Garden Patch Soup Recipe

Every year as summer draws to a close I find myself looking ahead to heating up the kitchen and filling the house with the wonderful aromas of hearty soups and stews.

It is enjoyable to change our meal planning from lighter summer menus to traditional autumn foods. Eating seasonally means enjoying certain foods when they are at their ripest and freshest. Autumn is the height of harvest time for many fruits and vegetables.

At the end of summer, the gardens are loaded with ingredients for creating tasty, one-pot meals such as Garden Patch Soup.

This soup is full of nutritious and flavorful vegetables. It has been a restaurant customer favorite soup for well over twenty years. That's right. For over 20 years my restaurant customers have counted on this soup being featured every fall. The restaurant never quits serving customers favorite recipes.

The soup recipe calls for beef, but you can use chicken or pork or you can leave out the meat altogether, adding more beans and veggies. Left-over chili can be substituted for the beans.

So as you can see, this soup recipe is wonderfully flexible. The recipe has as many variations as there are cooks but regardless of how you choose to tweak the recipe, it will be delicious.

The soup you make from this successful restaurant recipe will keep you and your family warm, healthy, full, happy and thankful for the Fall bounty as the weather turns cool.

Enjoy your restaurant soup recipe and the company of those you share it with!

Garden Patch Soup Preparation time: 30 minutes. Serves 8-10.

Ingredients

1 pound lean ground beef
1 onion, chopped
2 quarts water
2 1/2 tablespoons Au jus seasoning mix (or to taste)
2 1/2 tablespoons taco seasoning mix
2 1/4 teaspoons chili powder
14 ounce can of tomatoes, chopped
7 ounce can tomato sauce
8 ounces whole kernel corn or 8 ounce can with liquid 3 cups of veggies (broccoli, cauliflower, green beans, zucchini, peppers, celery or whatever you like and have available)
1/3 head cabbage (1 1/2 cups), coarsely chopped
8 ounce can kidney beans, drained and rinsed (or left-over chili)

Instructions

Heat water to boiling in a soup pot.

While water is heating, brown the ground beef and onion in a skillet.

When water comes to a boil, add all the seasonings, tomato, tomato sauce, corn with liquid, beans and your vegetable choice.

Drain meat mixture and add the meat to the soup pot.

Bring back to a boil and simmer until vegetables are crisp tender.

Add the cabbage and remove the soup from the heat.

Let sit for a few minutes to cook the cabbage.

Correct the seasoning

Enjoy your soup and the great fall season.

Donna Hager has owned and operated a restaurant for over two decades. Hundreds of real restaurant recipes can be found on her website that also features menu ideas, cooking tips, and much more at Real Restaurant Recipes Visit More Great Soup Recipes from her restaurant kitchen and her Fall Menu Recipes Page
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Vegetable Beef Soup Recipe

Vegetable Beef Soup

Ingredients

1 pound (454g) beef stew meat, cut into 1-inch cubes
1 Tbsp (15mL) oil
1 cup (180g) onion, chopped
5 cups (1 1/4L) water
2 Tbsp (40g) beef bouillon granules
28 ounces (795g) canned tomatoes, chopped (one 28-ounce can)
1 1/2 cups (225g) carrots (2 carrots), sliced
1 cup (150g) celery, chopped
3 cups (340g) cabbage, shredded
2 cups (300g) frozen mixed vegetables

Directions

In a large stock pot or Dutch oven, heat oil and brown meat. (This browning process produces a rich broth, so don’t hurry.) Add onions to pot and cook until soft.

Stir in water and bouillon and bring to a boil.

Add tomatoes, carrots, celery, and cabbage, and simmer covered for 30–60 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Add frozen vegetables and simmer for another 30 minutes.

Nutrition Facts

Calories : 191
Total Fat : 7g
% Calories from fat : 33%
Protein : 16g
Carbohydrate : 17g
Cholesterol : 31mg
Sodium : 489mg

Vegetable Beef Soup Recipe by evitamins

Delicious Ham and Potato Soup Recipe

This is a delicious recipe for ham and potato soup that a friend gave to me. It is very easy and the great thing about it is that you can add additional ingredients, more ham, potatoes, etc and it still turns out great.

Recipe Ingredients

3 1/2 cups peeled and diced potatoes
1/3 cup diced celery
1/3 cup finely chopped onion
3/4 cup diced cooked ham
3 1/4 cups water
2 tablespoons chicken bouillon granules
1/2 teaspoon salt, or to taste
1 teaspoon ground white or black pepper, or to taste
5 tablespoons butter
5 tablespoons all-purpose flour
2 cups milk

Recipe Directions

Combine the potatoes, celery, onion, ham and water in a stockpot. Bring to a boil, then cook over medium heat until potatoes are tender, about 10 to 15 minutes. Stir in the chicken bouillon, salt and pepper.

In a separate saucepan, melt butter over medium-low heat. Whisk in flour with a fork, and cook, stirring constantly until thick, about 1 minute. Slowly stir in milk as not to allow lumps to form until all of the milk has been added. Continue stirring over medium-low heat until thick, 4 to 5 minutes.

Stir the milk mixture into the stockpot, and cook soup until heated through. Serve immediately.

Delicious Ham and Potato Soup Recipe by allrecipes

Healthy Miso Gravy Recipe

Recipe Ingredients

3 tablespoons of red or yellow miso
1 and 1/2 cups of water
1 and 1/2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil
1 small onion, diced
1-2 cloves of garlic, minced
3 tablespoons of nutritional yeast
3 tablespoons of unbleached flour
2 teaspoons of minced fresh basil or 1/4 teaspoon of dried basil

Recipe Directions

In a medium-sized pan, bring olive oil to medium heat, then add onion and garlic and saute for 2-3 minutes, or until onion is tender and translucent.

Reduce heat to low setting and add flour and nutritional yeast. Stir steadily for 1-2 minutes.

Add water in a slow drizzle while stirring briskly. Bring heat up to medium setting and continue to stir regularly for about 10 minutes, or until gravy begins to thicken.

Once the gravy has just started to thicken, reduce heat to medium-low setting and add miso and basil. Keep the pan uncovered and stir occasionally. It typically takes about 15 minutes for the gravy to fully thicken and become smooth.

Healthy Miso Gravy Recipe by drbenkim