.
• Mix all ingredients in 3 1/2- to 6-quart crock pot.
• Cover and cook on low heat setting 8 hours or until vegetables and barley are tender.

Steps:

• In a 5-qt. slow cooker, combine the first 12 ingredients. Cover and cook on high for 6 hours. Add vegetables; cover and cook on high 2 hours longer or until the meat and vegetables are tender.

Steps:

• In a 3-qt. slow cooker, combine the first 12 ingredients. Cover and cook on high for 6-8 hours. Add the mixed vegetables; cover and cook 2 hours longer or until meat and vegetables are tender.

Steps:

• Place meat, corn, green beans, carrots, potatoes, tomatoes, soup mix, and salt and pepper to taste into the slow cooker; stir to combine.
• Cook on LOW for at least 6 hours. Add water if necessary.