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Roasted Vegetable Soup and Meat Buns

January 6, 2015 by Mary 27 Comments

Grinding beef chuck on a KitchenAid.

For my birthday, back in November, one of the gifts from my boys was a meat grinder to attach to the KitchenAid that they gave me last year. This thing will grind meat, vegetables and even hunks of hard cheese – think Parmesan for pesto! I’m excited about that. So my husband has had this fantasy of recreating his grandmother’s meat buns. He’s talked about it for at least 20 years. I have no idea what he’s talking about, never having had a meat bun, nor did I grow up with knishes. So this was his project. I knew to get out of his way and spent the afternoon in my painting studio, working on a new canvas. He did, however, ask me to make a vegetable soup to complete our dinner.

Here he is grinding away. He used ground chuck and corned beef!

So I took out 4 cups of homemade chicken broth from the freezer and gathered a variety of vegetables from the fridge. I decided to oven roast the beauties first, to bring out their natural sweetness. Besides, I love making pretty arrangements on the baking sheet.Vegetables lined up to roast in the oven.

Look at this – so pretty!

And then at the very end, I threw in several handfuls of escarole. I LOVE escarole in soup, as long as it’s still bright green with a little crunch.
Cut vegetables with olive oil and salt ready to roast.

Meat buns on parchment paper covered cookie sheet.The meat buns, as Steve claims, were pretty good, not yet ready for prime time as they were not like his grandmother’s. So I’ll let him practice some more before turning over that recipe.

Do you have dishes from your grandmother that you long for?

After all the richness of holiday food, this soup can bring you to your senses with some good clean cooking. It is healthy deliciousness that will warm your innards and satisfy. To make, this soup was simple and quick. Can’t go wrong with that!Vegetable soup in a white rimmed bowl.

ROASTED VEGETABLE SOUP – serves 4

4 cups of chicken broth, preferably homemade
4 plum tomatoes, cored and cut in half
3 carrots, peeled, halved lengthwise and cut into 3” long pieces
2 parsnips, peeled, halved lengthwise and cut into 3” long pieces
5 cremini mushrooms
Handful of green beans, cleaned
Handful of okra, cleaned and top ends trimmed
1 shallot, peeled and cut in half, lengthwise
1/2 of a red bell pepper, cut into 1/2″ strips
1/4 of a fennel bulb, cut into strips
2 stems of rosemary
3 stems of thyme
4 leaves of escarole, washed and cut into 1” ribbons
1 Tbs. chopped Italian parsley

Preheat oven to 425 degrees.

Warm chicken broth in a medium sized saucepan.

Arrange all vegetables, except for the escarole and parsley on a baking sheet, along with herbs, drizzle on some olive oil, season with salt and pepper, toss to coat. Roast until not quite fork tender, about 12 – 15 minutes. You may want to remove some vegetables before others.

On a cutting board, cut the vegetables into bite size pieces, and add to the chicken broth, scraping all the juices and olive oil into the soup as well. Discard the herbs. Taste and correct seasoning.Vegetable soup in a pot with escarole.

Warm everything until it’s nice and hot. About two minutes before serving, stir in the chopped escarole to wilt. Portion out into 4 bowls, garnish with chopped parsley and serve with LOVE!

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  1. Rosemary Mullally says

    January 6, 2015 at 9:12 PM

    Great looking soup!
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    • Mary Frances says

      January 13, 2015 at 12:31 PM

      Thank you Rosemary!!

      Reply
  2. Jovina Coughlin says

    January 6, 2015 at 10:14 PM

    Wonderful looking soup. Perfect for this cold weather.
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    • Mary Frances says

      January 13, 2015 at 12:31 PM

      Yes – it’s even cold by you, right? Crazy!

      Reply
  3. Angie@Angie's Recipes says

    January 7, 2015 at 11:26 AM

    Both meat buns and the soup are wonderful, Mary. This is a hearty and delicious meal.
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    • Mary Frances says

      January 13, 2015 at 12:32 PM

      Thanks Angie!! I thought my husband did an amazing job for the first time out on those meat buns. He’s never even made a dough before!

      Reply
  4. John@Kitchen Riffs says

    January 7, 2015 at 1:27 PM

    I love the meat grinder attachment for our mixer! Freshly ground meat in hamburgers is a revelation. Anyway, I’m definitely in a soup mood today — it’s cold here! As in getting below zero tonight. Brrr! So this is perfect. Thanks — and Happy New Year!
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    • Mary Frances says

      January 13, 2015 at 12:33 PM

      Thanks John!!! We are enjoying the grinder – nothing like fresh ground meat.

      Happy New Year to you too!!

      Reply
  5. Bam's Kitchen says

    January 8, 2015 at 2:43 AM

    Mary this looks amazing and looking at all of those delicious vegetables all lined up, it has to be good for you when you are eating the rainbow. Wishing you a super start to 2015!
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    • Mary Frances says

      January 13, 2015 at 12:34 PM

      “Eating the rainbow..” – that’s such a fabulous way to put it!! Thank you.

      Happy New Year to you and yours!!

      Reply
  6. Rebecca@Figs and Pigs says

    January 8, 2015 at 3:51 AM

    Hi Mary thanks for stopping by my blog, Your blog looks wonderful and that vegetable soup looks delicious. I’m very envious of your meat grinder I would love one.

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    • Mary Frances says

      January 13, 2015 at 12:35 PM

      Thanks Rebecca!! 🙂

      Reply
  7. Maureen | Orgasmic Chef says

    January 8, 2015 at 11:20 PM

    Roasted veg soup sounds like my kind of wintery dinner. I’m eager to try one of grandmother’s meat buns!
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    • Mary Frances says

      January 13, 2015 at 12:36 PM

      (I don’t think his grandmother was very nice — but she made good meat buns – supposedly.)

      Reply
  8. Pamela @ Brooklyn Farm Girl says

    January 9, 2015 at 6:19 PM

    It sure is freezing out right now so what I crave is this delicious vegetable soup!

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    • Mary Frances says

      January 13, 2015 at 12:37 PM

      Thanks Pamela!! Stay warm!!

      Reply
  9. Caralyn @ glutenfreehappytummy says

    January 9, 2015 at 7:05 PM

    this looks lovely! so hearty and delicious
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    • Mary Frances says

      January 13, 2015 at 12:37 PM

      Thanks Caralyn!!
      Thanks for stopping by! And Happy New Year!

      Reply
  10. Ansh says

    January 10, 2015 at 2:02 AM

    I long for a simple collard greens dish that my grandmom makes.. Piping hot with chillies galore!

    Love the simplicity of this soup and I love a soup with some greens in it. Hope you are having a great start to the New year!
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    • Mary Frances says

      January 13, 2015 at 12:38 PM

      Thanks Ansh!!

      Collard greens with chillies sounds amazing!!

      Reply
  11. Liz says

    January 10, 2015 at 9:41 PM

    It is definitely soup weather and your veggie soup looks like a winner!!!

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    • Mary Frances says

      January 13, 2015 at 12:39 PM

      Thank you Liz!!

      Hope you had a great holiday and Happy New Year to you!!

      Reply
  12. Raymund says

    January 11, 2015 at 2:00 PM

    This soup looks like it packs a lot of flavour! yummy!
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    • Mary Frances says

      January 13, 2015 at 12:40 PM

      Yes!! And all really sweet and fresh flavors. Hope you’ll try it!

      Reply
  13. Doug says

    February 25, 2015 at 10:33 AM

    Thanks for the recipe! I love that it contains parsnips as well as carrots.
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  14. OnTheGas says

    July 11, 2017 at 10:47 AM

    Looking forward to trying this with the family this week!
    Cheers Paul

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  15. moli says

    October 6, 2017 at 2:02 AM

    Thanks for the recipe…I can’t wait to try this recipe! I think it might be a winner for both my husband and the kids! Yum! Pinned and sharing.
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