Making Vegetable Soup Recipe

vegetable broth

🥗Healthier: homemade vegetable broth

💰Cheaper: water

Homemade broth can be more nutritious, while water is budget-friendly.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Avocado oil has a higher smoke point, while canola oil is often less expensive.

Turn the camera around to show the chuck roast from Kroger.

Place the dry chuck roast into the crock pot on high without adding anything.

Check the roast after 3 hours to see the juice it has created.

Cut half of the onion and set it aside.

Peel and cube 1 potato, then boil it until cooked (about 10 minutes).

Place the cubed potato into a pan of water until ready to boil.

Boil the pasta separately until cooked.

Cut up the onion and add it to the pan.

Remove the roast from the crock pot and cut it up, saving the juice.

Add the cut roast, onion, boiled potato, and pasta to the pan.

Add a can of drained green beans, a can of corn, and peas and carrots to the pan.

Add a big can of crushed tomatoes and tomato paste to the mixture.

Add the juice from the roast into the pan.

Let the mixture simmer and add water for more juice.

Season with salt and pepper to taste, stirring well.

Check back after simmering to see the finished soup.

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