How to make Beef Soup with Fresh Spinach"

beef

🥗Healthier: chicken

💰Cheaper: pork

Chicken is leaner and pork can be less expensive.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Canola oil is often cheaper and has a neutral flavor.

Cut leftover beef trimmings into bite-sized pieces.

Season the beef with homemade seasoning and set aside.

Prepare vegetables: peel and chop 2 carrots, cut okra horizontally, and peel pumpkin.

Dice a bit of onion for the soup and set aside some for later use with spinach.

Heat a medium-sized pan and add olive oil.

Add 3-4 whole peppercorns and sweat the diced onion in the pan.

Add the seasoned beef to the pan and sweat it with the onion.

Add the beef stock cube to the mixture.

Add the chopped carrots, okra, and pumpkin to the pan.

Pour in enough water to bring the mixture to a boil.

Cover the pan and let it boil, adding rosemary and dried thyme for flavor.

Add grated carrot to the mixture for body and flavor.

Add chicken noodle to the soup, noting that the beef cooks quickly.

Cover the pan and let the soup boil down a bit before adding more liquid if needed.

Prepare fresh spinach by washing it in salted water with baking soda to remove sand.

Trim the spinach and set aside some for the soup and some for sautéing later.

Dice the remaining onion and add it to the spinach.

Grate carrots and add them to the spinach mixture.

Dice half a bell pepper and add it to the spinach.

Slice cherry tomatoes and smash garlic to add to the spinach mixture.

Season the spinach mixture with homemade seasoning and set aside.

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