Easy Spinach And Beef Soup

beef

🥗Healthier: lean turkey

💰Cheaper: chicken

Turkey is lower in fat and calories, while chicken is often less expensive.

beef broth

🥗Healthier: vegetable broth

💰Cheaper: water with seasoning

Vegetable broth is lower in calories, and water with seasoning is budget-friendly.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Avocado oil is healthier, while canola oil is often cheaper.

potatoes

🥗Healthier: sweet potatoes

💰Cheaper: rice

Sweet potatoes offer more nutrients, and rice is often cheaper.

Fry 0.5 pounds of ground beef in a frying pan or directly in a Dutch oven.

Add 2 teaspoons of minced garlic to the beef and mix well.

Transfer the beef to a large pot or continue in the Dutch oven.

Pour in 32 ounces of reduced sodium beef broth and turn the heat on high to heat it up.

Add 14.5 ounces of diced tomatoes with herbs and spices to the pot and stir.

Add 1 teaspoon of dried basil, 0.5 teaspoons of salt, and 0.5 teaspoons of black pepper to the mixture.

Stir in 1 teaspoon of oregano.

Add 1.5 cups of uncooked bow tie pasta and let it cook in the soup mixture for about 7 minutes, stirring occasionally.

When the pasta is nearly tender, add 1.5 cups of coarsely chopped spinach to the soup.

Stir the spinach into the hot soup until it looks slightly wilted, which should take a couple of minutes.

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