{"id":3658,"date":"2025-02-27T21:41:46","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T21:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cookingwithmydeadmom.com\/?p=3658"},"modified":"2025-03-26T19:58:23","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T19:58:23","slug":"homemade-beef-vegetable-soup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cookingwithmydeadmom.com\/?p=3658","title":{"rendered":"Homemade Beef Vegetable Soup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

One of the reasons that I don\u2019t make a lot of complex recipes is because I feel like I never have the time to devote to them. During the week, I try to eat dinner with Danny (sometimes it is the only time that we have to catch up) and he rarely shuts down for the day until after 7pm. I get up early in the mornings to workout, so usually try to go to bed by 10pm (unless I am staying up late to watch basketball). Dinner during the week is usually heated up leftovers or something super simple like a sandwich (or a Costco taco kit if I am feeling fancy).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Basically, that is a long winded way of saying that I just don\u2019t have the bandwith to devote a lot of time to cooking. Especially during the work week. And by the time Friday rolls around I want to switch my brain off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, the fact that I planned so far in advance to make this recipe was already a victory. I knew that we had nothing on the calendar for Sunday and I decided to commit to making this beef vegetable soup. From scratch. To be fair, this had to cook all day but 75% of it was hands off just letting things simmer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There were a few mishaps with this one. When I first read over the recipe\/bought ingredients I missed the part that said, \u201cyou should add a couple of large soup bones to this recipe, if you can get them.\u201d This led to me googling \u201cwhat is a soup bone and where do I buy one\u201d which then led to a last second trip to the grocery store that morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I then realized that by cooking the soup bones in the 8 cups of water I was essentially making the beef broth\/stock. Thus, I did not need the 6 servings of beef broth that I bought when originally making the grocery list for this one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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(This guy was very interested in what was happening in the kitchen once things started to smell like beef.)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Honestly, I really surprised myself with this one. I had pretty low expectations (especially after the dessert fail the week before) and this one exceeded all of them. It tasted almost exactly like I remember hers. Sitting down and eating this took me back to a time when the house that I grew up in actually felt like home and life was a lot easier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As is the case with all of these recipes, this makes a ton. The note on it says that it makes 4 servings but I had *at least* 4 quarts leftover. I gave some to my dad and he called the next day asking if I had any more left, so, I guess he also liked it.  I now understand why my mom was constantly giving soup away to neighbors\/ailing friends\/family\/etc.  <\/p>\n\n\n

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Homemade Beef Vegetable Soup<\/h2>Recipe by Megan<\/span><\/div>
<\/span>Servings<\/span>

a lot of<\/p>servings<\/span><\/div>

<\/span>Prep time<\/span>

30<\/p>minutes<\/span><\/div>

<\/span>Cooking time<\/span>

5<\/p>minutes<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Ingredients<\/h3>