Back in the 70s in Arkansas, the best lunch days were the ones where we were served vegetable beef soup with a gigantic, hot cinnamon roll. My mouth still waters thinking about it and yours will too once you make this delicious, hearty meal. The vegetable beef soup is a favorite of my children. It's packed with nutritious veggies but also have loads of flavor.
Ingredients
For Soup:
- 2 pounds hamburger meat
- 1 huge tbsp jarlic or 6 cloves garlic diced
- 2 onions diced
- 2 14 oz cans of fire roasted tomatoes
- 6-8 carrots sliced
- 4 diced potatoes
- Salt & Pepper to taste
- Garlic powder to taste (1 tbsp or more)
- 2 tsp italian seasoning
- 2 cups beef stock
- 2 cups water
- 2 cups frozen or fresh corn
- 2 cups frozen lima beans
- 2 tbsp brown sugar
- 1 dash hot sauce
- 2 bay leaves
- 1/2 tbsp better than boillion roasted garlic
- 1/2 tbsp of flour mixed with 1/2 tbsp water (to thicken soup)
For cinnamon rolls:
- 2 cans of grand's cinnamon rolls
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- .5 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/2 stick of butter
- 3/4 cups brown sugar
Instructions
Soup:
- Brown hamburger meat in pan and drain the grease
- Add onions and saute til translucent
- Add garlic, fire roasted tomatoes, carrots, and potatoes to pot
- Give a good stir to mix
- Pour beef stock and water on top, bring to a simmer
- Add in corn and lima beans
- Add in salt and pepper to liking, garlic powder, italian seasoning and better than boullion roasted garlic
- Add in brown sugar
- Add in bay leaves
- Stir and let simmer for 20 minutes
- To thicken, add the roux you made with flour and water once soup is fully cooked
- After tasting, add hot sauce to your liking
Cinnamon Rolls:
- Preheat oven to 375
- Add whipping cream to a oven safe dish and set aside
- Add butter to microwave safe dish and melt
- Add cinnamon and brown sugar to melted butter, stir to combine
- Add the uncanned cinnamon rolls to the dish with the heavy whipping cream, place them on top
- Spoon the butter mixture on top of each cinnamon roll
- Bake at 375 degrees for 45-55 minutes
- Remove from oven and add provided cream cheese icing on top
Serve together hot and enjoy!