In this post I am sharing the V8 Vegetable Soup Recipe. It is one of the easiest homemade vegetable soup recipes that you can make.
There are just 4 main ingredients in this delicious diner style soup with a rich tomato broth. Not only is it a tasty meal, it is also very budget friendly.
I’ve included elbow macaroni pasta in my soup because that is what you usually find in the diner lunch special soup that everyone seems to love. The pasta is optional however and you can choose to leave it out if you prefer.
Your wonderful homemade soup will be ready in about an hour. Just serve it with some crackers and a toasty grilled cheese sandwich.
Easy Homemade Vegetable Soup Recipe
I picked up an inexpensive pack of breakfast steak and cut it up for the soup for around $3.00. The total costs for this big pot of soup came in around $10.00, give or take.
That is not bad at all for a hot meal that will feed a family easily and maybe for a couple of days if you have leftovers. Depending on the size of your family, you’ll likely have leftovers.
You could also used ground beef if you prefer to make it more a hamburger vegetable soup recipe.
Budget Meal Soup Dinner
The V8 vegetable juice adds a lot of flavor to this soup. I also used a carton of rich beef broth to add even more flavor. Water can be used instead of the broth to keep costs down.
Choosing the frozen vegetable blend for soups made it super easy to get this meal going because there was no peeling or chopping required, besides the beef.
I kept this soup simple but you can add additional aromatics if you like, such as fresh or dried herbs.
The frozen vegetable mix is so convenient and it just vegetables. There aren’t any preservatives or anything else added.
How do I make the V8 Vegetable Soup Recipe? It’s so simple! You’ll brown the beef pieces and then simply add the rest of your ingredients. Simmer and let all of the goodness mingle for a bit and you’re ready to serve.
Get all of the deets in the printable recipe card below.
Yield: 1 Pot of Soup
A rich and delicious easy homemade vegetable soup recipe made with nutritious V8 juice.
Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time1 hour
Total Time1 hour5 minutes
Ingredients
1/2 lb Beef, cut into small bite sized pieces (I used breakfast steaks)
1 tsp Vegetable Oil
2 c Beef Broth (or Water)
28 oz Frozen Vegetable for Soup
64 oz V8 Original Vegetable Juice
1/2 c Elbow Macaroni Pasta (optional)
Salt & Black Pepper, to taste
Instructions
Add the vegetable oil to a soup pot or dutch oven; heat over medium low.
Next, add the beef and brown until cooked through.
Next, add the beef broth, frozen vegetable blend, V8 juice, elbow macaroni and seasonings.
You can also see this recipe shared at Meal Plan Monday and Weekend Potluck.
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Traditionally Rice, salads, and sandwiches are popular with soup. Hearty breads for dipping go well with certain soups. Other soups go well with antipasto. There is a soup to compliment any meal.
Grilled or broiled cheese sandwiches or and sandwich .Salads of any type . Hamburgers which really is a type of sandwich I guess To me a classic is soup , salad and a sandwich all at one meal unless the veggie soup is very hardy . Corn or Buttery Bread Machine Rolls is the best side dishes go with vegetable soup.
It may sound a bit strange and unusual for some, but vinegar is a common ingredient in some soup recipes, and there is a good reason for it. If you think about it, vinegar is really a flavor-enhancer (umami). That's why it is so often used in cooking, sauces, and salad dressings. The same is true with soups.
Soup is a good evening meal to have every day because it is typically low in calories and high in nutrients, making it a healthy option for weight management. It is also easy to make and can be customized with a variety of ingredients to suit personal taste preferences.
To rightly be considered as dinner, a soup must not only be filling, but must also be correct on the calorie chart. Hearty soups like Russian Borsch, Vietnamese pho, and Italian Minestrone are considered as main courses. They have an apt mix of vegetables, protein and carbohydrates in a single bowl.
You can definitely have soup for dinner. Make sure you add some complex carbs into it to keep your tummy satisfied before bed. Adding even a small amount of complex carbs to your diet adds fullness to your diet which will help you in having a goodnight sleep.
Dried herbs and seasonings: homemade seasoned salt, black pepper, Italian seasoning, and dried bay leaves lend flavor to the soup. Stock: I much prefer chicken stock over vegetable stock in terms of flavor, though if you want to keep this soup vegetarian, feel free to use vegetable broth or stock instead.
Vinegar – A spoonful of vinegar is a quick fix when you find yourself with a bowl of dull, flat-tasting soup. Just a small amount of acid will brighten up the flavors. 2. Soy Sauce – Soy sauce is another item that's ideal for brightening up and adding depth of flavor to an otherwise dull soup.
"Veggie-packed soup is great for your gut in more ways than one," says Maggie Michalczyk, RDN. "It adds more fiber to the diet, which is great for digestion and satiety, and many vegetables commonly found in soups like leeks and onions contain prebiotic fiber that can help feed the good bacteria in the gut."
Amy's Organic Low Sodium Lentil Vegetable Soup is one the healthiest canned soups because it's made with non-GMO, organic ingredients, is low in sodium, and is a great source of protein and fiber. With 11 grams of plant-based protein and 8 grams of fiber in one can, this lentil vegetable soup is filling and nutritious.
crackers (There are many flavors and forms.) cubes of bread or croutons or poultry stuffing that can be floated on the soup and eaten with a spoon, or plain breakfast cereal. potato chips or other snack chips.
Potatoes naturally thicken this pureed vegetable soup and give it an ultra creamy texture. If you accidentally added too much water to your soup, you can thicken it back up with a cornstarch slurry.
Pureed soups are usually thick soups too, but they use the puréed flavoring vegeta- ble as the thickening agent rather than a roux. The starch and fiber in vegetables help thicken a purée.
To minimize the loss, use the cut vegetables promptly. Long, slow cooking is more destructive than rapid cooking for a brief period. To quickly destroy enzymes in vegetables that oxidize vitamins, add the vegetables to rapidly boiling water. Stirring of foods also tends to increase the rate of oxidation.
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