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Healthy Beef Vegetable Soup is a simple low calorie homemade soup recipe. Easy to make on the stovetop, slow cooker or Instant Pot for a hearty dinner.
Need a healthy soup recipe for fall or winter? This hearty vegetable soup made with ground beef is perfect for adding to your meal routine!
It's a stick to your ribs kind of meal that's loaded with nutritious yet simple ingredients. Tons of flavor and delicious! I love serving it this healthy ground beef soup with my almond bread recipe!
This healthy beef vegetable soup is packed with a ton of protein and fiber and will warm you up on a cold day.
What Make This Beef Vegetable Soup Healthy
- High Protein - I talk a lot with clients about the importance of protein. It's always the food group women are deficient in.
- Veggie Packed - Soups are a great way to sneak in extra veggies for nutrition and especially for fiber which keeps you fuller.
- Lower Calorie -
- Easy & Comforting - This recipe truly is super simple and if you're looking for comfort food this is it!
Ingredients For Healthy Vegetable Beef Soup
Here's what you need to make this healthy vegetable soup recipe with ground beef!
- Lean Ground Beef (I recommend ButcherBox for my clients!)
- Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- White Onion
- Garlic
- Tomato Sauce
- Diced Tomatoes
- Beef Broth, low sodium
- Celery
- Carrots
- Russet Potatoes
- Parsley
- Chili Powder
- Red Wine Vinegar
- Salt + Pepper
You will also need a large pot for cooking this on the stovetop. Instructions for slow cooker and Instant Pot are at the bottom of this post. Substitution ingredients are below as well.
How To Make Vegetable Beef Soup Low Calorie
Step One - Bring a large pot to medium heat with the olive oil. Add the garlic and onion to the pot.
Step Two - Cook 3-4 minutes then add the ground beef to the pot. Break up the beef with a spatula.
Step Three - Once the beef has cooked, drain the grease then return the beef mixture to the pot. Add the vegetables, tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, beef broth, vinegar, parsley, chili powder and salt and pepper.
Step Four - Cover and bring to a boil. Once boiling, reduce the temperature to low then simmer until the vegetables are cooked through about 20 minutes. Serve immediately garnished with parsley.
How To Make Beef Vegetable Soup In A Slow Cooker
Here's how to make beef vegetable soup in a crockpot or slow cooker!
Step One - Add the oil to a skillet and bring to medium heat. Add the onion and garlic. Cook 2-3 minutes then add the ground beef. Cook the ground beef until cooked through. Drain the mixture.
Step Two - Add all ingredients to a slow cooker including the meat mixture and spices. Cover and cook for 6-8 hours on high or 4-6 hours on low.
How To Cook Healthy Beef Vegetable Soup In The Instant Pot
Here's how to make healthy beef vegetable soup in an Instant Pot!
Step One - Set your Instant Pot to the sauté function. Add the onions, garlic and olive oil.
Step Two - Add the ground meat and brown, breaking it up as it cooks. You can drain the meat mixture from the grease if you like.
Step Three - Add the remaining ingredients to the pot. Cover and seal then set to pressure cook 8 minutes. Note it will take time for the pot to come to pressure.
Step Three - Once the soup has cooked, release the pressure valve, garnish and serve.
Storing and Reheating Vegetable Beef Soup
- Refrigerator - This soup will keep in an airtight container in the refrigerator up to 5 days.
- Freezing - This soup will freeze well in an airtight conainer or plastic storage bag up to 3 months. Be sure to fully cool the soup to room temperature prior to freezing.
- Reheating - Defrost the soup the night before in the refrigerator if it was frozen. Reheat in a pot on the stovetop for 15 minutes or in the microwave 3 minutes.
How To Add Flavor To Beef Vegetable Soup
Seasonings are important to give healthy beef vegetable soup flavor along with proper salt and pepper. Vegetables do not taste good without at least salt and pepper. It's not just you!
Chili powder is used in this recipe to deepen the flavor. Other spices though like basil, onion powder, garlic powder and turmeric can add more flavor along with adding a touch of parmesan cheese. I often add 1-2 tablespoons to my richen the flavor.
Bone broth can also add more flavor than beef, chicken or vegetable broth.
How To Thicken Beef Vegetable Soup
To thicken beef vegetable soup, make a slurry. I use three tablespoons of water with one tablespoon of arrowroot powder or cornstarch. Once you mix them together, add it to the pot while it simmers on low to thicken the soup.
This is optional, but if you prefer a thicker soup this will increase the thickness of the soup.
How Many Calories In Beef Vegetable Soup
This soup recipe has 325 calories per serving. There are 4 servings, each approximately 2 cups.
Substitutions For Low Calorie Beef Vegetable Soup
Here are the substitutions you can make for this recipe. As a reminder, when you substitute ingredients it does change the nutritional data from what you see below.
- Ground Beef - I tested this recipe with both ground beef and ground turkey. Any ground meat will work though. Ground turkey, ground chicken, ground pork as well as tempeh, shrimp or any fish will work well too.
- Extra Virgin Olive Oil - Avocado oil or butter can be used instead.
- Vegetables - Any vegetable can be substituted, adding or omitted to your liking. I always think more is better!
- Potatoes - I used russet potato for this recipe, but you can swap for another variety. If you are Paleo, I recommend you substitute with a sweet potato.
- Broth - Vegetable broth or chicken broth or stocks may be substituted. I always use low sodium broth. Bone broth may also be used instead.
- Tomatoes - I used diced tomatoes from a can for this recipe. Whole tomatoes, peeled tomatoes or fresh tomatoes can easily be substituted though.
- Spices - You can add spices to this recipe to give it more flavor. Basil, turmeric, onion powder and garlic powder are some of my favorites to add to soups. This one has chili powder so it does have great flavor already with it!
If you love healthy soup recipes as much as I do that are protein packed, you'll need to check out hamburger meat soup recipe, high protein lasagna soup, avgolemono greek soup, and ground turkey enchilada soup.
Healthy Beef Vegetable Soup
Ingredients
- 1 lb Lean Ground Beef
- 1 tablespoon Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 1 cup White Onion diced
- 2 tablespoons Garlic minced
- 14 oz Tomato Sauce canned
- 14.5 oz Diced Tomatoes canned with juices
- 2 cups Low Sodium Beef Broth
- 1 cup Celery diced
- 1 cup Carrots diced
- 1 1/2 cups Russet Potatoes diced
- 1 tablespoon Parsley
- 1 tablespoon Chili Powder
- 2 teaspoon Red Wine Vinegar
- Salt and Pepper to taste
Instructions
Stovetop Instructions
- Bring a large pot to medium heat with the olive oil. Add the garlic and onion to the pot.
- Cook 3-4 minutes then add the ground beef to the pot. Break up the beef with a spatula.
- Once the beef has cooked, drain the grease then return the beef mixture to the pot. Add the vegetables, tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, beef broth, vinegar, parsley, chili powder and salt and pepper.
- Cover and bring to a boil. Once boiling, reduce the temperature to low then simmer until the vegetables are cooked through about 20 minutes. Serve immediately garnished with parsley.
Crockpot Instructions
- Add the oil to a skillet and bring to medium heat. Add the onion and garlic. Cook 2-3 minutes then add the ground beef. Cook the ground beef until cooked through. Drain the mixture.
- Add all ingredients to a slow cooker including the meat mixture and spices. Cover and cook for 6-8 hours on high or 4-6 hours on low.
Instant Pot Instructions
- Set your Instant Pot to the sauté function. Add the onions, garlic and olive oil.
- Add the ground meat and brown, breaking it up as it cooks. You can drain the meat mixture from the grease if you like.
- Add the remaining ingredients to the pot. Cover and seal then set to pressure cook 8 minutes. Note it will take time for the pot to come to pressure.
- Once the soup has cooked, release the pressure valve, garnish and serve.
Notes
- Each serving is approximately 2 cups.
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So easy and delicious. Added fresh string beans. Thanks
So glad you enjoyed it. Thank you for the review!
This was so good. It was very flavorful. Definitely not a boring beef vegetable soup. It was perfect for a windy, cold Phoenix evening.