Hamburger & Vegetable Soup with Pasta
Equipment
- cutting board & sharp knife
- large dutch oven
- measuring spoons & cups
- wooden spoon
Ingredients
- 1 tBS cooking oil
- 1 medium yellow onion, diced
- 2 medium carrots, diced
- 2 ribs celery, diced
- 1 medium green bell pepper, diced
- 1 1/2 lbs ground beef
- 2 tsp garlic, minced
- 1 (14oz) can diced tomatoes with juice
- 1 (10oz) can rotel tomatoes with juice (or sub another can of regular diced tomatoes
- 1 tsp Italian seasoning
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp onion powder
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 1/4 tsp salt (or to taste)
- 6-8 cups beef broth
- 8 oz uncooked dried small/medium pasta shells
- 1 (14oz) can green beans, drained
- 1 (14oz) can whole kernel corn, drained
Instructions
- In a large Dutch Oven heat 1 TBS cooking oil over medium high heat. Add in diced onion, carrots, celery, and bell pepper. Cook for 5 minutes to partially soften down the vegetabes.
- Add in ground beef. Break it up and brown until no longer pink. Drain excess grease.
- Stir in garlic for 1 minute. Add in beef broth, diced tomatoes, rotel tomatoes, Italian seasoning, garlic powder, onion powder, salt, & black pepper. Stir and bring toa boil.
- Add in drained green beans, drained corn, and pasta shells. Stir well to combine. Taste to adjust any seasonings. Let simmer on a boil (high heat) until the pasta is cooked through and tender. Enjoy.
Bacon Wrapped Asparagus (Side or Appetizer)
Bacon Wrapped Asparagus
Ingredients
- bacon slices
- fresh asparagus
- brown sugar
- cracked black pepper
Instructions
Prepare Asparagus (Have in mind how many you want, these will determine how many to prepare.)
- Hold both ends of each fresh asparagus and bend to the point where it snaps. Throw away the hard tough bottom end of the asparagus. Keep the tip & middle portion of the asparagus. Rinse asparagus under water.
- Place asparagus in a large pot of salted water and cook (blanch) for 2 minutes. Remove asparagus to a colander and run cold water over the asparagus to stop the cooking process and to cool down the asparagus. Pat dry with paper towels.
Preparing the bacon wrapped asparagus.
- Lay out a piece of uncooked bacon on your work surface. Place the big end of a prepared asparagus on one end of bacon. Roll the bacon around the asparagus all the way to the tip.NOTE: if you have thin asparagus you can wrap more than one with the bacon.
- Place the wrapped asparagus onto a sheet pan that has a lip edging around the pan to keep the bacon grease from rolling off of pan. Prepare the rest of your bacon wrapped asparagus.
- Sprinkle brown sugar on the tops of the bacon wrapped asparagus. Crack black pepper on top of the brown sugar.
- Place in pan in preheated 400 degree oven for 20-30 minutes. It will depend on how crisp you want your bacon. Keep an eye on it.
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