The Gluten-Free Homemaker

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I wasn’t sure I would have a recipe to post this week because I made so many dinners from last week’s WFDW recipes. There were several pasta dishes last week which inspired me to make my own pasta dish using what I had on hand. I wanted to show you my picture.

I mixed gluten-free penne tossed in olive oil, a little bacon, leftover chicken, broccoli, and zucchini. I added basil and seasoned salt. The family really liked it. Now on to my recipe.

Spring is here, but it is still cool in Maryland. Cool enough that I made soup the other evening. I had some ground beef to use and pulled out this recipe which I hadn’t used in a while. I used 1 1/2 pounds ground beef because my boys like a meaty soup. After dinner, son #2 said, “That’s my favorite soup!” I made it in the pressure cooker, but it can also be done in the crock pot or on the stovetop.

Hamburger Soup

Ingredients

• 1 to 1 1/2 lbs. ground beef
• 1 onion, chopped
• 3 potatoes, peeled
• 2 carrots
• 2 stalks celery
• 1 bay leaf
• 1/4 tsp. thyme
• 1/4 tsp. dried basil
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1/4 tsp. pepper
• 6 c. water or broth

Instructions

Pressure cooker: Brown and drain the ground beef. In pot combine water or broth, onion, potatoes (cut in 1/2 inch pieces), carrots and celery (whole) and bay leaf. Bring to high pressure and cook for 4 minutes. Bring pressure down under cold running water. Remove lid and slice the carrots and celery. Stir in the thyme, basil, salt, and pepper.

Crock pot: Brown and drain the ground beef. Lightly sauté the onion. Dice the potatoes (pretty small), thinly slice the carrots and celery. Add everything to the crock pot and cook on low 8 – 12 hours or high 3 – 5 hours.

Stovetop: Brown and drain the ground beef. Combine all ingredients in a pot and cook until the vegetables are tender.

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# posted by Linda @ 3/31/2009