Warm up with this hearty bowl of Vegetable Beef Soup packed with potatoes, carrots and tender beef.
Soup season is in full swing and I am beyond pumped. When it comes to maintaining long term weight loss and living a healthy lifestyle, soups are one of my go-to meals for lunch or dinner.
Warm, filling and totally satisfying, a bowl of soup is a sure fire way to get more lean protein and nutritious vegetables into your diet.
Vegetable Beef Soup is a classic recipe from my childhood that my mom still makes quite frequently. While we can’t always have dinner together every night anymore, making this soup for my boys makes me feel like we are together in one room (even if we aren’t!)
A few other family favorite soups include Lemony Chicken Soup with Greens and Lemony Lentil Soup with Spinach. Are you starting to figure out how I came up with The Lemon Bowl?
Traditionally we use carrots, potatoes, celery and peas in this vegetable beef soup recipe but any veggies you have on hand would work great. Try using parsnips, sweet potatoes, corn or even zucchini.
Pro Tip: Before serving, sprinkle with fresh herbs such as minced parsley or basil. Using fresh herbs as a garnish is a great way to perk up any bowl of soup.
Your spoon is waiting.
Vegetable Beef Soup
Ingredients
- 1 pound beef stew meat or sirloin cut in 1 inch cubes
- 1 teaspoon salt divided
- ½ teaspoon pepper
- 1 large onion diced
- 2 carrots diced
- 3 celery stalks diced
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1 teaspoon all-purpose steak seasoning
- 2 russet potatoes peeled and cubed
- 32 ounces beef broth low sodium
- 32 ounces V8 juice or tomato juice
- 2 cups frozen mixed vegetables
- fresh parsley garnish
Instructions
- Heat a large soup pot over medium-high heat. Spray with non-stick cooking spray or a little oil if you’re not using a non-stick pan.
- Sprinkle beef with half of the salt and pepper then add to hot pan. Sear beef on both sides, about 1-2 minutes per side, until nicely browned. Remove from pan with a slotted spoon and set aside.
- Add diced onion, carrots, celery and garlic to the pan along with the remaining salt and pepper. Sauté until veggies soften, 6-8 minutes, stirring frequently. Stir in Worcestershire, thyme, steak seasoning and potato cubes. Cook for 1-2 more minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Pour beef broth and V8 into the pan along with reserved beef cubes then bring to a boil. Stir in frozen vegetables then bring back to a boil.
- Cover pot with a lid then reduce heat to low and simmer for 30 minutes before serving with fresh parsley.
Nutrition
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Brandi
When do I add the beef back into the soup after browning and setting it aside? Thanks!
Liz DellaCroce
So sorry about that – I just revised the recipe but you add it in with the broth!! Thanks so much for checking!
MaryMc
On a bitterly cold, snowy NJ day, this soup, served with Italian-bread-warm-from-the-oven, was SENSATIONAL……..I. Taste, nutrition, and spirit-lifting. Thank you.
Liz DellaCroce
I’m so so glad!!!
Annette
My favorite healthy soup recipe is Tuscan Vegetable Soup.
Barb Moody
I’m trying this recipe today!
Liz DellaCroce
I hope you love it!!
Bonnie Esterow
My favorite soup is Traditional Chicken Soup with matza balls. I serve it with carrots and small pieces of the chicken… “jewish penicillin” !!
Your beef & veg sound so good, will try it soon. I would love to add barley.
The crusty bread is Mandatory… ummm love bread!!
Nutmeg Nanny
This soup looks amazing! I used a swiss diamond pan this summer and I feel in love!
Leah H.
I love making chili with ground turkey and veggies!
Elizabeth
this sounds delicious! i’m curious as to what the V8 adds instead of doing just beef broth, but i can’t wait to try this recipe out!
LoriAnne in Oregon
My favorite soup recipe is for something we call “Cure-It-All” Chicken Soup…homemade stock, lots of onion, carrots, celery, mushrooms, ginger, chicken. A little soy sauce, a little balsamic. I am feeling better already. Always have a couple of portions in the freezer in case of emergency. When I visit my kids, I always bring a quart or two of this for them.
Amy Duncan
I just made up a big pot of vegetable beef soup tonight. Yummy!
Traveldog
My sweetie does not like ‘soups’, I usually thicken them can call it a stew or a gravy and the meal is a hit! :D
Leslie
I am always looking for new soup recipes that are more healthy. Soups are just so easy for being a 1 container meal for taking to work for lunch. My latest favorite is probably chicken and wild rice made a little healthier by not using roux.
Lisa
My favorite so far this fall is barley and mushroom beef soup.
Christina C
Chicken noodle! Light, but so comforting.
Kristi
Chicken Chili!
Kristen @ Dinner For Two Blog
I love tomato soup with fresh veggies in it!
Leslie
My favorite is any variation of a chicken or beef and vegetable soup…especially on a cold day like today!
Karen Lynch
I love all kinds of soup. Chicken tortilla is one of my favorites. My family is not such soup fans, just means I have warm lunches all week, or leftovers to freeze for a future busy day.
Alison H.
My favorite healthy soup is Black Bean Soup.
Faleen Fedol
My favorite healthy soup is my mothers chicken soup with matza balls to which i add, dill, sliced carrots, parsnips and small pieces of chicken. Thank you for this opportunity.
Sabrina5000
I love almost all soups but my utmost favorite is probably potato. They are all good. Love that chili pot and thank you for such a great giveaway.
Stephanie Phelps
My favorite healthy soup is Chili!
Carla S
My favorite is potato leek soup with light chicken broth.
Charlotte Moore
I left a comment yesterday about chicken and barley being my favorite but don’t see it here. This soup looks delicious.
Angel S.
I love Chicken Gnocchi
Liz
Beef Barley Soup is a favorite and so is Vegetable. Thanks Liz for the nice giveaway and chance to win it.
Elena
I like vegetarian Borscht
Karen D
I like making the tomato-rice soup recipe from Recipes for a Small Planet
shannta
chicken noodle
Janie Lee
I enjoy soup on a cold evening, especially butternut squash. Thanks for your recipes, and love that they’re healthy!
Nicole Dz
My favorite healthy soup recipe would have to be tomato veggie soup. So yummy!
Nicholas Jay
Great recipes! I’ll be sure to try a warm soup with my girlfriend during colder months.
Stacy D.
mushroom barley soup! the best soup ever!
Mai Drummond
My favorite healthy soup is a light butternut squash soup. Especially yummy with a side of crusty bread!
Holly
Chicken + rice w/ lots of veggies
Cyndi
My favorite healthy soup is a “kitchen sink” vegetable soup, with no meat or meat broth, only vegetables, beans and vegetable broth. For protein there are the beans and you can also add peas or textured vegetable protein. An all-in-one meal!
Stacie
Any soup! Miso, clam chowder, chicken potato!
Mason Canyon
I love good healthy vegetable soup. This looks like a great recipe for the cold weather headed our way.
Angie Jerde
I am a huge Chili lover especially this time of the year and into the Winter. It is a pure comfort food and makes me feel good inside : ) Thanks for this giveaway!
Susan P
MMMM, your soup looks delish! I had my favorite soup for dinner last night–Butternut Squash and Apple.
Susan
I am usually not a soup eater. My favorite from years past was a Hungarian bean and kielbasa soup with dumpling noodles. Even though I’ve never liked vegetable beef soup, this one sounds like it would be worth trying.
Katie
Split Pea soup
Martha Franks
It’s definitely soup weather. Just made turnip green and black eyed pea soup with a ham bone! Will make your beef veg soup soon!
HS
I like tomato basil soup.
Christopher Sorel
turkey white chili
KAPP
My fave healthy soup is lentil. I just tried for the first time last year at Carraba’s and kicked myself for not trying sooner. It’s so delicious…esp. spicy. This cookware sounds incredible and I’m so thankful for a chance to win a set…thankyou!
Mimi
I love me some curried butternut squash soup! Spicy and warm with just a hint of tanginess from the granny smith apples!
barbara n
I love split pea!
Charlotte Moore
This sure does look tummy. I like vegetable beef , but I guess my fav is a chicken and barley I make.
Sandra
I love Coconut Chicken Curry soup, so good!
Gina M (Wild Orchid)
I love making homemade potato leek soup!
Entered the rafflecopter form as “Wild Orchid”
Thanks for the chance to win!
wildorchid985 at gmail dot com
Jenifer
My favorite healthy soup is vegetable soup.
Maria
I love mushroom barley soup.
Michelle
My family lives soup so I make it quite often. It’s never the same as its based on what’s in my fridge at the time.
Kristen
I like chicken, veggie & rice soup.
kim m
YUM! I can’t wait to try your recipes. I love soup and sandwiches for supper.
Erin @ Dinners, Dishes, and Desserts
I love a good non-stick pan, makes cooking healthy so much easier. This soup looks comforting and perfect for this crazy cold weather that has hit!
Christina
I love black bean pumpkin soup in the fall and winter.
Lori @ RecipeGirl
This is my kind of dinner! So delicious!
Lyn
M moms carrot soup recipe is my favorite healthy soup
Mandy C
My favorite healthy soup is a turkey sausage, black eyed pea and kale soup with lemon and rosemary from Serious Eats.
manda
I live veggie.
Marsha A
I love soups when the weather gets cold! Congrats on the weightloss success! You look mah-velous!
Lisa Simon
I love Swiss Diamond cookware! Thanks for the chance to win.
Nicole ~ Cooking for Keeps
Definitely agree on saving your calories for the good stuff! The ONLY thing I like about the cold is it gives me an excuse to slurp on soups like these!
Rivi
My favorite healthy soup is my vegan corn chowder with roasted corn and a spritz of lime!
jacqueline poehlman
My favorite is white chicken chili! I would love to win this!
Anne [A Squared]
Butternut Squash Soup is my fave!
rena
I make all my soups healthy! Some faves are butternut squash, pumpkin and zucchini! Thanks for the chance
Nikki
My Favorite is Cook’s Kitchen French Onion Soup. So rich and decadent
Maribeth M
I love to make this all the time – Saute onion, garlic in stock pot. add chicken stock, cannellini beans and bring to boil. Add chopped endive and cook for 2 or 3 minutes. It’s delicious over quinoa.
Toni | BoulderLocavore
First, congratulations on being almost to your goal! You are such an inspiration in so many ways, certainly your commitment to healthy living and body is a big one. Second, your soups are looking perfect for a brutally cold snowy day as today is in Colorado. You’ve inspired me to whip one up for dinner!
Liz DellaCroce
Thank you so much my sweet friend – I so appreciate you.
Yvette N.
My favorite soup is Tuscan Chicken Soup. It has white beans and pumpkin added to it.
Here on the coast of Washington state, we have a lot of stormy days, so I make a big pot of
soup once a week. I agree with you Liz, a bowl of soup is so much more satisfying
than a sandwich!
Gaby
A big bowl of this soup sounds really good right now!!!
Nicole @ Runs & WODs
I love a good soup on a cold winter day. My favorite is carrot ginger. Light and a little spicy. Yum!!
Katie
I eat a lot of soup, but a creamy butternut squash soup is my favorite!
Cori
Vegetable soup is a favorite at our house. The kids love oyster crackers with soups but my husband and I prefer fresh bread!
Marie
Soup is wonderful this time of year. And I’d go for the crusty bread too. Looks delicious!
Jennie @themessybakerblog
This soup looks so hearty. It’s absolutely perfect for the quickly approaching cold season. Pinned.
Kris
This soup looks delish! And that’s pretty impressive how brown the meat got without any oil.
Nancy
I have a sister-in-law who hates soup — any kind. I can’t even comprehend that! I could eat soup every day. Choosing my favorite is hard, though….I’ll say tortilla soup. I might give you a different answer tomorrow. I have a chicken carcass in my crockpot right now that will be beautiful, rich stock in about another 48 hours. I’ll have to check out some of your chicken soup recipes when it’s done. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Shoshana
Once the weather starts to get colder, my husband starts to request my vegetarian chili. The secret ingredient is a few squares of bittersweet chocolate…so good!!
Kelly @ Hidden Fruits and Veggies
My favorite healthy soup is black bean. I’d never tried it until a week or two ago but I’m HOOKED!
Cathleen Hunt
love tomato soup…and sweet potato soup
Erin | The Law Student's Wife
YES for the drizzle and the bread! (Butternut squash soup. mmmm)
Anne
I am not a big Soup either but this actually looks incredibly delicious and I just pinned it! It might be this morning’s cold fog but I can’t wait to make it!
Sandy
My favorite healthy soup is using up the vegetables in the fridge. Nevercthe same, but loaded with veggies in a tomato base.
Maryea {happy healthy mama}
“However, I would rather finish a dish wish a drizzle of high quality olive oil than coat a pan with hundreds of calories that you won’t even taste in the final product.” <——Great point!
My favorite healthy soup recipe is a soup I make when I can't keep up with my CSA greens. It's full of greens but potatoes give it a creamy texture. I just love it even though it looks like swamp water. :)