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The week is coming to a close. You open up your fridge to find a semi-miscellaneous mix of veggies that need to be used sooner rather than later. Hey, we've got a soup for that! Clean-Out-The-Fridge Soup is what you'll be boiling up when you find yourself in this practical predicament. Dump all that you see into a pot and soon you'll have a savory, veggie-filled solution that you might just start looking forward to week-after-week. Gosh, we just love it when life works out that way. Don't throw it away, use your resources to make Clean-Out-The-Fridge Soup instead!
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 1/2 cups yellow onion, chopped
- 2 medium carrots, sliced
- 3 large cloves garlic, smashed
- 1 cup portobello mushroom cap, chopped
- 1 cup celery, sliced
- 4 (15-ounce) cans no-salt-added fire-roasted diced tomatoes
- 2 cups unsalted vegetable stock
- 1 1/2 cups frozen corn, thawed
- 8 baby Yukon Gold potatoes, halved
- 2 cups frozen plant-based ground beef crumbles, such as Gardein® Plant-Based Frozen Ground Be'f, thawed, can substitute lean ground beef, cooked
- 1 cup frozen cut green beans, thawed
- 3/4 cup frozen sweet peas, thawed
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground pepper
Directions
Step 1 -In a large, heavy pot over medium-high heat, add the butter.
Step 2 -Add the onion, the carrots, and the garlic to the melted butter and cook, stirring occasionally, until the onion is tender, about 4 minutes.
Step 3 -Add the mushrooms and the celery to the veggie mixture and cook, stirring occasionally, until the mushrooms start to soften, another 4 minutes.
Step 4 -Add the tomatoes and their juices, the vegetable stock, the corn, and the potatoes to the veggie mixture and bring to a boil over high heat, stirring occasionally.
Step 5 -Reduce the heat to medium-low, cover the pot, and simmer the soup until the potatoes are almost tender, about 15 minutes.
Step 6 -Stir the ground beef, the green beans, the peas, the salt, and the pepper into the soup.
Step 7 -Cover the pot and cook the soup until the potatoes are tender, about 5 minutes.
Step 8 -Serve.

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