{"id":146668,"date":"2025-12-14T20:02:44","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T01:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=146668"},"modified":"2025-12-14T20:09:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T01:09:12","slug":"winter-warm-ups-recipe-by-joe-scrizzi-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/?p=146668","title":{"rendered":"Winter Warm-Ups | Recipe by: Joe Scrizzi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recipe by: Joe Scrizzi<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Baby, It\u2019s Cold Outside!<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m not sure if I ever shared my mom\u2019s Hamburger Soup recipe (I know I\u2019ve made it a lot over the years). It\u2019s a basic throw stuff in a stock pot in the order listed, season and enjoy! Over the years I changed things up by making little meatballs out of the ground beef and called it: Cannonball Soup (catches friends\u2019 attention!). A friend started a conversation on Facebook this past week and I joined in, I thought about combining my mom\u2019s recipe with the conversation, however I will save that for another article, because it will be lengthy.<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-image-carousel  su-image-carousel-columns-3 su-image-carousel-has-spacing su-image-carousel-crop su-image-carousel-crop-4-3 su-image-carousel-has-lightbox su-image-carousel-has-outline su-image-carousel-slides-style-default su-image-carousel-controls-style-dark su-image-carousel-align-center\" style=\"max-width:100%\" data-flickity-options='{\"groupCells\":true,\"cellSelector\":\".su-image-carousel-item\",\"adaptiveHeight\":false,\"cellAlign\":\"left\",\"prevNextButtons\":true,\"pageDots\":true,\"autoPlay\":3000,\"imagesLoaded\":true,\"contain\":true,\"selectedAttraction\":0.007,\"friction\":0.25}' id=\"su_image_carousel_6a09d45fd76a8\"><div class=\"su-image-carousel-item\"><div class=\"su-image-carousel-item-content\"><a 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\/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><script id=\"su_image_carousel_6a09d45fd76a8_script\">if(window.SUImageCarousel){setTimeout(function() {window.SUImageCarousel.initGallery(document.getElementById(\"su_image_carousel_6a09d45fd76a8\"))}, 0);}var su_image_carousel_6a09d45fd76a8_script=document.getElementById(\"su_image_carousel_6a09d45fd76a8_script\");if(su_image_carousel_6a09d45fd76a8_script){su_image_carousel_6a09d45fd76a8_script.parentNode.removeChild(su_image_carousel_6a09d45fd76a8_script);}<\/script>\n<p><strong>Hamburger Soup<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2 T olive oil<\/p>\n<p>1 medium onion, diced<\/p>\n<p>3 ribs celery, diced<\/p>\n<p>5 cloves garlic, pressed or chopped fine<\/p>\n<p>1.25# ground beef<\/p>\n<p>2 \u2013 15ozs cans diced tomatoes, undrained (rinse with little water and add to pot)<\/p>\n<p>3 carrots, chopped<\/p>\n<p>2 baking potatoes or handful of smaller size, cleaned, cut into bite size<\/p>\n<p>2 \u2013 3 quarts beef broth\/stock<\/p>\n<p>Parsley, to garnish<\/p>\n<p>Parmesan cheese, to garnish<\/p>\n<p>Add olive oil to large stock pot over medium heat. Once it warms up, add onions, celery, garlic and let that cook down to soften. Create a space in the middle of the veggies and brown the ground beef until little pink is left (since this is a soup vs a chili, it will continue to cook once the broth is added). Add diced tomatoes, stir to combine. Add carrots, potatoes, stock, stir, bring to a slight boil, reduce heat, cover and let cook until carrots are fork tender.<\/p>\n<p>Bon Appetite!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chefs Notes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Once the soup is done, you can add 1 cup of cooked pasta, rice or barley to make it thicker. Other veggies can be added (choice).<\/p>\n<p>I stopped adding salt to my soups and adjust that seasoning when I eat it if it needs it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recipe by: Joe Scrizzi Baby, It\u2019s Cold Outside! 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