Cheeseburger Your Way Soup
Happy National Cheeseburger Day! I saw a recipe for cheeseburger soup last week and decided to do a little tweaking. OK...a lot of tweaking. I have fresh basil and parsley, so saw no reason to use dried. I had leftover mashed potatoes I needed to use up, so I went with that instead of the diced. Overall, this is a quick soup to throw together, and it tastes wonderful. Another beautiful thing about it is you can have a variety of toppings available. People do like their cheeseburgers differently, of course. I really wish I had some green chiles defrosted, because I definitely would have added those in. But is is great the way it is :) Cheeseburger Your Way Soup Ingredients: 1 pound ground beef (preferably grass fed) 1 cup chopped onion 1 cup shredded carrots 1 tablespoon fresh chopped basil (sub 1 tsp dried basil) 1 tablespoon fresh chopped parsley (sub 1 tsp dried parsley flakes) 4 tablespoons butter 4 cups chicken broth (or 4 cups hot water and