{"id":1549,"slug":"hearty-beef-vegetable-soup","title":"Hearty Beef Vegetable Soup","description":"The original contributor of this recipe noted that the recipe originated from their mother, who used to make it for them.","ingredients_raw":["1 pound beef round steak, cut into ¾-inch cubes","1 tablespoon margarine","½ cup chopped onion","2 cans (28 ounces) beef broth","4 cups water","½ cup sliced celery","2 teaspoons dried basil leaves","1 can (14.5 ounces) stewed tomatoes","2 cups sliced carrots","2 cups bow-tie noodles","2 cups torn fresh spinach leaves"],"ingredients_norm":["beef round steak","margarine","onion","beef broth","water","celery","dried basil leaf","stewed tomato","carrot","bow tie noodle","torn fresh spinach leaf"],"steps":["In a 4-quart saucepan over medium-high heat, brown beef in margarine.","Add onion; cook until tender.","Stir in beef broth, water, celery, and basil; bring to a boil.","Cover; reduce heat and simmer 1 hour.","Add tomatoes, carrots, noodles; bring to a boil.","Reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, 25 minutes.","Stir in spinach; cook 5 minutes more."],"categories":["Soup recipes","Recipes using beef round","Recipes using spinach","Recipes using pasta","Recipes for soup","Boiled recipes","Recipes using basil","Recipes using carrot","Recipes using celery","Recipes using beef broth and stock","Recipes using margarine"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":null,"servings":null,"yield_text":"10 cups","difficulty":"easy","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Hearty_Beef_Vegetable_Soup","source_ref":"4518416","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Hearty_Beef_Vegetable_Soup&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"d8264a97cb9ebfde490a12b8efa241169cded700248155dc850a72d0021b2534","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:04Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T17:11:31Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/hearty-beef-vegetable-soup"}