Nothing says “I’m home” like walking in the door to the aroma of homecooked soup! Our vegetable beef soup recipe is so satisfying, it tastes like it’s been simmering away all day, but it’s easy enough to make even on weeknights. Each hearty spoonful is chock full of beef and veggies in a savory broth, to warm you from the inside out. It’s a comforting way to end a chilly day. This one-pot soup is also designed for easy clean up—it gets you out of the kitchen with very few dishes to wash.

Soup technically can be any combination of bite-size pieces of veggies, meat, poultry, or fish cooked in a liquid. Soups can be thick like chowders, thin like chicken noodle soup, smooth like a bisque or chunky like this veggie-loaded soup. Based on their heartiness and the amount served, soups can be served as a first course or the meal itself, where they are commonly paired with a sandwich, salad, and/or bread. Serve soup with the bigger (soup) spoons that came with your silverware set—they can hold some of each of the ingredients in every spoonful.

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