Hearty Cabbage & Beef Soup

This was delicious, I wasnt sure what the 'liquid reserved' for the tomatoes meant in the directions, I just used the whole tin of tomatoes anyway, and I added a chopped red onion. Was a filling tasty dinner, loved the addition of the kidney beans. Thanks for posting. =)

This is absolutely delicious! I LOVE SOUP and so this will definitely be a regular soup in my house! I did make a few changes. I had no celery in the house so I omitted it, but I did chop up a green pepper and add it. As another reviewer, I added onion to the ground beef while it was browning and also a teaspoon of minced garlic. I had a few beautiful tomatoes from the farmers market, so I chopped them up and got as much of their juice from the plastic cutting board into a bowl, added a little water and let it sit for a while, so they could flavor it. I guess my cabbage was huge so I ended up using 7 cups of beef bouillon flavored water, and 4 plain cups of water. I didn't have fresh parsley, so I added it dry in the beginning, probably 2 tablespoons. I also added 6 tablespoon of Francesco Rinaldi's Tomato & Basil marinara, about 2 teaspoons of hot sauce and 2 tablespoons of cayenne pepper and about a teaspoon of season salt plus 2 more teaspoons of minced garlic. And like another viewer, I added a second can of kidney beans!! I know I made a lot of changes, but I like a lot of flavor and it worked out beautifully!!!Absolutely Delicious!!! My boyfriend just ate 3 bowls!!!! It was so good that I'm rating it right now, and it's still on the stove waiting to be put away! Thanks for the recipe!!!

Awesome!! I changed a few things. First I added an chopped onion while frying the ground beef. Then 4 cups beef broth & 2 cups water, 2 beef bouillon cubes. Doubled all spices plus 2 T. worcestershire sauce & 3/4 head of cabbage. I also omitted the beans to keep it low carb. So hearty and good! will make often.

We really enjoyed this! I did make a few changes to the recipe...after cooking the beef, I added some sliced carrots and chopped onion and sauteed for a bit then added the tomatoes and cooked another few minutes. Then I added all the spices and substituted chicken broth for 3 c. of the water; used last c. of water to rinse the tomato can out really well. I also used napa cabbage and added in the last 1/2 hour. I omitted the beans this time (only because I felt like it). Will definitely make again! We LOVED it!

Super easy and super delicious. I might substitute cooked brown rice for the beans next time to make it a "stuffed cabbage"-type soup, but it was excellent with the beans as well. I'm looking forward to having the leftovers for lunch today!